TREASURE BEACH, JAMAICA—I’m on a boat ride from Jakes Hotel to The Pelican Bar, a slapdash, ramshackle, barely held together joint that rests on a sandbar nearly a kilometre from Jamaica’s quiet south ...

A major Category 5 hurricane in the northern Caribbean has raised serious concerns about the safety of travel to Jamaica. Hurricane Melissa, a Category 5 storm with sustained winds of 175mph, is ...

Have you ever had one of those days when you wanted to leave the hustle in America behind for a simpler life in another country? You’re not alone. After all, American employees work more hours on ...

People need to be aware of who's causing this and who's responsible for it, rather than seeing these storms as acts of God ...

Alicia Rampy and four family members were celebrating her grandson’s seventh birthday at Beaches Negril, an all-inclusive Sandals resort on Jamaica’s west coast, when Hurricane Melissa scrambled their ...

At 33, Tiffany Grant decided to leave North Carolina and start over in Negril, Jamaica. "I feel like I have a better chance of longevity here," she shared in CNBC Make It. What's unfolded since her ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Hurricane Melissa was set to pummel Jamaica on Tuesday as a catastrophic Category 5 storm, the strongest to lash the island since recordkeeping began 174 years ago. The storm ...

Local government in Jamaica has been gutted. Once upon a time, parish councils ran roads, markets, sanitation, and poor relief. They were flawed but powerful, and they gave ordinary Jamaicans a real ...