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The 2009 winner of Digicel Rising Stars, Mitsy ‘Shuga’ Campbell, is using music to help reposition the tourism capital, unveiling her remake of Bobby Bloom’s classic, ‘Montego Bay’. The singer from Montego Bay performed during the Celebration of
January 10, 2026 by Janet Silvera

Shuga unveils musical love letter titled ‘Montego Bay’

WESTERN BUREAU: As Montego Bay recovers from Hurricane Melissa, recording artiste Mitsy ‘Shuga’ Campbell is using music to help reposition the tourism capital, unveiling her remake of Bobby Bloom’s…
Letters
January 10, 2026

Can prayer heal a nation?

THE EDITOR, Madam: Not to pour cold water over a possible good initiative, but one is wondering, how does one reconcile free will with God’s invitation to heal a nation?
Letters
January 10, 2026

Learn to abstain or face consequences

THE EDITOR, Madam: I noted with interest The Gleaner’s endorsement of the decriminalisation of sex between minors, even the four-year age difference for the “close in age” exemptions. None of the…
FILE - Debris surrounds damaged homes along the Black River, St Elizabeth, on Thursday, October 30, 2025 in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa.
January 10, 2026

Editorial | Urgency of mitigating climate change

The recent recognition of Jamaican climate scientists Professor Donovan Campbell and Dr Shanecia Lester of The University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, is commended and welcome. They contributed to…
A road is being cleared of debris after the passage of Hurricane Melissa
January 10, 2026

Allan Alberga | Hurricane Melissa and Jamaica’s moment of reckoning

Now that the winds from Hurricane Melissa have subsided, Jamaica finds itself at a moment that demands reflection rather than routine recovery. Across the island, lives were disrupted, livelihoods…
Letters
January 10, 2026

Letter of the Day | Coming together, like the colours of Jamaican flag

THE EDITOR, Madam: For 63 years, the Jamaican National flag has been a symbol of pride, hope, and resilience, for Jamaicans themselves as well as people all over the world. Being one of the few flags…
Letters
January 10, 2026

Drug abuse in Zimbabwe is destroying a generation

THE EDITOR, Madam: It’s sad that Harare, Zimbabwe is in the grip of a deepening drug abuse crisis that is systematically destroying its young population. What was once dismissed as a social problem…
January 10, 2026

Tony Deyal | Days of love and Bajan

I was in Barbados where my column was named, ‘Saturday’s Child’ and I got enough jokes by the people about how this “show-and-show” man could be called a “child”. My response was, “I think your wife…
Oliver Samuels says that his Foundation is rooted in a legacy of laughter, excellence, and service.
January 10, 2026

Oliver Samuels Foundation awards its first scholarship

The Oliver Samuels Foundation is set to host the official handover ceremony for its inaugural Oliver Samuels Foundation Scholarship on Wednesday, January 14, at the Edna Manley College of the Visual…