Kingston on The Tradewinds Briefhttps://tradewindsbrief.com/tags/kingston/Recent content in Kingston 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: Dem Charge Jaii Frais, MSMEs in Triple Threat, Second Sibling Gone in Spanish Town, and a Canadian Man Steals De Hurricane Reliefhttps://tradewindsbrief.com/posts/gdb_2026-04-18_jamaica_yard_report/Sat, 18 Apr 2026 08:30:00 -0400https://tradewindsbrief.com/posts/gdb_2026-04-18_jamaica_yard_report/<p>Morning, Jamrock. Yard Report here on a Saturday morning, working through coffee and trying to reconcile the week&rsquo;s news with the limited supply of patience I woke up with.</p> <p>Let me walk you through what we have.</p> <hr> <h3 id="jaii-frais-charged-survival-on-trial">Jaii Frais Charged: &ldquo;Survival&rdquo; on Trial</h3> <p>Popular vlogger Jhaedee Richards — known to his large audience as Jaii Frais — has been charged. <strong>Wounding with intent. Shooting with intent. Possession of a prohibited weapon.</strong> The charges come six days after the shooting at the Big Wall carnival afterparty in St Andrew, during which Frais and two other men were injured.</p>Yard Report: The Vlogger, the Mayor-Chopper, the Oil We Shouldn't Want, and the Trench Town Birthday Party That Turned Into a Crime Scenehttps://tradewindsbrief.com/posts/gdb_2026-04-17_jamaica_yard_report/Fri, 17 Apr 2026 08:00:00 -0400https://tradewindsbrief.com/posts/gdb_2026-04-17_jamaica_yard_report/<p>Morning, Jamrock. Yard Report here from Kingston, processing the week the only way I know how — slowly, with black coffee, and with the grim understanding that the news will somehow get worse before I finish typing.</p> <p>Let&rsquo;s see what we&rsquo;re working with today.</p> <hr> <h3 id="jaii-frais-the-custody-clock-ticks-down">Jaii Frais: The Custody Clock Ticks Down</h3> <p>Popular vlogger Jaii Frais — real name Jhaedee Richards — has been in custody since Sunday following a shooting at the carnival after-party Big Wall. This morning, a Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court judge ruled that the police must either charge him or release him by 6 p.m. today.</p>The Yard Report – Thursday, April 9, 2026https://tradewindsbrief.com/posts/2026-04-09-yard-report/Thu, 09 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://tradewindsbrief.com/posts/2026-04-09-yard-report/Dispatches from Kingston — gas going up, hurricane victims still in schools, and Jamaica not in the World Cup. A normal week.