BEACON OF THE DAY: Young justice of the peace making big difference
Omar Bourne, who grew up in the Vineyard Town area of Kingston, beamed with pride when he collected the 2019
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BEACON OF THE DAY
BEACON OF THE DAY: Daughter of shopkeeper becomes doctor
Dr. Tameka Stephenson-Harris is proud of what she has become. She grew up in the tough community of Greenwich Town
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Survivor of child sexual abuse now helping other victims
Kashina Alexander-McLean is surely on the mend. She told The Beacon that she made three suicide attempts after an episode
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Sewing since 12 - Dressmaker uses special skill to school herself, nine children
Miss Bev has sewn a monumental career out of a childhood pastime - dressmaking. She told The Beacon that she
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Woman who struggled through school returns to motivate others
Christina Smith returned to school on Sunday - not as a student this time round, but as an experienced practical
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Man praised at wife’s graduation
Ricardo Blincholm was caught off guard. He was standing at the graduation venue on Sunday, January 20, watching proudly while
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Senior citizen fulfils childhood dream, graduates for the first time
Olive McPherson grew up in a poverty-stricken household with parents who had a dozen children. Her childhood dream was to
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Woman completes studies despite being chopped in the head
She sometimes struggles to come to terms with the fact that she is still alive. Delrose Barnes, who said a
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Devon Smith - the man who stays
Devon Smith could have snubbed his native community of Linstead in St Catherine; he also could have fled Jamaica for
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Horseman, father of 14, thrilling political audiences since 1975
Vernrol Dave Briscoe, born and raised in the Frankfield area of Clarendon, is a celebrity in his own right. He
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The multi-talented, Dr Rakar Williams
The success he attained belies the struggles he endured while growing up in two contrasting places - Greenwich Town in
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