The Government has promised another allocation for Jamaica’s hurricane-recovery grants, offering some reassurance to approximately 50,000 households that registered for assistance but…

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

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

The Labour Ministry is meeting St Elizabeth residents one by one to fix records that have held up ROOFS roof repair grants after Hurricane Melissa.

The Jamaica Social Investment Fund is undertaking a $27 billion, five- to six-year recovery programme aimed at rebuilding communities and schools in areas damaged by Hurricane Melissa.

After two devastating hurricanes in two years and with climate scientists projecting more intense storm seasons ahead, the question of what climate risk means for Jamaica’s coastal and low-lying property values is no longer theoretical.

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

The government has committed billions through the NHT’s ROOFS programme and related initiatives in response to Hurricane Melissa’s housing destruction, with thousands of claims still being processed.

The NHT’s six-month mortgage moratorium for Hurricane Melissa-affected parishes is closing, with 36,000 accounts resuming payments and a final extension window open until 30 June.

An $9-billion NHT-backed housing development in St Thomas brings both scale and resilience requirements, as Jamaica tries to rebuild with stronger homes than the ones Melissa destroyed.