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Kabaka Pyramid is doing his part to revive juggling in Jamaica through his own Victory Rock Riddim. The reggae and dancehall singer, birth name Keron Salmon, is making his major debut as a producer on this project which features 14 artistes. With calls increasing in the music sector for juggling to be revived, this project is timely. Kabaka told Loop News that while he has been working on the riddim for over two years the intention was to bring back juggling as it helps unknown artistes to get ...

Apostle Christene McLean, founder of the City of Refuge Endtime Prophetic Ministries A St Ann clergywoman has been arrested and charged after allegedly hosting a church service in clear breach of the COVID-19 prevention measures. Apostle Christene McLean, founder of the City of Refuge Endtime Prophetic Ministries in St Ann’s Bay, was charged with breaches of the Disaster Risk Management Act.  Two other members of the church have also been charged. Their identities could not be ascertained...

Retired Deputy Superintendent of Police Lloyd  "Echo T” Thomas has died. Thomas, who was a special investigator of the Firearm Licensing  Authority (FLA) at the time of his passing, reportedly lost his battle to complications caused by COVID-19 on Wednesday morning. Thomas, 69, was admitted to the Kingston Public Hospital last week  after testing  positive for the deadly virus, Loop News understands.  A number of employees at the FLA have reportedly tested positive for COVID-19, for...

The active participation of women in the Caribbean’s political landscape is critical to fulfilling the potential of democracy. Women make essential contributions to achieving and maintaining peacefully secure communities, the realisation of human rights, disease eradication, hunger and poverty and the promotion of sustainable development. When women realise their full rights to participate in political processes, all of society stands to benefit. Even so, there are many obstacles to women’...

File: National Security Minister Stuart Young, Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago. National Security Minister Stuart Young has confirmed that Venezuelan nationals who were left stranded in T&T after their repatriation flight from Venezuela was blocked from entering, will be repatriated this evening.   The Venezuelan aircraft owned by State airline Conviasa which was blocked from coming here is sanctioned by the United States. Approximately 100 Venezuelan nationals were affected. This morning, ...

This man was caught by a Loop News photographer on Thursday morning riding his bicycle through a crime scene along East Queen Street in downtown Kingston, where a man was

Award-winning Zimbabwean journalist Hopewell Chin’ono uses his pen to expose Government corruption in his homeland, an act that has seen him arrested three times in the p

Pro-choice advocates have come out strongly against a suggested referendum on abortion reform in Jamaica. The activists voiced their disapproval during a peaceful demonstration, organised by community-based advocacy organisation We-Change, along Hope Road in St Andrew over the weekend. A We-Change representative told Loop News that the group wanted to hear more from Members of Parliament (MPs) on their stance on the issue. Watch the video below. "So far we have heard that (MPs) might opt ...

Andrea Lowe-Garwood killed inside a church in Trelawny on Sunday, January 31. The alleged getaway driver in the fatal shooting of banker Andrea Lowe-Garwood inside a Trelawny church is to return to the Home Circuit Court today. Accused Leon Hines last appeared in the High Court on February 12. Hines attorney Michael Hemmings told Loop News that the defence was in negotiations with the prosecution on a plea deal. Hemmings said that Hines wants to help the court in the matter and that Hines wa...

JetBlue Airways says Kalina Collier, the flight attendant accused of falsely claiming to have been kidnapped in Jamaica, is no longer with the company following an i