Consultations on transforming Kingston’s 51-acre National Heroes Park, with a purpose-built Parliament and new UDC headquarters, are almost complete, the Prime Minister says, with construction to follow.

A 2025 national count found 2,442 homeless people across all 14 parishes, almost half in Kingston and St Andrew, according to the latest Economic and Social Survey Jamaica.

The Alpha Mercy Historical Centre, a $100 million museum funded by the Tourism Enhancement Fund, opened on the Alpha campus in Kingston to record about 150 years of the Sisters of Mercy’s work, with officials calling it an investment in heritage tourism.

NMIA’s $25.8 billion transformation is delivering measurable quality gains even as passenger traffic dips, but an MP says the runway expansion at the heart of it moved ahead without adequate local consultation.

Kingstons high-rise boom has outpaced its water infrastructure. A Gleaner editorial argues the fix should be mandatory rainwater harvesting on new buildings, not just more NWC pipeline spending.

Barita Investments has cleared two landmark Kingston sites for construction, signalling a shift from holding property to actually developing it. What the move says about downtown Kingstons redevelopment prospects.

Barita Investments has cleared two landmark Kingston sites for construction, signalling a shift from holding property to actually developing it. What the move says about downtown Kingstons redevelopment prospects.

Kingstons high-rise boom has outpaced its water infrastructure. A Gleaner editorial argues the fix should be mandatory rainwater harvesting on new buildings, not just more NWC pipeline spending.

Barita Investments has cleared two landmark Kingston sites for construction, signalling a shift from holding property to actually developing it. What the move says about downtown Kingstons redevelopment prospects.

Kingstons high-rise boom has outpaced its water infrastructure. A Gleaner editorial argues the fix should be mandatory rainwater harvesting on new buildings, not just more NWC pipeline spending.