Disaster recovery

A proposed reconstruction authority would coordinate billions of dollars in recovery work, accelerate major developments and override stalled approvals. Its…

Jamaica’s post-Hurricane Melissa housing recovery is facing a major obstacle as unresolved land ownership issues continue to delay the delivery…

Kingston, Jamaica, 17 July 2026 As communities across Jamaica continue to rebuild following Hurricane Melissa, a new documentary initiative is…

Jamaica is rebuilding. Across the island, zinc is going back up, timber is being cut, and families are doing what…

Kingston, Jamaica — 23 January 2026 More than 170 churches across Jamaica have applied for government-funded repair grants following widespread…

In Jamaica, Christmas has never been only about sparkle and shopping. It has always carried something older and deeper: the…

There is a particular atmosphere that settles on a nation after a storm — a mixture of exhaustion, grit, and…

Every rebuilding story begins the same way: not with blueprints or budgets, but with silence. The kind of silence that…

In the wake of what is now confirmed as one of the most devastating storms ever to strike our shores…

Dean Jones, a property developer with Jamaica Homes located on the border of St. Ann and St. Mary, provided a…

By Dean Jones – Chartered Construction Manager, Project Manager, Surveyor, and Realtor A Nation Tested Beyond Measure Hurricane Melissa has…

There are moments in a nation’s story when the landscape itself seems to sigh — as if exhausted by the…

Massive Damage Across the South and West Hurricane Melissa left Jamaica reeling this week, striking with winds near 185…

By Dean Jones – Chartered Construction Manager, Project Manager, Surveyor, RealtorPublished October 31, 2025 A Nation Reshaped Overnight When Hurricane…

By Dean Jones 31 October 2025 This week, I had the opportunity to speak with one of Britain’s most respected…