Portmore became Jamaica’s first new parish in generations in February 2025. Its own mayor spent years warning that infrastructure, not just administrative status, was what the fast-growing city actually needed.

Imagine hopping off the Overground at Peckham Rye, energy electrifying the air: stalls, murals, multicultural crowds. Fast-forward to Portmore’s sun-drenched suburbs: pastel…

In a move to enhance housing options in Portmore, St. Catherine, West Indies Home Construction Limited (WIHCON) has unveiled Chester Creek, a…

The Annual Travel Statistics 2021 report provides valuable data on tourism trends, visitor accommodations, and demographic patterns in Jamaica. Here’s an enriched…

Apostle Bishop Karen Reid Hyman of Devine Signs and Wonder Ministries in Portmore told the Gleaner that Christians must tithe 10 per cent of gross earnings and double any missed tithe, a stance that raises questions for stretched household budgets.

521 Jamaican strata properties, mostly in Portmore, faced prosecution over unregistered status, against a backdrop of 1,532 total strata corporations islandwide, 65 percent of which had already registered voluntarily.

Montego Bay, Jamaica, 22 April 2003 — Montego Bay’s ambitions as a world-class resort and business destination are being constrained by a…

St Catherine, Jamaica, 10 October 2001 — Greater Portmore, the largest single housing development in Jamaica’s history, is now home to hundreds…

Portmore was built on reclaimed swampland south of Kingston from the 1960s. NHT and KSAC schemes drove Portmore’s population past 200,000 by…

Jamaica’s remittances topped 20% of GDP by 2020. Housing absorbs the largest share of diaspora remittance funds. Portmore grew into a diaspora-driven…