The parliamentary opposition has rejected an invitation for its members to participate in a Joint Select Committee of ...

On March 20, 2025, the New York City Planning Commission (CPC) certified the city-led Jamaica Neighborhood Plan into public review. The plan would facilitate the creation of 12,000 new residential ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica and LOS ANGELES, March 24, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Kaya Group ("Kaya") or ("the Company") (OTC: NUGL), the first medicinal Ganja herb house in the Caribbean and holistic, ...

A $150 million “catastrophe bond” will help the island recover, but experts hope for more investment in adaptation.

The Jamaica Neighborhood Plan passed a full New York City Council vote late Wednesday, with lawmakers unanimously adopting the southeast Queens rezoning. The zoning reforms are designed to open the ...

City Council members reached a deal on Thursday to advance a sprawling rezoning of Jamaica, Queens that will permit some 11,800 new homes across 230 blocks, one of the biggest such plans in decades.

Both Crain’s and DNAinfo report that the Metropolitan Transportation Authority is expected to approve a hotel development project near the Jamaica Long Island Rail Road station. The MTA owns the land, ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica — Police Commissioner Dr Kevin Blake says the hurricane preparedness plan of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), has been fully activated and members will be deployed to protect ...

WITH some schools set to reopen on Monday, November 3, after an over-week-long closure forced by Hurricane Melissa, the Education Ministry is indicating that an “emergency plan” for continued learning ...