December 12, 2023 0 I felt like I won the lottery – Innercity Youth Earns Degree In Industrial Engineering With Support From Taylor Scholarship By Horace Mills and Torian Clarke Hats off mainly to his parents, Devon Smith managed to stay above the fray during his childhood, not falling victim…
December 6, 2023 0 A Couple, Who Gives Students From The ‘Ghetto’ Scholarships, Celebrates With Graduate By Horace Mills and Torian Clarke Denecia Kelly’s graduation from university was so important for Linval Taylor and his wife Menervah, they flew into the island…
October 20, 2023 0 Linstead Student Earns Distinction In CXC Information Technology In Grade Nine By Horace Mills Sabrina Edwards from Linstead in St Catherine is already tasting the glory that accompanies top-notch performance in regional exams. She…
October 8, 2023 0 BEACON OF THE DAY: The ‘Coconut’ Woman, Yvonne Morgan-McKenzie By Horace Mills Blending two of her passions together, Yvonne Morgan-McKenzie is surely starting to turn heads in literature and the culinary arts.…
September 3, 2023 0 Aliyah Snape, Who Topped Lorna Otto Prep, Ready To Shine At Dinthill By Jamaica Beacon As schools reopen formally across Jamaica tomorrow, Aliyah Snape is among those with high hopes as she commences her journey…
July 7, 2023 0 HOME OF EXCELLENCE – Two Head Prefects Among 3 Graduates In Single-Parent Household By Horace Mills and Torian Clarke There can never be too much achievement within one household, and that’s among the reasons single parent Ruchelle Plummer is…
July 4, 2023 0 The Head Boy With 95% – Ryan-Lee Simms Moves From Ewarton School To Campion By Horace Mills From Pollyground Primary to Campion College, this young scholar and leader is on a roll.
March 6, 2023 0 Beacon Of The Day | Motorist Saves Elderly Man Reported Missing (Video) By Jamaica Beacon A motorist, who has never met or spoken with his father, has helped some adult children to reunite with their…
January 4, 2023 0 WATCH: Ewarton Resident, Leslie Bowen, Awarded For Service To Community By Jamaica Beacon Leslie Bowen feels honoured to have been among five people awarded for community service in his native Ewarton, St Catherine.…
December 28, 2022 0 A Bitter Sweet Moment – Brian Perry Awarded For Service To Ewarton By Jamaica Beacon Brian Perry is ecstatic to be among persons awarded for the decades spent helping to make his community a better…
December 15, 2022 0 Beacon of the day | Retired Principal June Thompson Awarded For Volunteerism In Ewarton By Horace Mills June Thompson strikes a pose with her award. Former high school principal June Johnson-Thompson has been awarded, but not as…
December 12, 2022 0 Beacon of the day | Dalfin Brown Awarded For Stellar Service To Ewarton By Jamaica Beacon Dalfin Brown, who served as a groundsman at Ewarton High School for 18 years, has been awarded for his decades…
November 18, 2022 0 VIDEO: Linstead Native, Dayna Palmer, Earns First Class Honours In Medical Science By Jamaica Beacon Knowing that her parents were unable to fund her tertiary education, Dr Dayna Palmer, who hails from Linstead in St…
November 14, 2022 0 Shaquille Howell, Of West Kingston, Motivated By Wife’s Confidence In Him By Jamaica Beacon Shaquille Howell: I would like to be remembered as someone who set a goal and achieved it in spite of…
November 13, 2022 0 Two First Class Honours – Lissan Rainford Recalls Years Without Electricity And Piped Water By Jamaica Beacon Lissan Gordon-Rainford journeyed from being rejected when she first applied to Moneague College, to getting first class honours there -…
November 11, 2022 0 VIDEO: Danielle Mullings Struggled With Shyness, Now Living ‘First Class’ Dream By Jamaica Beacon Danielle Mullings holds a top notch degree in software engineering, is a former head girl of the illustrious Campion College,…
November 8, 2022 0 VIDEO: David Salmon Was Bullied For Speech Impediment – He Now Speaks For Hundreds As Val By Jamaica Beacon He was bullied in prep school due to a speech impediment that he had, but he now delivers the valedictory…
November 7, 2022 0 Linstead Native, Jevaughn Gordon, Graduates With First Class Honours By Horace Mills Jevaughn Gordon graduated from the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, last week Saturday with first class honours –…
November 6, 2022 0 Mother Cries Tears Of Joy As Christina Blake Earns Law Degree By Horace Mills Pauline Henry-Blake cried while reflecting on the sacrifice her daughter made to reach her latest milestone in her journey to…
November 4, 2022 0 Gary Martin Enjoys Giving Shoes, Other Gifts To Spanish Town Students By Eloise Robinson The joy of putting smiles on people’s faces is what has been fueling the philanthropic drive in Gary Martin, better…
November 2, 2022 0 Marshanee McLean Making A Difference In Top Hill By Jamaica Beacon Dropping out of high school was not the end of Marshanee McLean, better known as Vie, who is now a…
October 30, 2022 0 Beacon of the day | Cohen Crosley Finds Courage As Illness Sets In By Eloise Robinson Cohen Crosley: I started feeling weak and losing weight; I wasn’t walking properly... Life is filled with uncertainty. You never…
October 28, 2022 0 Beacon of the day | Channing Bryan Finds New Energy, Releases First Single By Shanique Brown Priding himself on spreading positivity through music, Channing Bryan has high hopes to help change the trajectory of the grim…
October 26, 2022 0 Beacon of the day | Ewarton Teacher Defies Odds To Be Crowned Miss Linstead Ackee & Jerk Fest By Shanique Brown A high school teacher, who is inspired by Dancehall artiste Spice, is elated about winning the title of Miss Linstead…
October 10, 2022 0 BEACON OF THE DAY | Nurse Woodfine – Decades Of Baby Deliveries By Eloise Robinson Nurse Woodfine: I really love what I did. The desire to hear the cry of newborn babies and to be…
October 3, 2022 0 VIDEO: Earline Carnegie Teaching At One Basic School For 52 Years By Jamaica Beacon Earline Carnegie soaking up the compliments during a ceremony held to honour her Earline Carnegie has been an early childhood…
September 20, 2022 0 BEACON OF THE DAY | Kellits High Principal Elated To Be Awarded By Horace Mills Texal Christie, who exchanged mechanical engineering for the classroom, has been reaping the rewards of the career switch. The latest…
September 19, 2022 0 BEACON OF THE DAY (VIDEO) | Dshawan Dunwell Done Well In 14 CXC By Horace Mills His surname, Dun-well, perhaps says it all. Dshawan Dunwell, who lives on the outskirts of Spanish Town in St Catherine,…
September 15, 2022 0 BEACON OF THE DAY | Point Hill Principal Humbled By Big Award By Horace Mills Though convinced that she has been doing a spectacular job, Shernette Nelson-Powell was doubtful about being numbered among educators receiving…
August 2, 2022 0 Linstead Primary Top Student Brings Hope To Single-Parent Household By Shanique Brown Blossoming in a single-parent household sheltered by her mother, Head Girl of Linstead Primary School in St Catherine Rihanna Gyles…
