ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica—Some residents of the Hurricane Melissa ravaged seaside community of Parottee are adamant that they will not leave the area following an announcement of relocation by Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness recently.

During the National Housing Trust’s (NHT’s) handing over of 27 service lots in Malvern, St Elizabeth last Thursday, Holness pointed to the coastal community of Parottee, which was among the areas hard hit, as one of the areas to benefit from relocation and container homes for residents.

“A large part of it will be deployed right here in St Elizabeth. Our brothers and sisters who are on the coast in Parottee, an area that was badly damaged, which I toured [and] it is quite clear that the cost of reconstruction there would be quite higher than the houses that you are trying to save,” he explained.