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The local stakeholders of Puerto Bueno Mountain, St Ann, have raised concerns about the failed petition on the Office of the Prime Minister’s (OPM) website to stop mining in the Dry Harbour Mountains. At the close of the 40-day period to garner 15,000 signatures, the petition posted by the OPM received only 5,548. Had it gained the requisite number of signatures, it would have prompted an official response from Prime Minister Andrew Holness. According to environmental educator, biologist and ...

Dennis Chung Chartered accountant and social commentator, Dennis Chung, has put a different spin on the entire affair involving the police merely warning for prosecution, persons found partying onboard yachts at Lime and Maiden cays on the weekend, in clear breach of of COVID-19 protocols under the Disaster Risk Management Act (DRMA). Rather than citing preferential treatment on the part of the police or anyone else, Chung is blaming what he said are the weak laws on the books as well as weak ...

Members of the security forces conducting spot checks during a previous operation in St Catherine. Major security operations are now underway in three St Catherine hotspots in an effort to contain crime in the parish. The hierarchy of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) is tight-lipped about the operations, however, police sources have told Loop News that blockades are being set up in Portmore, Central Village and Old Harbour - all three communities situated in the St Catherine South Polic...

iStock photo of docked yachts. Social and political commentator, Kevin O’Brien Chang, believes double standard is at play in the enforcement of COVID-19 protocols.  He made the assessment in an interview with Loop News as he accused members of the security forces of arresting and charging some persons for breaching the rules, in particular residents of inner–city and other low income communities, while merely providing a warning for others, particularly those from more affluent parts ...

It has been a long time since a person or thing has captivated and commanded the attention of the entire planet like the COVID-19 pandemic has done, making 2020 a year like no other. It has left us in awe and fear and bursting with anxiety all at the same time as we try to preserve our own lives and those of our loved ones while struggling to maintain our mental health as depression, brought on by stay-at-home orders, mount. So pervasive was the ongoing pandemic in our everyday lives and dail...

Craigwell-Best is 28 years old. When Loop spoke to the nurse on the Labour Ward around 6pm, she said that a mother was being prepped for a Caesarean. Nurse Worrell in Nursing Administration provided Loop with the days final tally of two as of 10:27 pm, December 25, 2020.   [12:55pm Christmas Day, 2020] Barbados has one new small citizen.  Ria Husbands, who is 32 years old, delivered the first Christmas Day baby for 2020. He was born at 3:35 am. He weighed 3035 grams or six pounds and 11 ounc...

There are just a few more days before the year 2020 comes to a close. A year that will be difficult to forget for a very long time, 2020 was certainly not a normal period of time. With all of its up and downs, one would not be overstretching to say the year will go down as one of the most memorable in history. As usual, Loop news in its review, looks back on the year that will ultimately go down as one that significantly changed the way of life for millions across the world. Below are some of t...

A number of business persons have pressed on with previously planned investments, adapted and made changes to serve new trends arising from the COVID-19 pandemic. The outbreak of the coronavirus (COVID-19) in March turned what was expected to be a solid year of growth for global economies into a deep downturn. At the local level, a number of business persons have nonetheless pressed on with previously planned investments, adapted and made changes to serve new trends arising from the pandemic. I...

Some of the affected persons and some items that were salvaged from the fire that left approximately 30 persons homeless in downtown Kingston on Wednesday afternoon. Approximately 30 persons have been left homeless after fire of unknown origin destroyed several houses in a tenement settlement located at the intersection of Charles and Church streets in downtown Kingston on Wednesday afternoon. No one was physically hurt in the blaze. Reports are that about 1 pm, a resident in the area saw smoke...

Police personnel along with onlookers at the fatal accident scene in Annotto Bay, St Mary on Monday. The police are reporting that a man and a woman died as a result of injuries they sustained in a two-vehicle collision along the Iter Boreale main road in Annotto Bay, St Mary on Monday. The deceased have been identified as 32-year-old Kioma Williams, a music producer of Nightingale Avenue, Kingston 3, and 39-year-old  Alecia Woods of Shortwood Drive, Kingston 8. Police reports are that about 3...