Tyrone Robinson, the campaign manager for the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) in North East St Ann and a longstanding member of the constituency executive, has died, reportedly from coronavirus (COVID-19)-related medical complications.
Robinson, 58, who was also the Chairman of the North East Regional Health Authority (NERHA), died on Friday night in Miami, United States, where he was receiving treatment for the COVID-19-related complications for several weeks.
In his political career in North East St Ann, Robinson worked closely with the late Shahine Robinson, the then Member of Parliament (MP) for the constituency throughout her 19 year in the position. She died on May 29, 2020 after a battle with cancer.
From Labour Minister Shahine Robinson to reggae legend Frederick Toots Hibbert, dozens of notable Jamaicans passed on in 2020, a year which has made an impact we won t soon forget. It s no surprise that the novel coronavirus, which turned the world upside down during the year, was behind the deaths of a number of these personalities.
RIP to these luminaries and other Jamaicans we left behind this year. They will always live within our hearts.
Bob Andy
Reggae icon Bob Andy, one of Jamaica s most celebrated songwriters, died in March. Keith Bob Andy Anderson had reportedly been ailing for some time before he passed away.
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 the stories that are considered to have been among the hottest news items over the 12-month period.
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Former parliamentarian Ronald Thwaites is calling for the urgent revival of discussions around dual citizenship in the House of Representatives, which a joint select committee began after he tabled a motion in 2010 but were never brought to a fruitful conclusion.
Thwaites’ motion would have required all members of the Lower and Upper Houses to declare their citizenship status following a series of by-elections triggered by a court ruling that the Jamaica Labour Party’s (JLP) Daryl Vaz was ineligible to sit in the Parliament as a result of his United States citizenship following the 2007 general election.
The ruling also resulted in three other JLP members of parliament – Gregory Mair, Michael Stern and Shahine Robinson – having to vacate their seats. All four were returned in by-elections after renouncing their foreign citizenship.