Damage control is already underway and Jamaica is hoping to resume all tourism operations (including cruising) before the year ends.

Henry, who said he has been living in Port Royal for more than five decades, was of the view that the recent appeals for Port Royal residents to comply with evacuation warnings were not being done out of genuine concern for their safety.

Royal Caribbean is taking action to support communities and employees impacted by Hurricane Melissa in Jamaica and The Bahamas.

With Hurricane Melissa moving at speeds of 175 miles per hour and preparing to make landfall on the island nation of Jamaica by the afternoon of Oct. 28, governments are warning their citizens to put off travel, while airlines and cruise lines are calling off trips.

A resident of Port Royal says he will not be evacuating the seaside community to seek safer grounds in a shelter as Hurricane Melissa is expected to make landfall on the island later Monday evening to Tuesday.

Celebrity Beyond’s Oct. 26 itinerary will visit the Western Caribbean rather than the Eastern Caribbean, according to the cruise line’s parent company, Royal Caribbean Group. The ship will visit Costa Maya in Mexico, Belize and Roatan, Honduras.

Hurricane Melissa, now a powerful Category 5 storm, is bearing down on Jamaica and is forecast to be the worst storm in the island's history. Melissa is set to bring catastrophic winds, rain, flooding and storm surge to Jamaica, where residents and tourists are sheltering in place. Landfall is expected early Tuesday morning.

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, better known by its acronym, UNESCO, added a second heritage site in Jamaica this week, at Port Royal. According to the Jamaica Tourist Board, Port Royal is one of the oldest and most ...