The Norwood Community in Norwood, St James, celebrates zero murders in 2024, an achievement for the once violence-plagued community that was declared a Zone of Special Operations in June 2021

Over 1.000 of 1.500 nights of emergency housing provided for families displaced by natural disasters by non-profit Airbnb.org since 2020 have been used in Jamaica; the independent organization was founded by Airbnb to provide relief in crisis

The Western Regional Health Authority is calling on residents to take proactive steps to prevent dengue by regularly identifying and eliminating mosquito breeding sites, inspecting home, workplaces, communities once per week in rain and hurricane season

Earthquake experts said they are not overly concerned by the 15 earthquakes felt and recorded in Jamaica so far in 2026 and explained that the apparent increase reflects greater public reporting rather than heightened seismic activity

A 16% fare increase for public passenger vehicle operators has been approved; the increase, pending since April 2024, will be introduced in two phases