Jamaica issued its first casino gaming licence to the Princess Grand Jamaica Resort in Hanover, a move already drawing interest from at least three other investors, including for a proposed Hard Rock Hotel.

Jamaica issued its first casino gaming licence to the Princess Grand Jamaica Resort in Hanover, a move already drawing interest from at least three other investors, including for a proposed Hard Rock Hotel.

Jamaica issued its first casino gaming licence to the Princess Grand Jamaica Resort in Hanover, a move already drawing interest from at least three other investors, including for a proposed Hard Rock Hotel.

Jamaica opened a new cannabis regulator headquarters as a milestone moment. A farmer group used the same ceremony to say police raids on legally registered growers haven’t stopped.

Land titles arent just paperwork, the Prime Minister says. Jamaicas long push to formalise informal settlements is being framed as a direct tool against generational poverty.

Land titles arent just paperwork, the Prime Minister says. Jamaicas long push to formalise informal settlements is being framed as a direct tool against generational poverty.

Land titles arent just paperwork, the Prime Minister says. Jamaicas long push to formalise informal settlements is being framed as a direct tool against generational poverty.

Land minister Robert Montague announced a revolving fund to pay surveyor fees for landholders with two acres or less, and said his ministry has trained church lawyers so that church-owned schools, clinics and playing fields can eventually be titled.

Pastor Dr Donville Bell said churches that opened their buildings as shelters during Hurricane Melissa need state funding and formal inclusion in disaster plans, arguing ‘it takes cash to care’.

Hurricane Melissa forced Jamaica’s first major building code rewrite since 1908. The legislation was rarely the weak point, enforcement was.