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Man Says 'Mi Soon Come,' Accidentally Disappears For Entire Afternoon
KINGSTON — Local resident Delroy Campbell, 34, confirmed at approximately 11:47 a.m. Tuesday that he was ‘just soon come,’ a …
Andre Wallace ·
Government Announces Bold New Plan To Eventually Consider Fixing Roads
GORDON HOUSE — In a press briefing held Monday, officials unveiled an ambitious framework to, at some undetermined point, begin preliminary …
Simone Grant ·
Cousin Leroy Explains Jamaica to His Coworkers at the Annual Performance Review
Cousin Leroy, a management consultant in the Bronx who has not visited Jamaica since 2019, is asked at his annual performance review whether he has any 'cultural perspective' to share about recent Caribbean news. Everyone regrets this.
Cousin Leroy ·
Jamaica's Real Early Warning System Is Your Cousin's WhatsApp Group at 3 A.M.
A sardonic look at where Jamaicans actually go for weather updates, disaster alerts, and news that matters. Spoiler: it's not the Met Service.
Yard Report ·
Taxi Driver Confirms Car Can Comfortably Fit Four More Passengers Somehow
HALF-WAY TREE — Despite the 1998 Toyota Corolla already holding nine adults, two schoolchildren, and a basket of yam, driver Winston …
D. Richards ·
The Remittance Corridor Breaks First: Why Sending Money to Jamaica During Disaster Season Doesn't Work the Way You Think
An evergreen look at the Jamaica remittance economy through the lens of what breaks during disaster season — and what that says about the diaspora-to-island money pipeline the rest of the year.
Yard Report ·
Aenon Town Cut Off as Clarendon Flooding Worsens, MP Calls for Emergency Drainage Audit
Residents stranded across multiple routes as Aenon Town floods for the second consecutive day. MP Wavel Hinds is pressing for a full drainage audit, and the backdrop is a post-Melissa infrastructure system that still hasn't recovered.
Yard Report ·
Woman Orders Small Fry, Receives Enough Food To Feed Extended Family
SPANISH TOWN — Patron Marcia Thompson, who ordered what she described as ‘just a likkle small’ portion of fried chicken, left …
Andre Wallace ·
Local Man Spends 45 Minutes Explaining Why This Time He Actually Leaving Now
MANDEVILLE — Standing in the doorway with keys in hand, Kevin Morrison delivered a detailed 45-minute monologue outlining the specific …
Simone Grant ·
Dancehall Artist Releases Song About Same Woman, Insists This One Completely Different
KINGSTON — Dancehall artist Laxxy Platinum released his fourteenth consecutive single about ex-girlfriend Tasha Bennett this week, defending …
D. Richards ·
Jamaican Mother Detects Disrespect From Across Three Rooms Instantly
PORTMORE — Without turning from the pot of rice and peas she was stirring, mother of four Beverley Clarke identified an act of disrespect …
Andre Wallace ·
Man Goes Shop For Bread, Returns With Full Grocery Bag And No Explanation
OCHO RIOS — Dispatched at 9 a.m. to purchase a single loaf of hardo bread, husband Anthony Wilson returned three hours later with condensed …
Simone Grant ·
Government Assures Citizens Everything Under Control Despite Visible Evidence
KINGSTON — Addressing a press conference held in front of a visibly collapsing public works project, the spokesperson confirmed that the …
D. Richards ·
Neighbour Stands At Gate For Two Hours, Calls It 'Quick Talk'
MAY PEN — Gripping the gate with both hands for what he described as ‘just a two minute thing,’ neighbour Errol Johnson …
Andre Wallace ·
Entire Country Briefly Unites After Reggae Boyz Almost Win Something
NATIONWIDE — For a period of roughly 73 minutes Saturday, all political, class, and parish differences were suspended as the national …
Simone Grant ·
Local Runner Clocked As Faster Than Traffic Leaving Half-Way Tree
KINGSTON — Track athlete Jerome Burke, 19, was officially recorded moving at speeds exceeding the average rush-hour velocity on Constant …
D. Richards ·
Dancehall Crowd Agrees Song Was Good Before It Even Started
MONTEGO BAY — Within the first two beats of the intro, attendees at a sound system event collectively determined the track was ‘a …
Andre Wallace ·
Selector Promises 'Last Song,' Immediately Plays Seven More
NEGRIL — Selector DJ Bossman announced at 3:47 a.m. that the following track would be the ‘very last one,’ a declaration he …
Simone Grant ·
Man Calculates Budget, Immediately Decides Not To Check Again
KINGSTON — After tallying his monthly expenses against his income for approximately four minutes, accountant Leroy Davis reportedly closed …
D. Richards ·
Vendor Raises Prices Slightly, Blames 'Everything'
CORONATION MARKET — Local vendor Miss Pearl adjusted the price of scallion upward by fifty dollars this week, citing a list of contributing …
Andre Wallace ·
Group Of Friends Say They Leaving Party, Remain For Additional Three Hours
PORTMORE — A group of six adults announced their imminent departure from a house party at 11:14 p.m. Friday, a declaration that preceded …
Simone Grant ·
Man Watches Same Argument On WhatsApp Group For Third Day Straight
SPANISH TOWN — Refusing to eat, sleep, or respond to his wife, 42-year-old Derrick Powell has spent the last 72 hours monitoring an ongoing …
D. Richards ·
Cousin Leroy - Monday, April 20, 2026
Cousin Leroy reading the news from his apartment in the Bronx, where everything Jamaica is doing sounds, frankly, amazing — the recovery is going great, the casinos are happening, the Prime Minister flew to New York, and there's a $6.7 billion package coming, which Leroy is fairly sure is going to him personally.
Cousin Leroy ·
Yard Report - Monday, April 20, 2026
Kingston view: ROOFS Programme is going at the speed of a man who has no banking app, the casino regulations finally arrived sixteen years after the law that needed them, and the Prime Minister explains that the unbanked are the bottleneck — which, accurate, but interesting choice of framing.
Yard Report ·
Family Member Says 'No Food Left,' Reveals Hidden Pot Ten Minutes Later
CLARENDON — After informing her nephew that ’no food nuh deh yah,’ Aunt Ivy produced a fully loaded dutch pot of oxtail and …
Andre Wallace ·
Community Fully Invested In Situation That Is None Of Their Business
LINSTEAD — An entire neighbourhood has reportedly put normal activities on hold to follow a developing dispute between two households, …
Simone Grant ·
Cousin Leroy: Jamaica Pension Ting, Howard Lau Waste Bin Issue, and Why I Can't Even Believe What Is Going On Down There
Greetings from the Bronx. Cousin Leroy here. I have to tell you, I was on the phone with Cousin Pearl this morning — she still in Kingston, …
Yard Report: The Pension Office Says 'Late July 2026,' Howard Lau Says 'Not My Bill,' and the Reggae Girlz Say 'Guyana, Hold My Coffee'
Kingston morning. Another Sunday of the Gleaner delivering exactly the news we knew was coming but hoped would not. Let us walk through it. …
Cousin Leroy: Yo Dem REALLY Charge Jaii Frais??? And Somebody Stole De HURRICANE RELIEF?? From CANADA?? Yo WHAT
Yooooo wah gwaan fam. Leroy here calling from the BX on my 15-minute break at Logan, I am literally eating a bodega sandwich as I type this, …
Yard Report: Dem Charge Jaii Frais, MSMEs in Triple Threat, Second Sibling Gone in Spanish Town, and a Canadian Man Steals De Hurricane Relief
Morning, Jamrock. Yard Report here on a Saturday morning, working through coffee and trying to reconcile the week’s news with the …
Cousin Leroy: Yow, Dem Lock Up Jaii Frais? Wha' Gwaan Wid Dat! And Mi Nah Cosign Dem Find Oil in Yard
Yooooo wah gwaan fam it’s your cousin Leroy calling from the BX, 174th and Morris Avenue, shoutout to everybody at the spot on White …
Yard Report: The Vlogger, the Mayor-Chopper, the Oil We Shouldn't Want, and the Trench Town Birthday Party That Turned Into a Crime Scene
Morning, Jamrock. Yard Report here from Kingston, processing the week the only way I know how — slowly, with black coffee, and with the grim …
Cousin Leroy Reports Back — Thursday, April 16, 2026
Leroy has been following the Westmoreland situation from the Bronx and has thoughts.
Cousin Leroy ·
Yard Report — Thursday, April 16, 2026
Six months after Melissa, Westmoreland still dark. UHWI owes $40 billion in taxes. Carnival was nice though.
Yard Report ·
Jamaica Brief – Cousin Leroy: Tuesday, April 14, 2026
Cousin Leroy flew in for carnival, somehow did not know about the Big Wall shooting until Tuesday, and has questions about Negril's ambulance situation.
Cousin Leroy ·
Jamaica Brief – Yard Report: Tuesday, April 14, 2026
Carnival ended with gunshots, a boy got shot by a cop on a rooftop, the justice minister told JPs to stop profiling, and Domino's has a new owner. Tuesday's Kingston dispatch.
Yard Report ·
Cousin Leroy Report — Sunday, April 12, 2026
Cousin Leroy is watching Road March from the Bronx on his phone, upset about the Negril ambulance situation, and has opinions about the oil price and the budget.
Cousin Leroy ·
Yard Report — Sunday, April 12, 2026
Road March Sunday in Kingston, Negril still has no ambulance, a Jamaican referee is going to the World Cup, and the budget's oil price assumption is looking embarrassing.
Yard Report ·
Cousin Leroy Report — Saturday, April 11, 2026
Cousin Leroy, calling in from the Bronx, has thoughts on Bunny Shaw's hat-trick, the Maryland plaque ceremony, and why he hasn't been back to Spanish Town in a while.
Cousin Leroy ·
Yard Report — Saturday, April 11, 2026
Spanish Town mourns a teenager lost in a house fire, 71 dead on the roads already this year, and Bunny Shaw scores a hat-trick while the government hands out plaques in Maryland.
Yard Report ·
Jamaica Brief — Cousin Leroy, April 10, 2026
Leroy in the Bronx has thoughts about Shanoya, the soldier situation, gas station robberies, and why Jamaica keep making him proud and worried at the same time.
Cousin Leroy ·
Jamaica Brief — Yard Report, April 10, 2026
JDF soldier charged with girlfriend's murder, bartender shot in St. Elizabeth, Shanoya Douglas has world leads, and an MP has been summoned. Another Friday in Jamaica.
Yard Report ·
Cousin Leroy's Jamaica Update – Thursday, April 9, 2026
Cousin Leroy in the Bronx reads the Jamaica news and has some thoughts.
Cousin Leroy ·
The Yard Report – Thursday, April 9, 2026
Dispatches from Kingston — gas going up, hurricane victims still in schools, and Jamaica not in the World Cup. A normal week.
Yard Report ·
Cousin Leroy Seh — Jamaica, Monday April 6, 2026
Cousin Leroy, calling from the Bronx, is very proud of January's crime numbers and not worried about the fuel price.
Cousin Leroy ·
The Yard Report — Jamaica Brief, Monday April 6, 2026
Jamaica's weekly news with the bark left on. JACDEN scandal, fuel prices up 20%, and Jamaica still cleaning up after Melissa.
The Yard Report ·