Another young man has been found murdered in the Lluidas Vale police area of St Catherine. The body, which has at least one gunshot wound to the head, was discovered along the main road between Lluidas Vale and Point Hill, in cane-fields owned by Worthy Park Sugar Estate. The deceased,…
Lomorra Dillon, a resident of Moore Town in Portland who attends Happy Grove High School, is 14 years old. But her vocal quality and broad knowledge of Maroon music were enough to land her the role of lead singer in the Granny Nanny Cultural Group, which hails from the Rio…
When Jamaica Beacon recently reignited the story about Janette Hardie’s 16-year search for her son Rojay King, no one thought it would have been picked up by other media entities and eventually become high drama. Rojay was five years old when he disappeared during a trip to Roaring River beach with…
A graduate of Mico Teachers College and serving member of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), Cordel Cockings, oozes confidence that he will be alive much longer to make further contribution towards the progress of his country and his people. “I strongly believe that, with the help of the Father and…
Roxanne Brown, a native of Ocho Rios in St Ann, has the academic credentials to be considered a standout among administrative professionals, often referred to as secretaries. Her positive attitude towards work and life is also worthy of emulation. Therefore, it is not far-fetched that Brown, representing St Ann, has…
Detectives in the St Catherine North Police Division are probing the death of an unidentified man, whose body with multiple stab wounds was found in a gully along the Tydixon main road, near Lluidas Vale proper. The community of Tydixon is located in the general Lluidas Vale police area, which…
The small town of Lluidas Vale in St Catherine, near the Clarendon border, was transformed into a crime scene shortly before dawn (April 22) following a 10-minute gun-battle that left one police officer badly wounded and in hospital. Another cop suffered minor injury, sources told Jamaica Beacon. Both officers are…
While questioning why traditional partners such as the United States and Britain are no longer investing much in his country’s economy, Jamaica’s prime minister Andrew Holness yesterday declared that he will not join the call for reduced Chinese presence on his island. He urged more of his people to become…
There is good reason Point Hill Leased Primary and Junior High School emerged winner of the recently held St Catherine 4-H Achievement Day School Garden Competition. The educational institution, located in the constituency of St Catherine West Central, is taking a holistic approach to agriculture, with students using the activity…
Forty-one-year-old Sharn Reid, a vendor from Charlemont Housing Scheme in Linstead, St Catherine, died as a result of injuries he received when he was hit by a trailer on the Linstead Bypass yesterday, April 13. Reports from the Linstead police are that, about 9:15am, an Isuzu motor truck was travelling…