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Chronology

NaRRA and reconstruction timeline

Events are ordered by date and retain source, status, and caveat information.

  1. T001

    Hurricane Melissa makes landfall in Jamaica as a Category 5 hurricane

    Disaster trigger for the reconstruction programme

    Confirmed

    2 sources

  2. T002

    Prime Minister announces national reconstruction authority under the NARA spelling

    Same day as World Bank/IDB US$8.8bn direct-damage estimate

    Confirmed

    Source

  3. T003

    International institutions announce coordinated package of up to US$6.7bn over three years

    Not a single NaRRA cash account

    Confirmed

    Source

  4. T004

    Interim NaRRD described as active in the Cabinet Office

    Department stage before statutory Authority

    Confirmed

    2 sources

  5. T005

    Advertised deadline for CEO applications

    Public recruitment stage

    Confirmed

    Source

  6. T006

    NaRRA legislation and project vision presented in Budget Debate

    Initial FAST threshold described as US$150m

    Confirmed

    Source

  7. T007

    JAMRROC announced with Professor Peter Blair Henry as chair

    Non-statutory in final Act

    Confirmed

    Source

  8. T008

    JET and JFJ submit detailed recommendations on the Bill

    Civil-society legal submission

    Confirmed

    Source

  9. T009

    Government presents revised NaRRA Bill and procurement-framework promise

    Earlier Bill had been withdrawn/reworked

    Confirmed

    Source

  10. T010

    House passes Bill 31–15 with 16 absent

    Vote followed late-night committee stage

    Confirmed

    Source

  11. T011

    Senate passes Bill

    No individual division recorded in reports

    Confirmed

    2 sources

  12. T012

    Governor-General assents to Act 8 of 2026

    Controlling legal date

    Confirmed

    Source

  13. T013

    OPM announces law and appoints Antony Anderson CEO

    CEO effective 1 June

    Confirmed

    3 sources

  14. T014

    Antony Anderson's CEO appointment takes effect

    Top-level operating leadership begins

    Confirmed

    Source

  15. T015

    CEO gives early interview on operational priorities

    Published 4 June

    Confirmed

    Source

  16. T016

    World Bank P515022 Environmental and Social Commitment Plan issued

    Project-specific safeguards

    Confirmed

    Source

  17. T017

    Special Cabinet meeting asks NaRRA and agencies to propose projects for register

    Evidence that final register was still being assembled

    Confirmed

    Source

  18. T018

    World Bank P515022 Stakeholder Engagement Plan published

    Includes grievance mechanism design

    Confirmed

    Source

  19. T019

    Anderson and Floyd Green conduct preliminary engagement in Black River and Parottee

    Published 17 July

    Confirmed

    Source

  20. T020

    Research cut-off

    No statutory register procurement order or complete JAMRROC list located

    Confirmed