Jamaicans can legally access less than 1 percent of their own 494-mile coastline under a 1956 law. Even the hotel industry now backs reform, but a new 2026 policy still stops short of guaranteeing the right.

Before the eviction dispute reached court, NRCA had already offered Jacob Taylor Beach vendors a partial deal: return once the beach is upgraded and share the space with local fisherfolk, under tighter regulatory control.

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.

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.

A Jamaican minister told a Miami hotel investment summit that outdated perceptions, not current conditions, are the real obstacle to more foreign hotel investment.

A Jamaican minister told a Miami hotel investment summit that outdated perceptions, not current conditions, are the real obstacle to more foreign hotel investment.

A Jamaican minister told a Miami hotel investment summit that outdated perceptions, not current conditions, are the real obstacle to more foreign hotel investment.