Thirty-one high school students in St Catherine have been awarded scholarships worth $620,000 by the Poverty Alleviation and Empowerment Foundation (PAEF). The educational support was presented on Tuesday, July 23, during a ceremony at the St Catherine parish office of the Social Development Commission (SDC) in Spanish Town. Executive Director of the Foundation, Pauline Gregory-Lewis,…
A judge in the British Virgin Islands (BVI) has sentenced to six-and-a-half years imprisonment, a man who cut the throat of his Jamaican wife in the presence of two children. Sherika Nelson, a 27-year-old hairdresser at the time she was butchered, was laid to rest in Jamaica. She did not live in the BVI for…
The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) said 15-year-old student Chadrick Brown from Mannings Hill Road, Kingston 8, has been missing since Thursday, June 18. He is of dark complexion and slim build, and is about 121 centimetres (4 feet) tall. The JCF said: “Reports from the Constant Spring Police are that, about 7AM, Chadrick was last…
Residents of the farming district of Rock River in Clarendon are underscoring the importance of the Rock River Mango and Sorrel Festival, adding that they hope it will only get stronger. The second annual event, which was held in the tiny town on Friday, July 19, pulled a relatively large throng of people, who immersed…
The police force has announced that its officers have arrested a member of the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) in connection with ongoing investigations regarding the One Don Gang. The arrest was made by the Counter Terrorism and Organised Crime Investigations Branch of the police force. The identity of the JDF member is being withheld pending…
The island’s Ministry of Labour has commenced discussions with the family of a Jamaican national who died tragically a few days ago in Canada, where he was a seasonal worker. Jermaine Boothe, 42, lost his life when the SUV he was driving crashed on Potters Road near Norwich. Canadian police said the accident happened about…
Councillor for the Rock River Division in Clarendon, Uriah Mitchell, said he will push for the introduction of a national system that would enable members of the public to easily identify people who steal from farmers. During an address at the Rock River Mango and Sorrel Festival hosted by the Social Development Commission on July…
The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) said 16-year-old Janine Sterling, otherwise called ‘Nina’, from Church Corner in Morant Bay, St Thomas, has been missing since Monday, July 15. She is of dark complexion and medium build, and is about 157 centimetres (5 feet 2 inches) tall. The JCF said: “Reports from the Morant Bay Police Station…
The family of Denroy Duncan, otherwise called Dan, has expressed shock that he died under tragic circumstance on his 28th birthday, and at a time when he was making plans to get married. Up to the time his vehicle slammed into a concrete column along Chapelton main road in Clarendon on July 18, Denroy was…
The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) said residents have found skeleton remains in bushes in the Mitchell Town area of Clarendon. They are believed to be those of Desmond Young who was reported missing two years ago, the JCF further disclosed. It added: “Reports from the Lionel Town Police are that, about 9:32AM, residents stumbled upon…
The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) said the body of a St Thomas woman who disappeared after reportedly leaving home for church has been found partially nude in a river in the parish. She is 21-year-old Abina Bertram, otherwise called Tashell, from Industry Hill district in the Leith Hall area. The JCF said: “Reports from the…
A once budding Dancehall artiste was shot dead before dawn today, July 20, after she allegedly launched a vicious attack on a licensed firearm holder during a domestic dispute. The deceased is Keneisha Brown, otherwise called Keshan, 24, from Hibiscus Drive in Marlie Mount, Old Harbour, St Catherine. The incident took place at Sharper Lane,…
The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) said 46-year-old bus driver Joseph Powell, otherwise called ‘Shabba’ and ‘Tim’, from Maldon district in St James has been missing since Sunday, July 14. He is of dark complexion and medium build, and is about 182 centimetres (6 feet) tall. The JCF said: “Reports from the Barnett Street Police are…
The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) said two residents of Clarendon died in separate crashes in the parish yesterday, July 18. One incident happened in Chapelton; the other transpired at York Town. In the Chapelton incident, the victim is 28-year-old farmer Denroy Duncan from Cross Road district in the parish. He was celebrating his birthday at…
For the first time, Jamaica will have a female marine engineer officer aboard a Carnival Cruise Line vessel. Seychelle Bailey, a final-year student at the Caribbean Maritime University (CMU), will join the engineering crew on the world’s most popular cruise company when they set sail in August. The Linstead St. Catherine native…
Thousands of Jamaicans and visitors to the island are expected to journey to the historic Sligoville community in St. Catherine on July 31 and August 1 for Emancifest 2019. The 12th staging of the annual event, under the theme ‘Where freedom meets culture…Preserving our culture’, will take place at the Sligoville Multipurpose Stadium. It will…
The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) said a 65-year-old man was shot dead at his home shortly before 9 o’clock last evening, July 17, in the Savannah area of Wakefield, Linstead, St Catherine. He is Samuel Henry, a shopkeeper also known as Balen. The JCF told The Beacon: “Henry was standing outside his home when two…
The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) said its officers have expressed confidence that they are closing in on the two men who murdered a security guard, who worked at the public transportation centre in Ocho Rios, St Ann – across from Ocho Rios Police Station. Jermaine Jones, 25, from Jeffery Town in St Mary, was shot…
Following an ordeal that resulted in his seven year-old son spending a week in a state-owned children’s home, Abdul Small is raising concern about what he considers to be the negligence of some schools in relation to the oversight of children left in their care. Mr Small, who is originally from the Ewarton area of…
The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) said 16-year-old Samuel Marshall from Green Bay in the Steer Town area of St Ann has been missing since Monday, July 15. He is of brown complexion and slim build, and is about 168 centimetres (5 feet 6 inches) tall. The JCF said: “Reports from the Ocho Rios Police are…
A number of people in and around Lluidas Vale district, St Catherine, have been expressing shock and grief about what appears to be the sudden death of a 36-year-old female resident. Delores Davis, better known as Miss D, died at Linstead Public Hospital some time after 5 o’clock yesterday afternoon, July 16. She lived at…
Odaine Shaw was in top form as his heroics helped to send Lluidas Vale Sporting Academy through to the semi-finals of the St Catherine Under-17 Football Competition. Lluidas Vale, in regulation time, played to a 0-0 draw with the high-riding Caymanas Gardens Football Club at Ewarton Sports Complex yesterday afternoon, July 16. Shaw, who captains…
A football club based in the Guy’s Hill area of St Catherine is optimistic about the future despite what it said is a controversial penalty that prompted its exit from the St Catherine Under-17 Football Competition. Benbow United Football Club wanted a win to advance to the quarter finals of the competition. However, it lost…
Adrian Rhoden, who recently graduated as salutatorian from fifth form at Cornwall College in St James, has achieved enough to start celebrating. Another round of celebration is expected in the coming weeks when he receives the results for 10 CSEC subjects, administered by the Caribbean Examination Council (CXC). Adrian, in addition to graduating as salutatorian…
A taxi driver is thanking his lucky stars after the vehicle he has been operating for some eight years burst into flames this morning along the Camp main road in Lluidas Vale, St Catherine. The driver, known as Johnny, said he was alone in the vehicle when he saw smoke emanating from the dashboard area….
Member of Parliament for Clarendon Northern Horace Dalley said he is tired of telling the National Water Commission (NWC) to expand its system in the Kellits area of the constituency to facilitate the thousands of houses that have been built since the plant was established. He said the system in place for umpteen years is…
The National Water Commission (NWC) said it has launched an investigation into allegations that some of its employees in the Kellits area of Clarendon are corruptly preventing water from flowing into some communities in order to earn from private trucking of the commodity. Member of Parliament for Clarendon Northern, Horace Dalley, made the allegation this…
The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) said a High Alert has been activated for seven-year-old De’Janique Porter from Jack Allen district in Woodford, St. Andrew. She has been missing since Saturday, July 13. She is of dark complexion and slim build, and is about 91 centimetres (3 feet) tall. The JCF said: “Reports are that De’Janique…
The home crowd went into a frenzy at nightfall yesterday when Lluidas Vale Sporting Academy, in its first season back in competitive football, clenched a spot in the quarter finals of the St Catherine Under-17 Football Competition. The team secured a 2-2 draw with Benbow United Football Club from the Guy’s Hill area of St…
Former school principal, Dr. Phillip Wilson, has received the Prime Minister’s Medal of Appreciation for Service to Education after almost four decades in the teaching profession. He headed St Thomas Technical High School, and his alma mater St Andrew Technical High. Dr Wilson, who collected his award during a ceremony at Jamaica House on June…
