Hurricane Melissa

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

A National Water Commission representative is still working to reassure communities that have been without reliable piped water supply for nine months following Hurricane Melissa — a situation that has direct and serious consequences for the habitability, hygiene, and property values of affected areas.

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

ANALYSIS | KINGSTON, Jamaica — Nine months after Hurricane Melissa killed 58 people, displaced 12,000, and inflicted an estimated US$2.4…

NEGRIL, Jamaica — Nine months ago today, Hurricane Melissa made landfall near this resort town as a Category 4 storm,…

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

Kingston, Jamaica, 14 July 2026 The Urban Development Corporation has confirmed that plans are progressing for one of Jamaica’s largest…

How the US-Iran ceasefire, collapsing oil prices and the lingering economic shadow of Hurricane Melissa shaped Jamaica and the Caribbean in June 2026 — and what comes next.

Kingston, Jamaica, 30 June 2026 — Jamaica has secured US$200 million in hurricane insurance coverage through a new World Bank…

Kingston, Jamaica, 30 June 2026 — A wave of public anger over property insurance is building across Jamaica, and a…

Kingston, Jamaica, 30 June 2026A registered land title is, on paper, just a document. In practice, it is the difference…

Kingston, Jamaica, 30 June 2026Today marks the final deadline for National Housing Trust mortgagors still recovering from Hurricane Melissa to…

Eight months after Melissa, three stories define Jamaica’s housing recovery: Parottee fishermen refusing relocation without consultation, the Bureau of Standards demanding evidence from modular home suppliers, and 1,500 tourism workers receiving housing grants. Together they map the gap between recovery as announced and recovery as experienced.

Kingston, Jamaica, 28 June 2026 A tenfold increase in applications for modular building system assessments has landed on the desk…

Kingston, Jamaica, 22 June 2026The 2026 Atlantic hurricane season has opened with its most favourable forecast in more than a…