The Restoration of Owner or Occupant Family Shelters (ROOFS) Programme is a Government initiative managed by the Ministry of Labour and Social Security to help households rebuild after Hurricane Melissa. However, according to Dr. Brown-Burke there is need for full transparency as it relates to the programme.

Executive Director of Jamaicans for Justice (JFJ), Mickel Jackson, says Sunday's fatal shooting in Granville, St. James, raises questions over whether or not the response of the police officer was proportionate to the threat that he was facing.45-year-old Lotoya Bulgin, more popularly known as "Buju", was shot and killed in Granville Square.

The Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) says no body-worn camera was issued to, or worn by, the police officers who conducted crowd control duties during the Granville Square protest, when Lotoya Bulgin was fatally shot.45-year-old Bulgin, more popularly known as "Buju", was fatally shot yesterday afternoon.The incident was captured on a closed-circuit television camera, and the video footage has gone viral on social media.