Month: June 2020
Past students of Jose Marti Technical High School in St. Catherine have helped hundreds of current students impacted by the coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis, and are planning to…
- June 30, 2020
- by : Horace Mills
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Prime Minister Andrew Holness yesterday announced that the maximum number of people that will be allowed to gather in public places has increased to 20, starting July…
- June 30, 2020
- by : Horace Mills
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Prime Minister Andrew Holness has announced new curfew hours for the month of July. He said the curfew will run from 11PM to 5AM nightly, from Tuesday…
- June 30, 2020
- by : Horace Mills
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Twin sisters Crystel and Crystal Thomas, who are living with a foster family, have not allowed their past to define them. They have been personifying pride and…
- June 29, 2020
- by : Horace Mills
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Home Care Packages Ja, which operates out of Canada and is owned by Jamaican native Shauntal Williams-Hylton, is doing good. It recently donated grocery packages to some…
- June 28, 2020
- by : Horace Mills
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The People’s National Party (PNP) is being urged to resort to the ‘democratic’ process in selecting Local Government Election candidates for the Lluidas Vale and Ewarton Divisions…
- June 27, 2020
- by : Horace Mills
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Two former school principals, whose family members represented the People’s National Party (PNP) for several years, said two of the organization’s elected representatives have not been serving…
- June 27, 2020
- by : Horace Mills
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Chairman for the People’s National Party (PNP) machinery in St. Catherine North West, Hugh Graham, is defending a decision made by his constituency executive to choose persons…
- June 27, 2020
- by : Horace Mills
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Member of Parliament for St. Catherine North East Leslie Campbell will not seek re-election when the next General Election is held. He made the disclosure to The…
- June 26, 2020
- by : Horace Mills
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The Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) said the Saharan dust, which continues to linger over sections of the island, may have an impact on the reliability of…
- June 26, 2020
- by : Horace Mills
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The school’s administration, through an initiative with its alumni, distributed the care packages to assist persons in the Chalky Hill community who have been impacted by the…
- June 26, 2020
- by : Horace Mills
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A man from the Linstead area of St. Catherine who spent the last 50 years in prison without trial, is adjusting speedily in his home community following…
- June 26, 2020
- by : Horace Mills
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A teen from Kilmarnock district in St. Elizabeth is being hailed as a hero after running inside a burning building to rescue an elderly man who has…
- June 26, 2020
- by : Horace Mills
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General Secretary of the People’s National Party (PNP), Julian Robinson, has promised to intervene in a dispute over whether protocols were followed in selecting candidates to represent…
- June 25, 2020
- by : Horace Mills
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By Horace Mills, Journalist The Chairman of the People’s National Party (PNP) machinery in St. Catherine North West, Hugh Graham, is being accused of prematurely naming persons…
- June 25, 2020
- by : Horace Mills
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The union representing Municipal police who dismantled vendors’ handcarts while trying to bring order to the streets of Linstead, St. Catherine, said there is no basis on…
- June 25, 2020
- by : Horace Mills
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The threat posed by the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) did not stop the Hinds Town United Hands Association from observing its first anniversary – something it did…
- June 24, 2020
- by : Horace Mills
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Kayon Page said he feels disrespected and ‘used’ by the People’s National Party (PNP), which he unsuccessfully tried to represent in the Lluidas Vale Division in St….
- June 23, 2020
- by : Horace Mills
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Moneque Brown will represent the People’s National Party (PNP) in the next Local Government Election in the Lluidas Vale Division, St. Catherine North-West. Chairman of the constituency…
- June 23, 2020
- by : Horace Mills
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Donald Tinling Jr, a 32-year-old businessman, will represent the People’s National Party (PNP) in the Local Government Election in the Ewarton Division, St. Catherine North-West constituency. His…
- June 22, 2020
- by : Horace Mills
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The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) said its detectives have arrested and charged two men in relation to an armed robbery at Bellair in Runaway Bay, St. Ann,…
- June 22, 2020
- by : Horace Mills
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The Ministry of Health and Wellness has cautioned members of the public to guard against the effects of the Saharan dust, which it said is expected to…
- June 22, 2020
- by : Horace Mills
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Member of Parliament Leslie Campbell is being sworn in as Minister Without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation. He confirmed to The Beacon…
- June 22, 2020
- by : Horace Mills
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Andre Wright has grown accustomed to doing it on his own – and doing it right. He is raising four sons, whose mother, Jean McLean, died of…
- June 21, 2020
- by : Horace Mills
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The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) said 24-year-old bartender Kemoy Brown, otherwise called ‘Blacks’, was arrested and charged for gun-related offences after an incident at Salem in Runaway…
- June 21, 2020
- by : Horace Mills
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A 16-year-old boy stood among a group of vendors who were fuming this week over the demolition of their handcarts and goods by Municipal police in Linstead,…
- June 20, 2020
- by : Horace Mills
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The St. Catherine Health Department today released 22 people who had complained that they were being held unjustly under quarantine for two months at their home in…
- June 19, 2020
- by : Horace Mills
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