https://tradewindsbrief.com/tags/cousin-leroy/Recent content in Cousin Leroy on The Tradewinds Briefhttps://tradewindsbrief.com/images/brand/og-default.pnghttps://tradewindsbrief.com/images/brand/og-default.pngHugo -- 0.142.0en-usWed, 22 Apr 2026 10:00:00 -0400https://tradewindsbrief.com/posts/2026-04-22-cousin-leroy-performance-review/Wed, 22 Apr 2026 10:00:00 -0400https://tradewindsbrief.com/posts/2026-04-22-cousin-leroy-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 &#39;cultural perspective&#39; to share about recent Caribbean news. Everyone regrets this.https://tradewindsbrief.com/posts/2026-04-20-cousin-leroy/Mon, 20 Apr 2026 08:15:00 -0400https://tradewindsbrief.com/posts/2026-04-20-cousin-leroy/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&#39;s a $6.7 billion package coming, which Leroy is fairly sure is going to him personally.https://tradewindsbrief.com/posts/gdb_2026-04-19_jamaica_cousin_leroy/Sun, 19 Apr 2026 11:30:00 -0400https://tradewindsbrief.com/posts/gdb_2026-04-19_jamaica_cousin_leroy/<p>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, she don&rsquo;t come to America, she say America too cold — and she read me the Gleaner front page, and I am sitting here in my apartment on 233rd Street and I cannot believe what I am hearing.</p> <hr> <h3 id="the-pension-ting">The pension ting</h3> <p>So Pearl tell me that <strong>retired police officers</strong> in Jamaica — people who serve thirty years — cannot pay their light bill because the pension system is not paying them out properly. Thirty years! Thirty years in the JCF! These men, some of them my age, some of them younger, they walking into retirement expecting to live on their pension, and the pension office telling them &ldquo;late July 2026.&rdquo;</p>https://tradewindsbrief.com/posts/2026-04-12-cousin-leroy/Sun, 12 Apr 2026 08:05:00 -0500https://tradewindsbrief.com/posts/2026-04-12-cousin-leroy/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.https://tradewindsbrief.com/posts/2026-04-11-cousin-leroy/Sat, 11 Apr 2026 08:05:00 -0500https://tradewindsbrief.com/posts/2026-04-11-cousin-leroy/Cousin Leroy, calling in from the Bronx, has thoughts on Bunny Shaw&#39;s hat-trick, the Maryland plaque ceremony, and why he hasn&#39;t been back to Spanish Town in a while.https://tradewindsbrief.com/posts/2026-04-08-cousin-leroy/Wed, 08 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://tradewindsbrief.com/posts/2026-04-08-cousin-leroy/Cousin Leroy in the Bronx shares his extremely confident take on Jamaica news. Economy, shelters, and why he still thinks JA is the greatest.