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Ernie Smith poses for the camera at the surprise birthday celebration for his 79th birthday held on May 1, 2024.
16 Apr, 2026 0

Ernie Smith has died

Reggae singer Ernie Smith passed away in a hospital in Florida on Thursday night, his wife, Claudette Bailey-Smith, confirmed to The Gleaner. The All for Jesus singer was 80. He would have…
This album cover image released by Warner Records shows ‘Confessions ll’ by Madonna, set for release on July 3.
16 Apr, 2026 0

Madonna announces new album, a sequel two decades later

NEW YORK (AP): As Madonna sang in her 2005 hit, Hung Up, time goes by so slowly. But it continues to move. On Wednesday, the pop superstar announced she’ll release a new album, Confessions on a Dance…
Scenes from the full day carnival experience at the Campari Boulevard Street Festival on Sunday.
15 Apr, 2026 0

Campari Boulevard delivers inclusive carnival experience

As part of the Carnival Sunday celebrations, Campari Boulevard came alive on Trafalgar Road in New Kingston, drawing hundreds of patrons and passersby who stopped to enjoy the atmosphere without…
This image released by Disney shows Chase Infiniti (left), and Lucy Halliday in a scene from ‘The Testaments’.
15 Apr, 2026 0

Hulu’s ‘Handmaid’s Tale’ spinoff ‘The Testaments’ is about girlhood in Gilead

Throughout the six-season run of The Handmaid’s Tale, dread hung over the series like a perpetual rain cloud. It made sense because the US had turned into a totalitarian society called Gilead, where…
Soca performer Voice performs ‘Cyah Behave’ at WiFete
14 Apr, 2026 0

WiFete delivers high-energy

Carnival Saturday found its rhythm in New Kingston as WiFete returned with a staging that leaned fully into performance, energy, and scale. Powered by title sponsors Smirnoff and Johnnie Walker, the…
Sherando Ferril (right) and Christopher ‘Johnny’ Daley.
14 Apr, 2026 0

Unscripted Sundays celebrates first anniversary

They initially gathered simply to read scripts and breathe life into characters born from their imagination. What began as a simple exercise soon evolved into an exciting creative incubator. A project…
The movie poster for Machel Montano’s ‘Like Ah Boss: Journey of a Soca King’.
14 Apr, 2026 0

Machel Montano documentary premieres in Jamaica today

After an eventful carnival week, culminating in Sunday’s Carnival in Jamaica Road March, soca icon Machel Montano is once again commanding attention – this time not from the stage, but through the…
Gen XS masquerades pause their revelery as they make their way down Hope Road in St Andrew pass the Andrews Memorial Hospital on Carnival Sunday. Kibwe McGann, a director of the band, said foreigners returned in their numbers, and the local participation m
13 Apr, 2026 0

Gen XS delivers for revellers

At 12:10 p.m., as the eight sections of the Smirnoff Gen XS Infinity band began crossing the stage at the intersection of Trafalgar Road and Knutsford Boulevard, the band’s growth was clear. Now in…
Zhane Padmore cuts a fine figure in Yard Mas’ Starry Night.
13 Apr, 2026 0

Real ‘yaad’ vibes at Yard Mas

For 22-year-old University of the West Indies student Lonette Samuels, affording a carnival costume was out of her reach until a friend loaned her part of her partner money to achieve her dream.…