The Prime Minister says the JDF-led roof programme is under way in Westmoreland and St. Elizabeth and that grants for the most vulnerable households will begin in January.

As 2025 ended and 2026 began, Jamaica secured the largest disaster recovery financing in its history. But with the economy having contracted 7.1% in Q4 and tens of thousands still displaced, the scale of the task ahead was becoming clearer.

The prime minister’s New Year’s Eve visit to Black River reaffirmed the government’s commitment to recovery, but families and businesses in St Elizabeth are still waiting for clarity on where and how to rebuild, with real consequences for the local property market.

The definitive quarterly intelligence report on Jamaica’s global diaspora for October–December 2025 — dominated by Hurricane Melissa’s catastrophic landfall, the unprecedented US$6.7 billion international recovery package, a December diaspora remittance surge to US$315 million, the global diaspora relief mobilisation, and the accelerating pressures of Trump-era US immigration enforcement on Jamaicans overseas.

A $70-million Tourism Housing Assistance and Recovery Programme will give 700 hurricane-affected tourism workers $100,000 vouchers for home repairs, with plans to expand to as many as 20,000.

Kemtek Development and Construction handed over $50 million in roofing and building supplies as the Prime Minister urged the construction and real estate sectors to do more for hurricane recovery.

NHT mortgagors in seven less-affected parishes, including Kingston and St. Andrew, can now apply for Hurricane Melissa payment relief, including for indirect financial hardship.

The Ministry of Local Government plans to install prefabricated housing units for people displaced by Hurricane Melissa, starting with residents of a damaged infirmary in Trelawny.

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