Tag Archives: Jamaica

Future Hurricane Resilience in Jamaica After the Devastation of Hurricane Melissa

By: Caitlin Wilson In late October 2025, Hurricane Melissa devastated the Caribbean, causing billions of dollars in damage and affecting multiple countries as strong winds and powerful rains moved through. Throughout the Caribbean, damage from Hurricane Melissa is estimated to be between $48 billion and $52 billion. Jamaica was arguably hit the hardest, with Hurricane […]

Is Jamaica’s New Year’s Resolution to Decriminalize Ganja?

BY AMANDA ELIZABETH PRESTON- The recent U.S. midterm elections gained attention from an unlikely source in the Caribbean Sea. Members of the Jamaican Government and Cannabis Commercial and Medicinal Research Task Force have praised residents of Oregon, Alaska, and Washington, D.C., for voting to legalize recreational marijuana use and possession. Proponents for the decriminalization of marijuana […]