Kingston takes the bulk of remittance growth since Melissa

Residents of Kingston and St Andrew received most of the growth in remittances since Hurricane Melissa, rather than the parishes the storm hit hardest. Jamaicans abroad sent home US$1.85 billion through remittance companies in the seven months after the storm, from November 2025 to May 2026, up 7.7 per cent, according to the latest parish-level data published by the Bank of Jamaica. That works out to US$132.5 million more than they sent in the same seven months a year earlier.