Jamaica news

Some Jamaicans still believe making a will is calling death. The trouble is, not making one can call something else:…

Kingston, Jamaica, 25 September 2026 Just days after Jamaica Homes examined the uncomfortable reality that fewer than one in five…

A Government MP has challenged Jamaica’s reparations push, arguing that the role of Africans who participated in the slave trade deserves greater attention. The comments came as Parliament was told the King had referred Jamaica’s petition to the Privy Council.

Jamaicans hoping that borrowing costs will tumble over the coming months may need to temper their expectations, as a fresh…

A family’s disturbing discovery inside a holiday rental overseas is raising a question that matters increasingly in Jamaica: when you close the door of a rented villa or apartment, how private are you really?

Jamaica’s ageing population is putting pensions and housing security under closer scrutiny. With about two thirds of elderly Jamaicans reportedly receiving no pension, the 2026 Survey of Living Conditions could help shape how the country prepares for retirement, housing and household security.

There is an uncomfortable question sitting beneath almost every debate about poverty, welfare, housing and public spending: how much should…

Mark Golding is tying Jamaicas post-Melissa recovery gaps directly to land titling, arguing families cant rebuild securely without ownership of the land under their homes.

Jamaica’s banks are not imploding. Quite the opposite. They are well capitalised, liquid and profitable. But amid rising fees, customer frustration and tougher regulatory scrutiny, an older question has returned in a distinctly Jamaican form. Should faith and values have any place in the way financial institutions behave?

TRELAWNY, Jamaica, September 20, 2026 — Families displaced by the demolition of homes at Cooper’s Pen in Trelawny have begun…

The next squeeze on Jamaican renters may begin somewhere they rarely look, not with the monthly rent notice, but with…

Artificial intelligence may be wildly overvalued. It may also become one of the technologies that quietly reshapes how property is…

Kingston, Jamaica, September 17, 2026 While Antigua and Barbuda prepares to resume negotiations with the United States over the possible…

For six months, one particular household bill disappeared. Not permanently, of course. Mortgages have an inconvenient habit of returning. But…

Jamaica has billions of dollars committed to housing and tens of thousands of homes somewhere in the development pipeline. But…