Andrew Robinson has been awarded the prestigious Chevening Scholarship, which will fully fund his pursuit of a Master of Science…

Linval Tennant had no clue he would have touched so many lives through his membership of the Jamaica Constabulary Force…

They don’t make a lot of money. Members of the George Washington Marching Band, before the island even gained Independence,…

Joseph Valentine, 77, is no ordinary dad. He displayed unconditional love despite facing decades of ridicule because he was raising…

Eudeen Williams-Harris, better known as Casandra, wanted to serve her country through the military, but destiny sent her to fight…

Jermaine Stennett and his seven-year-old son, Javani, do virtually everything together – including playing together, travelling to school together, swimming…

The rareness of Omar Campbell’s declaration that he is both the mother and father for his two children evoked an…

Renoy Butler and Gavin Shand have been giving their service mainly as athletics coaches – without pay – at Lluidas…

As part of a thrust to re-energize her once fading community of Crawle River in Clarendon, Carol Robinson helped to…

When you talk about movie and music production, talk about Kevin Lennon, a native of Treadways district in Linstead, St…

There are many ways to beat poverty, and she is doing it by the hair. Shenae Gordon, a resident of…

Nadecia Murray wants to be remembered as someone who goes beyond the call of duty to help people. She was…

Andre Taylor’s life changed significantly when he was 12 years old and the bicycle he was riding crashed with a…

She has been like a mother to generations of students who pass through the primary school located in her rural…

She wanted to make a positive difference in her community known as Brown’s Town, located in Ewarton, St Catherine. As…

She recalled locking herself in pit latrines and hiding under beds to write during childhood. Rowena Campbell-Thomas, the author of…

A number of students who live at Shenton district in Bog Walk, St Catherine, usually get help with their academic…

She started out as a typist in the public service, and climbed to the leadership of two most powerful government…

Life has taken Shandene Montgomery through many detours, but the 27-year-old native of Lluidas Vale district in St Catherine never…

A day after The Beacon published one version of an incident in which a taxi operator died of heart attack…

Peleta Foster could have lost hope in becoming anything of worth, including the trained teacher she is today. She explained…

The principal of Dinthill Technical High School did not attend high school, because financial constraints prevented her from taking up…

She’s a pastor’s wife and more! Beverly Simpson worked in a grocery shop in the Commodore area of Linstead, St…

Former Acting Principal at Enid Bennett High School in Bog Walk, St Catherine, Pauline Hines, was 16 years old when…

The degree he holds in Social Work belies the hunger and other struggles that once pushed him into picking coffee,…

Things have come full circle for a proud mother, Mary Williams-Bartley, who was 16 years old when she dropped out…

Long before she became a district constable in November 2002, Lora Lee had been mulling possible ways to put her…

A stern warning from a police officer was enough to convert Glenford Whyte from a life of illegal taxi operating…

The first woman to serve as commander for the Shady Grove Police Station in Lluidas Vale, St Catherine, is called…

She was told to consider an abortion because her baby would have been born with severe disabilities and perhaps die…