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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,…

Negril hotel occupancy hits 84% in February, surpassing pre-storm seasonal average. Fewer than 900 families remain in transitional housing four…

Coastal Development Regulation Reform Bill passes Parliament on January 22. World Bank, IDB and CCRIF funds bring total recovery financing…

Jamaica ends 2025 with 58 confirmed dead and $2.4 billion in storm damage. Negril closes December at 57% hotel occupancy,…

Negril hotel occupancy reaches 54% for Christmas week, still far below normal. 3,400 displaced families spend holidays in transitional shelters…

Negril hotel occupancy reaches 54% for Christmas week, still far below normal. 3,400 displaced families spend the holidays in shelters…

Negril hotel capacity reaches 48 percent of pre-storm levels as reconstruction pace quickens Coastal Development Regulation Reform Bill passes first…

Seven weeks after Hurricane Melissa’s landfall at Black River, St. Elizabeth, the Development Bank of Jamaica has opened full reconstruction loan applications to eligible homeowners across the four most affected parishes.

Building Code Commission’s interim report finds 62 percent of failed structures had permit violations Commission recommends mandatory third-party structural inspections…

Building Code Commission interim report finds 62 percent of failed structures had permit violations Commission recommends mandatory third-party structural inspections…

Five weeks after Hurricane Melissa’s landfall at Black River, St. Elizabeth — the most destructive natural disaster in Jamaica’s recorded history — this is a reckoning of what has been achieved in the recovery, what has fallen short, and what the next phase must deliver.

Six Negril properties now open; combined room inventory represents 22 percent of pre-storm capacity Winter tourism season begins with bookings…

First post-Melissa hotel opens in Negril, welcoming guests to partially restored resort strip Property transaction data shows 18 percent price…

Five weeks after Hurricane Melissa’s landfall at Black River, schools across western Jamaica reopened this week after the longest continuous school closure in recent Jamaican history outside of the COVID-19 pandemic.