A $3.7-billion contract has been signed for Jamaica’s first STEAM Academy at Greater Bernard Lodge in St Catherine, a school designed for about 2,400 students in grades seven to 13.

St Catherine councillors say mould and poor air in their 1762 Spanish Town building are harming their health, and Mayor Norman Scott says a replacement is in the works.

About 22 per cent of the infrastructure ministry’s capital budget has been spent, mainly on SPARK, the southern coastal highway, Troy Bridge and the Braeton-Hellshire road.

Prime Minister Andrew Holness has opened a $250-million bridge in Spring Village, St Catherine, replacing a 150-year-old crossing closed since September 2022.

A private developer has broken ground on 221 homes across 36 acres at Featherbed Lane in Spanish Town, with prices from $28.5 million and construction financing from NCB.

Kingston, Jamaica — 5 January 2026 A review of publicly available residential property listings across Jamaica suggests a housing market that is…

A St Catherine programme will move about 200 students from Melissa’s hardest-hit parishes into local schools, with church congregations hosting them in their homes and providing dormitory space and supervision until June 2026.

Portmore’s House of Transformation Worship Centre took about 30 volunteers, a doctor, tarpaulins, beds and hot meals to Trelawny after Hurricane Melissa, saying the parish’s scattered house damage was being overlooked.

Gregory Park, St. Catherine – August 5, 2025 Work has officially begun on the Serenity Grove Housing Development Project in Gregory Park,…

A 2025 Gleaner feature traced how Jamaica’s great churches — Spanish Town Cathedral, Holy Trinity, St James Parish Church and St Peter’s, Port Royal — were destroyed by invasion, hurricanes and earthquakes, then rebuilt.