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Analysis
The diaspora sent US$3.12 billion home in 2025/26 and remittances now outweigh tourism and foreign investment. But for every Jamaican who chose to come home in the latest count, about 25 left. We looked at what the state actually offers returnees, their children and their grandchildren.
Seven months after Havana recalled its medical brigade, 157 Cuban doctors and nurses are back in Jamaica on direct contracts, taking the total to 200 against 277 before the split. The paper trail shows direct contracts were Jamaica’s preferred model from the start. The seven-month gap was not.
Jamaica needs an estimated 150,000 more homes. The Government has promised 70,000 housing solutions, but the NHT has completed about 21,000 homes in a decade, and Hurricane Melissa has since reset the scale of the problem. Here is what the numbers show.
Jamaica recorded 675 murders in 2025, the fewest in more than 30 years, and killings are down another 24 per cent this year. But property crime rose, police killings have climbed, and the violence is moving west.
Kingston has begun moving homeless residents from Marie Atkins Night Shelter ahead of renovations. The temporary relocation raises questions about capacity and the timetable for reopening.
The Government has defended the pay of NaRRA’s chief executive after a row over the authority’s office lease. Builders and the Opposition are now pressing for oversight and published plans for western Jamaica.
The census shows evangelical churches rising, the old colonial churches shrinking and one Jamaican in five claiming no religion at all. After Hurricane Melissa, the church’s place in island life is being tested again.
From provocative property advertising to research on attractiveness and major misconduct cases, a global investigation asks what real estate agents are really expected to sell, and where Jamaica should draw the line.
Antigua’s 150-unit Pelican Court housing development is nearing handover, but compensation, ownership and mortgages for former Booby Alley residents are not yet settled.
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