So mi just get off the phone wid mi auntie in Westmoreland and she tell mi the light STILL not back. Six month, people. SIX MONTH.

THE WESTMORELAND DARKNESS SITUATION

Mi auntie say she cooking by candle like is 1987. Minister Vaz say rain a slow dem down. The same rain that fall every year in Jamaica — the country know bout rain — somehow catching JPS off guard. Mi not saying anything. Mi just saying my auntie been in darkness since October and the man a talk bout rain like is surprise.

The good news, apparently, is that some communities in St Elizabeth getting fixed. Beersheba, Brighton, Mulgrave — dem getting light back. Westmoreland people, hold on. Dem coming for you. Eventually.

THE HOSPITAL OWE HOW MUCH?

$40 billion. FORTY BILLION DOLLARS. The UHWI — the University Hospital — sitting on a $40 billion tax debt and nobody apparently noticed until them bring the man to Parliament. $18 billion is what they actually owe. The rest is just the government charging them interest on the money they didn’t pay. This is the biggest hospital in the country. Who was watching the books? Mi asking for informational purposes.

GAS GONE DOWN 25 CENTS, DON’T GET EXCITED

Yes, Petrojam cut the price. Yes, it is technically cheaper. No, it will not feel cheaper at the pump because by the time the gas station, the marketing company, and everyone else add their part, the $0.25 will have redistributed itself into the economy and disappeared. But respect to Petrojam for the gesture. We see you.

NCB SELLING PORSCHE

If anyone in the Bronx want a 2022 Porsche Cayenne for $18.4 million Jamaican — which is like what, roughly $115,000 US — NCB have one for you. Repo vehicle. Somebody bought it in Jamaica during the good times and now cannot maintain the payments. We don’t judge. Auction close Wednesday. Act fast.

CARNIVAL DONE, LEGEND BEER DEBUT

The 2026 Carnival finish and apparently Legend Beer showed up at Road March for the first time. Mi cousin who went say the beer was decent and the band was nice. Mayor Swaby call it a resounding success. If the Mayor happy and the beer was there, who are we to argue? Next year, God willing, mi will be there in person instead of getting the report secondhand from mi cousin.

Bronx Leroy. Always informed. Slightly delayed.