The countdown has ended. Olga Clarke today reached 100 years old, becoming the first person in her immediate family to have hit such milestone. “I feel happy that I am able to live so long; it is the goodness of Almighty God and I am giving him the praise and…
After successfully staging the inaugural Total Surrender funday and concert, promoter and Gospel artiste Nicholet Brown said she is mulling the idea of making the event annual. She told The Beacon that a number of people have been requesting more. “I intend to make it an annual event, and to…
Work commenced on the weekend to rectify long-standing infrastructural problems and termite infestation at Point Hill Leased Primary and Junior High School in St Catherine. The repairs are taking place days after restive teachers pulled students from classrooms and stayed under trees at the educational institution. At that time, Jamaica…
Teachers at Point Hill Leased Primary and Junior High School in St Catherine removed students from classrooms this morning amid a looming health crisis, which results from the worsening termite infestation of virtually the entire school building. Teachers and students are falling ill purportedly as a result of the infestation….
Two gunmen have robbed a supermarket operated by foreign nationals in Point Hill, St Catherine, the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) has confirmed. Details of the crime that transpired about 7:45 last evening (December 12) are still sketchy. The JCF, through its communications arm, told The Beacon that the two criminals…
The St Catherine North Police Division (Zone 4) this month awarded three police officers from Point Hill Police Station for ‘outstanding’ service in the division. District Constable Evel Brown is pictured above collecting her award from Superintendent of Police Ralsford Hardy. The other awardees are Corporal Michael Anderson and Constable…
A stern warning from a police officer was enough to convert Glenford Whyte from a life of illegal taxi operating to one of law enforcement. The resident of Point Hill in St Catherine, last evening, received a special award for long service when the St Catherine North Police Division (Zone…
Primary school teacher Nicholet Brown, who got pregnant at 19 years old and thereafter struggled as a single mother, is now living a life of ‘Total Surrender’ to her maker. It comes as no surprise that the songbird, who hails from Point Hill in St Catherine, picked Total Surrender as…
Scoring the best grade possible in nine CSEC subjects during a single sitting is not a simple feat. But Regina Wynter has done it! Preliminary results from the Caribbean Examination Council show that the native of Pusey district in Point Hill, St Catherine, reaped the following success: English A -…
The funeral service almost ended on Sunday without reference to the person who murdered the flamboyant party promoter, Romario ‘Papa Moggler’ West, a resident of Point Hill in St Catherine. Young clergyman, Romaine Richardson, was the one who, in closing prayer, called the killer to repentance. “We pray that that…