Hurricane Melissa on The Tradewinds Briefhttps://tradewindsbrief.com/tags/hurricane-melissa/Recent content in Hurricane Melissa on The Tradewinds BriefThe Tradewinds Briefhttps://tradewindsbrief.com/images/brand/og-default.pnghttps://tradewindsbrief.com/images/brand/og-default.pngHugo -- 0.142.0en-usMon, 20 Apr 2026 08:00:00 -0400Yard Report - Monday, April 20, 2026https://tradewindsbrief.com/posts/2026-04-20-yard-report/Mon, 20 Apr 2026 08:00:00 -0400https://tradewindsbrief.com/posts/2026-04-20-yard-report/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 — Thursday, April 16, 2026https://tradewindsbrief.com/posts/2026-04-16-yard-report/Thu, 16 Apr 2026 07:00:00 -0500https://tradewindsbrief.com/posts/2026-04-16-yard-report/Six months after Melissa, Westmoreland still dark. UHWI owes $40 billion in taxes. Carnival was nice though.Cousin Leroy Seh — Jamaica, Monday April 6, 2026https://tradewindsbrief.com/posts/2026-04-06-cousin-leroy/Mon, 06 Apr 2026 06:30:00 -0500https://tradewindsbrief.com/posts/2026-04-06-cousin-leroy/Cousin Leroy, calling from the Bronx, is very proud of January's crime numbers and not worried about the fuel price.The Yard Report — Jamaica Brief, Monday April 6, 2026https://tradewindsbrief.com/posts/2026-04-06-jamaica-brief/Mon, 06 Apr 2026 06:00:00 -0500https://tradewindsbrief.com/posts/2026-04-06-jamaica-brief/Jamaica's weekly news with the bark left on. JACDEN scandal, fuel prices up 20%, and Jamaica still cleaning up after Melissa.Caribbean Brief: Jamaica's Hurricane Budget, T&T Radar Gone, Guyana Plays Football & The US Removes Military Gear from Tobagohttps://tradewindsbrief.com/posts/2026-03-30-caribbean-brief/Mon, 30 Mar 2026 07:00:00 -0400https://tradewindsbrief.com/posts/2026-03-30-caribbean-brief/Jamaica tables its Hurricane Melissa budget, the US quietly removes military radar from Tobago, Guyana faces Belize in football, and Antigua is hosting the Commonwealth summit in November. Monday Caribbean.Caribbean Brief: Jamaica Counting Hurricane Damage, T&T Gets a US List, and Sandals Is Spending Bighttps://tradewindsbrief.com/posts/2026-03-24-caribbean-brief/Tue, 24 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://tradewindsbrief.com/posts/2026-03-24-caribbean-brief/Tuesday's regional roundup: Jamaica's budget fight, Trinidad's US persons-of-interest list, Sandals drops $200M, and Caribbean AIDS deaths fall 60%.