Hanover Emerging as Jamaica’s Leading Tourism Parish – Minister Bartlett

Hanover is rapidly emerging as Jamaica’s leading tourism parish, driven by several major developments, according to Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett. “You are going to have, `among other things, the first casino tourism facility in the...

Transport Minister Outlines Airport Development Projects Across Jamaica

Minister of Science, Energy, Telecommunications and Transport, Hon. Daryl Vaz, says the Government is undertaking wide-ranging airport development projects across Jamaica, aimed at enhancing capacity, safety, and efficiency, in line with growing...

JAMAICA-TRANSPORTATION – LIAT to begin flights between Montego Bay and Kingston

JAMAICA-ECONOMY – Government finalizing next phase of public sector modernization programme

Guyana’s regional profile is on the rise

As regional leaders gather in Montego Bay, Jamaica, for CARICOM’s 49th Annual Heads of Government Meetings, Guyana is well on its way to cementing itself as a long-term leader within the regional grouping. Guyana’s expansion of its agriculture...

Guyana’s Caricom 10K team arrives in Jamaica

Grange says Jamaica continues to produce world-class live events

GRANGE... we have to continue supporting the infrastructure. Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment, and Sport Olivia “Babsy” Grange says she is pleased with the level of world-class productions the local entertainment management teams have...

Thompson, Clayton lead Jamaican charge at Prefontaine Classic

Jamaican athletes will be in the spotlight this Saturday at the Prefontaine Classic in Eugene, Oregon, with Olympic silver medalist Kishane Thompson and World Relays bronze medalist Tina Clayton leading a formidable contingent at Hayward Field....

Jamaican murderer wins legal battle in bid for asylum after claiming he can't go home due to threats from notorious gang who killed his family

By JORDANA SEAL Published: 06:07 EDT, 3 July 2025 | Updated: 06:46 EDT, 3 July 2025 A Jamaican murderer has won a legal battle in a bid for asylum after claiming that if he returned home he would be targeted by a notorious gang who killed his...

Broad Sector Gains Drive Jamaica’s 1.1 Per Cent Calendar Year First-Quarter Growth

Jamaica’s calendar year first-quarter gross domestic product (GDP) growth of 1.1 per cent, recorded between January and March 2025, was driven by positive out-turns across most goods-producing and services industry subsectors. This was disclosed...

CARICOM Classic Chess: T&T holding lead after crucial face-off with Jamaica

Trinidad and Tobago (T&T) strengthened its grip on the 2025 CARICOM Classic Team Chess Tournament, continuing to lead after surpassing Jamaica in Round Five played on Friday July 4, 2025, at the Pegasus Hotel. The Jamaicans were trailing their...

PNP’s Jamaica Time Come Tour ignites momentum in St Mary

The People’s National Party’s (PNP) Jamaica Time Come Island-wide Road Tour brought out crowds and energy among residents in St Mary on Friday, with stops in Annotto Bay, Port Maria, and Stewart Town. Many residents came out lining the streets,...

Jamaica To Build Caribbean’s Tallest Hotel And First Innovation Township To Redefine Montego Bay’s Tourism

Jamaica unveiled plans to develop the Caribbean's tallest hotel. Jamaica is looking to transform the Caribbean’s thriving tourism industry by developing the region’s tallest hotel and first-ever Tourism Innovation Township. On June 28, Jamaica...

MoBay Jerk & Food Festival Returns to Celebrate Jamaica as the ‘Food Capital of the World’

The beloved MoBay Jerk & Food Festival is back for its 16th staging, promising to once again transform the Catherine Hall Entertainment Centre into a vibrant showcase of Jamaica’s rich culinary traditions, culture, and community spirit on...

Karubees Jamaican Restaurant plans move from Charleston to Huntington

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (WCHS) — Following a weekend of festivities at the Sternwheel Regatta, a Charleston restaurant will be moving West. Karubees Jamaican Restaurant announced it will be relocating to The Market along Third Avenue in Huntington next...

Impending US tax on remittances expected to impact Jamaican households and businesses

Effective December 31 this year, Jamaicans in the United States sending money to their relatives back home will have to pay a one per cent excise tax on such transactions. The one per cent tax is set out in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act passed by...

On This Day: July 4, 1959, The Cayman Islands Cease Being a Jamaican Dependency

On 4 July 1959, the Cayman Islands officially ended their status as a dependency of Jamaica and became a separate Crown Colony under direct British rule. This marked a pivotal turning point in the territory’s constitutional development and laid...

NCB Cap Markets warns US remittance tax could affect families in Jamaica

In 2022 The United States, United Kingdom, Canada, and the Cayman Islands remained the main source countries for remittances at 70.2 per cent, 10.9 per cent, 10.4 per cent and 5.2 per cent, respectively. July 4, 2025 KINGSTON, Jamaica —...

STILL VACANT

Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ) says the retrofitting of its Greenvale property in Mandeville is on track for completion by September, even as concerns persist over millions in lease costs incurred since the agreement was signed in 2020. In a...

Jamaica sends 12-member squad to inaugural Barbados Grand Prix

Jamaica sends 12-member squad to inaugural Barbados Grand Prix National junior record holder Bouwahgie Nkrumie and World U20 sprint relay gold medallist Serena Cole are in a 12-member Jamaican team selected by the Jamaica Athletics Administrative...