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Trelawny Opens Amnesty for Unapproved Buildings

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The Trelawny Municipal Corporation has opened a four-month amnesty, running to 31 January 2027, for owners of buildings put up without approved plans, joining a string of parishes pushing homeowners to regularise before enforcement.

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My Neighbour Turned His Yard Into a Garage. Can I Stop Him?

By Jamaica HomesOctober 6, 20260

KINGSTON, Jamaica — It starts with one car. Then another arrives. Then another. Before long there are four vehicles in the yard,…

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Cheap Homes, Expensive Living

By Jamaica HomesOctober 5, 20260

Jamaica is building thousands of new homes, but Dean Jones warns that housing cannot truly be called affordable if workers face high transport costs, weak infrastructure and long journeys to employment

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J$280 Billion on Paper: The Missing Number in Jamaica’s Building Boom

By Jamaica HomesSeptember 29, 20260

Jamaica recorded an estimated J$280.9 billion in building and planning applications during 2025, a figure that points to an extraordinary level of…

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When Love Grows Cold at Home

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“And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.” Matthew 24:12

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In Jamaica, too many families spend years building wealth and almost no time deciding what should happen to it when they die.…

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

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Fewer Than One in Five Jamaicans Pay Into a Pension as Retirement Gap Deepens

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For many Jamaicans, retirement planning still seems to amount to a house, a little land, some savings, perhaps help from children overseas…

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