August 8, 2019 0 Linval Tennant – a law enforcer changing lives through music By Horace Mills Linval Tennant had no clue he would have touched so many lives through his membership of the Jamaica Constabulary Force…
August 6, 2019 0 We don’t get salaries | Linstead band serving from before Independence By Horace Mills They don’t make a lot of money. Members of the George Washington Marching Band, before the island even gained Independence,…
July 26, 2019 0 Two ‘jackets’ that fit | Man praised for loving children who don’t belong to him By Horace Mills Joseph Valentine, 77, is no ordinary dad. He displayed unconditional love despite facing decades of ridicule because he was raising…
July 10, 2019 0 The classroom soldier | Eudeen Harris By Horace Mills Eudeen Williams-Harris, better known as Casandra, wanted to serve her country through the military, but destiny sent her to fight…
June 16, 2019 0 LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON By Horace Mills Jermaine Stennett and his seven-year-old son, Javani, do virtually everything together – including playing together, travelling to school together, swimming…
June 16, 2019 0 ‘I am their father and mother’ By Horace Mills The rareness of Omar Campbell’s declaration that he is both the mother and father for his two children evoked an…
June 7, 2019 0 LLUIDAS VALE: Young men volunteering at school for 7 years By Horace Mills Renoy Butler and Gavin Shand have been giving their service mainly as athletics coaches – without pay – at Lluidas…
June 6, 2019 0 The woman who leads male footballers to victory | Carol Robinson By Horace Mills As part of a thrust to re-energize her once fading community of Crawle River in Clarendon, Carol Robinson helped to…
June 3, 2019 0 Movie maker dreams big | Kevin Lennon By Horace Mills When you talk about movie and music production, talk about Kevin Lennon, a native of Treadways district in Linstead, St…
June 1, 2019 0 Shenae ‘All Hair’ Gordon By Horace Mills There are many ways to beat poverty, and she is doing it by the hair. Shenae Gordon, a resident of…
May 23, 2019 0 Heroic | Woman heading home ends up in hospital helping victim By Horace Mills Nadecia Murray wants to be remembered as someone who goes beyond the call of duty to help people. She was…
May 21, 2019 1 Physically fit | Andre Taylor rises By Horace Mills Andre Taylor’s life changed significantly when he was 12 years old and the bicycle he was riding crashed with a…
May 12, 2019 0 MISS TERRY – The mother who loves other people’s children By Horace Mills She has been like a mother to generations of students who pass through the primary school located in her rural…
May 9, 2019 0 Making a difference | Viviene Kelly By Horace Mills She wanted to make a positive difference in her community known as Brown’s Town, located in Ewarton, St Catherine. As…
May 8, 2019 0 The suspense writer from Point Hill| Rowena Campbell-Thomas By Horace Mills She recalled locking herself in pit latrines and hiding under beds to write during childhood. Rowena Campbell-Thomas, the author of…
April 27, 2019 0 The community teacher| Aleque Ellis By Horace Mills A number of students who live at Shenton district in Bog Walk, St Catherine, usually get help with their academic…
April 21, 2019 0 BOSS OF THE YEAR | Fabia Lamm By Horace Mills She started out as a typist in the public service, and climbed to the leadership of two most powerful government…
April 3, 2019 0 The go-getter | Shandene Montgomery By Horace Mills Life has taken Shandene Montgomery through many detours, but the 27-year-old native of Lluidas Vale district in St Catherine never…
March 23, 2019 0 I grabbed the steering | New hero emerges in Flat Bridge tragedy By Horace Mills A day after The Beacon published one version of an incident in which a taxi operator died of heart attack…
March 20, 2019 0 The overcomer | Peleta Foster By Horace Mills Peleta Foster could have lost hope in becoming anything of worth, including the trained teacher she is today. She explained…
March 12, 2019 0 Defying all odds | Monica White By Horace Mills The principal of Dinthill Technical High School did not attend high school, because financial constraints prevented her from taking up…
March 10, 2019 0 From grocery shop worker to Postmaster | Beverly Simpson By Horace Mills She’s a pastor’s wife and more! Beverly Simpson worked in a grocery shop in the Commodore area of Linstead, St…
March 9, 2019 1 Influencing generations | Pauline Hines By Horace Mills Former Acting Principal at Enid Bennett High School in Bog Walk, St Catherine, Pauline Hines, was 16 years old when…
December 28, 2018 0 I survived hunger – St Thomas youth rises from coffee picker to degree holder By Horace Mills The degree he holds in Social Work belies the hunger and other struggles that once pushed him into picking coffee,…
December 19, 2018 3 No friend in high places | Spanish Town ‘boy’ is called to the bar By Horace Mills Things have come full circle for a proud mother, Mary Williams-Bartley, who was 16 years old when she dropped out…
December 8, 2018 0 LLUIDAS VALE: Lee awarded for service as law enforcer By Horace Mills Long before she became a district constable in November 2002, Lora Lee had been mulling possible ways to put her…
December 6, 2018 0 POINT HILL: Former illegal taxi operator awarded as law enforcer By Horace Mills A stern warning from a police officer was enough to convert Glenford Whyte from a life of illegal taxi operating…
December 3, 2018 0 ‘Muma Jesus’ – The first woman to lead Lluidas Vale police By Horace Mills The first woman to serve as commander for the Shady Grove Police Station in Lluidas Vale, St Catherine, is called…
November 26, 2018 0 Mother decides against abortion | baby making progress By Horace Mills She was told to consider an abortion because her baby would have been born with severe disabilities and perhaps die…
November 7, 2018 0 The big comeback | Gordon graduates after dropping out of school By Horace Mills Yasmin Gordon, now 49 years old, took seven years to complete her Bachelor’s degree in Primary Education. She got pregnant…
