Jamaica tracks Hurricane Michael with alert as the island’s autumn property market posts strong momentum and NHT scheme handovers accelerate.

Jamaica Homes Global Conflict & Caribbean Impact Review | Published 3 October 2018 | Reporting Period: 3 July – 2 October 2018…

One year after Hurricanes Irma and Maria reshaped the Caribbean, this edition surveys reconstruction progress, the transformation of the regional property insurance market, and how affected territories are translating disaster into a platform for resilient rebuilding.

The quarterly intelligence report on Jamaica’s global diaspora for July–September 2018: three months on from the landmark 8th Biennial Jamaica Diaspora Conference, the Windrush scandal produces a historic apology and compensation pledge from the UK government, the US Supreme Court upholds Trump’s travel ban, the family separation crisis ends by court order, and Jamaica’s remittance and tourism performance remains strong.

A quarterly review of Jamaica’s property market from July to September 2018, covering a summer tourism season performing strongly, the BOJ maintaining its gradual rate easing trajectory, a residential market building transaction momentum as affordability conditions improved, the hurricane season passing without significant Jamaican impact, and a development sector whose strata apartment pipeline was emerging as the sector’s most dynamic supply-side story.

Construction progress at Old Harbour Bay dominated Jamaica’s energy infrastructure news in the third quarter of 2018, as New Fortress Energy’s contractors…

A performance audit by Jamaica’s Auditor General found that the government lacks the data, the institutional clarity, and the budget discipline to meet the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals it committed to in 2015 — targets that directly s

A performance audit by Auditor General Pamela Monroe Ellis has exposed a decade-long financial deterioration at the Students’ Loan Bureau, where non-performing loans surged elevenfold in five years while successive governments pumped billions in publ

Lincoln Congregational Temple, founded by African Americans in 1869 in Washington’s Shaw neighbourhood, held its final service after membership fell to a few dozen as the area’s Black population dropped sharply, leaving members to decide whether to sell or repurpose its historic building.

For the second consecutive year, Jamaica’s hurricane season closed without a direct hit on the island’s most valuable property corridors. The market absorbed the seasonal anxiety and moved on. The numbers for Q3 confirm steady expansion.