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Combination of photos showing firefighters attempting to put out the blaze at the intersection of Charles Street and Love Lane in downtown Kingston, and the reaction of residents. Firefighters are now at the scene of a raging fire at the intersection of Charles Street and Love Lane in downtown Kingston. Reports are that several buildings in the area are on fire as a team of firefighters struggle to bring the blaze under control. "Right now the fire look like it destroy about two buildings and...

Water tender outside the credit union branch as they conducted their investigation. Barbados Public Workers Co-operative Credit Union Limited (BPWCCUL) Broad Street branch location was closed for a period today (December 22) as staff and clients evacuated. The Barbados Fire Service received the call at 1:31 pm. The response was two water tenders from the Bridgetown Fire Station. According to Leading Fire Officer Rudolph Farnum, the findings reported the cause as an activated fire alarm. Desp...

In terms of politics, 2020 could easily be described as the year of Andrew Holness and the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP). For leading the JLP to an epic landslide victory over Dr Peter Phillips and the People’s National Party (PNP) in the September 3 General Election, Holness firmly established himself as the most astute politician in the country. His profile had already been growing internationally in recent years. Yet, for his handling of Jamaica’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, which co...

Screenshot of a video showing passengers on a UK flight becoming upset after being told that they were being placed in state quarantine for 48 hours due to the new strain of the coronavirus. Some passengers on a flight to Jamaica from the United Kingdom (UK) on Monday became disgruntled when it was announced they would have to go in state quarantine for a minimum of 48 hours after arrival in the island. But in a one-minute video obtained by Loop News, some passengers became upset after bein...

Human Rights Advocate  @ Focus Barbados| Protect the Children JUSTICE DELAYED is justice denied. Barbados is becoming notorious for pushing matters under the rug for years, backlogged court cases, people remanded to jail and cases that don’t get called before the court until several years later, witnesses to cases being asked to remember evidence from 10 years ago, and people walking around the same streets as perpetrators while awaiting their day in court. In my case, Barbados failed to re...

John Legend to host and perform on Global Citizen Prize show. Some of the world’s biggest names in music and entertainment will be appearing on the 2020 Global Citizen Prize show — and you can watch it here on Loop News and other Digicel platforms. John Legend will host the show, which will see performances from Alessia Cara, Carrie Underwood, Common, Gwen Stefani, JoJo, Tori Kelly and John Legend himself. Watch the show here: The event will also see appearances from John Oliver, Katie Cour...

Sujae Boswell President of the University of the West Indies’ (UWI) Guild of Students, Sujae Boswell, is throwing his support behind Agriculture Minister Floyd Green who has called for a “comprehensive repositioning of agriculture among the nation’s youth”. In particular, Green wants the repositioning to include how it is presented in the school system and, by extension, viewed by society as a lesser career choice. Green made the call while addressing the launch of a Youth in Agricultu...

Laden Dancehall artiste Laden, whose real name is Okeefe  Aarons, was on Wednesday sentenced to four years imprisonment for Illegal possession of firearm and 18 months for illegal possession of ammunition. Both sentences will run concurrently so he will serve a maximum of four years.  Laden will be eligible to apply for parole after one year.  "The sentencing process was lengthy and arduous, over two days, and it culminated in final submissions by Ms Jodi Taylor, one of his  attorneys. The...

LOOP NEWS CARIBBEAN The coronavirus pandemic has snatched away the lives of two doctors who were fighting to keep others healthy during the pandemic. Twin brothers Dr Kevin and Dr Kenneth Guerra, died one day apart from each other.   The Ministry of Health and Wellness says the brothers are Belize’s first healthcare workers to have lost their lives to complications due to COVID-19. Dr Kevin Guerra died on December 12. He worked at the Independence Polyclinic under ...

Retired crime-fighter, Reneto Adams, believes the revocation of his United States visa is not likely to have any significant negative impact on the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF). "No, not at all," Adams responded to a question posed by Loop News on whether the cancellation of his visa and his ultimate ban from the United States will negatively affect the police force from which he retired in 2008. The opinion came as questions continue to circulate in various circles regarding the implicatio...