Jamaica news

A law born in 1881 can still transfer the ground beneath a registered owner’s feet. The question is not whether Jamaica should erase adverse possession, but whether it can rebuild it for the country that now exists.

Adverse possession still serves a purpose, but an 1881 framework should not decide modern ownership without stronger notice, clearer safeguards and a fairer balance between title holders and long-term

Kingston, Jamaica, 26 August 2026 American mortgage rates climbed again this week, reaching their highest level in three weeks after…

The Dominican Republic’s construction sector has reversed a five-quarter slump and is now expanding at nearly 15 per cent year on year, driven by credit growth and tourism infrastructure. The turnaround offers both a comparison and a lesson for Jamaica.

On Thursday night, Earth’s shadow will swallow almost the entire Moon above Jamaica. The spectacle recalls a darker night in 1504, when Christopher Columbus turned an eclipse into a weapon of fear.

Kingston, Jamaica, 24 August 2026. Marriott International has signed an agreement to convert the former Catalonia Montego Bay into a…

From cleared development sites and missing titles to mortgage relief and a new ethical code, Jamaica’s property week exposed the uneasy machinery behind the national dream of ownership.

A US judge has overturned an immigrant-visa restriction affecting Jamaicans, reopening a difficult question: why is leaving still treated as success?

An updated look at Jamaica’s oldest newspaper company, its institutional legacy, and the pressures reshaping it in 2026.

Kingston, Jamaica, 24 August 2026. Miami-Dade County recorded 24 home and condo sales of at least 30 million US dollars…

Kingston, Jamaica, 24 August 2026. Global direct investment in commercial real estate rose 28 percent year over year in the…

Kingston, Jamaica, 24 August 2026. Lookthrough, a Zurich-based real estate decision intelligence platform, and BuildingMinds, a Berlin-based AI data platform…

Kingston, Jamaica, 24 August 2026. The Caribbean hotel sector closed the first half of 2026 with record occupancy, higher average…

The company that demolished homes in Coopers Pen owes six years of unpaid property tax on the same land, past the five-year threshold that can trigger forfeiture to the Crown.

Jamaica has achieved what nations with vastly larger economies spend billions trying to manufacture: global cultural influence. We must now convert that influence into enduring Jamaican wealth.