The Urban Development Corporation (UDC) is advancing plans for a major housing programme that will see the construction of more than 20,000 housing units across Jamaica. Speaking at a recent JIS Think Tank, Chairman, UDC, Norman Brown, said the initiative will complement the work of other government housing agencies by expanding access to housing across the island. “Presently, our plans...

Jamaica’s Global Services Sector, which attracts approximately US$900 million (about J$150 billion) in direct foreign investment annually, remains well positioned for continued growth despite recent challenges. Speaking during a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) ‘Think Tank’ on July 9, President of the Global Services Association of Jamaica (GSAJ), Wayne Sinclair, said the industry remains one of the country’s most important economic...

Winning the first round of the 2026 Junior Minister of Tourism Public Speaking Competition is a feat Nathan Clarke, student of Glenmuir High School, is elated he overcame on Friday (July 10). Nathan, a debater by nature, and his teacher, Shanika Dennis-Spence, journeyed from rural Clarendon into the capital city to AC Hotel Kingston, with high hopes of making their...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Delano Seiveright, has described Government’s reform of the cannabis industry as deliberate, people-friendly and balancing opportunity with global responsibilities. Speaking to cultivators, investors, and government partners at the launch of the Special Cannabis Permit Road Tour at the Newell High School in St. Elizabeth, on July 10, Mr....

Jamaica is expanding access to its rapidly growing cannabis sector with a nationwide Cannabis Permit Road Tour, State Minister in the Industry, Investment and Commerce Ministry, Hon. Delano Seiveright, said in Newell, St. Elizabeth, on July 10. The tour, designed to shepherd Jamaica’s cannabis economy towards greater legitimacy and broader participation, aims to roll out two new permit categories that...

Director General of the Major Organised Crime and Anti-Corruption Agency (MOCA), Colonel Desmond Edwards, is calling for greater collaboration among financial institutions, regulators, and law-enforcement agencies at both the local and regional levels to strengthen the resilience of financial systems and effectively combat fraud. Speaking during the Jamaica Institute of Financial Services (JIFS) Anti-Fraud Seminar held at the Terra Nova...

The Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF) is expressing its continued commitment to transforming local artisans into global entrepreneurs, through the 12th staging of the Christmas in July trade show. The highly anticipated two-day event, which concludes today (July 10) at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston, serves as a premier platform for Jamaican talent to secure large-scale corporate, tourism and...