Jamaica infrastructure development

Crude oil crossed $100 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange in January 2008 — a threshold that Jamaica,…

Bruce Golding’s new Jamaica Labour Party administration inherited an island still sweeping up after Hurricane Dean, a power company under…

Within the space of three weeks in August and September 2007, Jamaica endured its most powerful hurricane since Ivan and…

On the morning of May 29, 2007, the first commercial aircraft taxied to a passenger boarding bridge at the new…

When the first ball of the 2007 ICC Cricket World Cup was bowled at Sabina Park on March 21, Jamaica’s…

The final quarter of 2006 was defined by acceleration — a word that does not naturally accompany Jamaica’s infrastructure story…

For the first time since 2003, Jamaica’s third quarter passed without a hurricane advisory compelling residents to board windows or…

Portia Simpson Miller’s first budget as Prime Minister, tabled in April 2006, balanced the competing demands of a nation that…

The quarter that ended March 2006 delivered two of the most consequential leadership transitions in Jamaica’s recent history within weeks…

The Atlantic hurricane season expired on schedule at the end of November, leaving Jamaica to count its blessings that the…

Less than a year after Ivan had laid bare the vulnerabilities in Jamaica’s southern road network, a second major hurricane…

As Patterson’s government tabled its 2005–2006 budget before a restless parliament, infrastructure commanded more spending — and more scrutiny —…

Six months after Hurricane Ivan carved a path of destruction across southern Jamaica, the National Works Agency is fighting on…

The final quarter of 2004 was Jamaica’s season of reckoning with Ivan — not merely the physical reckoning of repair…

When Hurricane Ivan’s outer eyewall swept across southern Jamaica on the night of September 11 and into the early hours…