Jamaica Beacon

Relatives and friends will gather on Monday, 29 July 2024, to pay their last respect to 39-year-old public school teacher Cassandra Rigg, who died at the University Hospital of the West Indies during a brief period of illness. When she passed away on June 22, she was a teacher at Jericho Primary School in her native Linstead, St Catherine and...

Merlyn Grant (Miss Merl), 77, was born to Inez Murray and Frederick Grant at Jericho Road in Linstead, St Catherine parish, on Sunday, 15 September 1946. She had eight siblings. Confident that a sound education could have steered her from a myriad of pitfalls, her parents enrolled her at Jericho Primary School and the Kingston-based Kingsway High. Miss Merl's post-school...

The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) said two alleged gunmen were shot dead and two guns recovered, adding that two police officers were shot and wounded this morning during an operation to apprehend wanted men at West Prospect in Bog Walk, St. Catherine. One of the deceased is Peter Davis, who is also called ‘Devil’, whom the police said was wanted...

By Jo'Ordine Tucker, Contributor The residents of Treadways, St. Catherine are concerned about the state of their community despite the re-election of Mr. Sydney Rose as Councillor. After the recent local government election in February 2024, the community of Treadways, Linstead, St Catherine is ready for this new tenure. Notwithstanding, there are problems they observe in their community that they...

Gladstone Lloyd Harrison (Valley and Pupa), 78, was born 14 April 1945. He is originally from Orange Valley district in Lluidas Vale, St Catherine. He later resided with his wife Retinela Moiten-Harrison and their children at Pennington district and subsequently at Pleasant Hill - all in Lluidas Vale. Harrison, who was employed to Worthy Park Sugar Estate for more than...