HURRICANE Melissa has not only caused widespread physical damage across western Jamaica but has also exposed a deeper financial weakness: the lack of property insurance and the growing problem of ...

The obvious priority for the government at this time must be to mitigate the immediate impact of the devastation of most of western Jamaica by Melissa—among the most powerful hurricanes ...

Now, satellite images reveal in detail the areas ravaged by Melissa and, for hard-hit Black River, the scale of destruction.

The Panama Canal Authority plans to move ahead with construction and concession of two new port terminals, with an estimated ...

All of Jamaica’s financial defenses — insurance, bonds and credit lines — could be deployed to recover from Hurricane Melissa ...

Jordan Senior's cabin in Jamaica is one of his main sources of income. It has suffered severe flooding in the aftermath of ...

Disaster recovery is much harder on isolated islands, and people may migrate away if it’s too slow. Support from Jamaicans in ...

The number of storms that leap from Category 1 to Category 3 or higher within 36 hours “more than doubled” over a 20-year ...

At least five people have been killed on the island nation after the powerful category 5 storm hit earlier this week, with at ...

A massive development site in Jamaica that could house a project with almost 2,000 apartments has hit the market following ...

Jamaica’s decade-long effort to build layers of financial protection in case of natural disasters might help the country ...