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Jamaica Brief – Yard Report: Tuesday, April 14, 2026

Jamaica Brief

Good morning from Kingston, where the carnival confetti has barely settled and already the week is doing too much.


BIG WALL ENDED WITH GUNSHOTS. OF COURSE IT DID.

The annual Big Wall post-carnival party at Ranny Williams Entertainment Centre on Hope Road went sideways Sunday night when shooting broke out and left two people injured — including an American visitor who is now facing possible permanent injury. The woman has described the experience as “deeply traumatic,” which is a restrained way of describing getting shot at a party you came to from another country.

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