March 15, 2022 0 Melissa Blair, Despite Battling Sickle Cell, Tops Caribbean In CXC History By Horace Mills Despite fighting sickle cell disease, aspiring lawyer Melissa Blair managed to top the entire Caribbean in one subject, History (Unit…
March 13, 2022 0 Her Children On Her Mind – St Thomas Farm Worker Ready To Face The Cold Again By Jamaica Beacon Not a person to wallow in self pity, Herchelle Crosdale, currently a farm worker and mother of two boys, is…
March 8, 2022 0 Shaquina Francis – The Woman In Boots And Hard Hats By Jamaica Beacon Growing up in the farming community of Comma Pen in St Elizabeth, Shaquina Francis had medicine on her mind. A…
March 4, 2022 0 Beacon of the day | Portland Youth, Rayon Smith, Standing Out In Academics And Leadership By Jamaica Beacon Rayon Smith has been making a name for himself in academics and leadership. And that’s the reason many are banking…
March 3, 2022 0 Beacon of the day | Travel Agent Gives Double Dose Of Kindness To Children By Jamaica Beacon Not even the novel coronavirus pandemic could have stopped her. Trudy Thomas travelled to Jamaica from the United States twice…
February 26, 2022 0 Beacon of the day | Domino Players Making Big Difference In Their Piece Of Linstead By Jamaica Beacon When the games are over, the players join forces to build their community of Victoria in Linstead, St Catherine. Their…
February 6, 2022 0 Beacon of the day | Many Gave Up On Her For Having 3 Children; She Now Has A Degree By Horace Mills Lasania Rodney faced harsh criticism and ridicule in her rural community of Lluidas Vale in St Catherine because she, by…
February 5, 2022 0 Beacon of the day | Trishanna Brown Forgives Herself, Starts A Business By Jamaica Beacon Trishanna Brown is more than a geriatric nurse and owner of the GlowWhite line of skincare products. She is an…
January 29, 2022 0 Beacon of the day | Jamaica’s Matthew Wilmot Tops Caribbean In 2 CXC Subjects By Horace Mills For the second consecutive year, Matthew Wilmot from Jamaica is being declared the region’s top performer in a CSEC subject,…
January 27, 2022 0 Beacon of the day | Old Harbour Student Tops Caribbean in CXC Subject – Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technology By Horace Mills Shaniel McLean’s academic excellence at the local and regional levels belies the sacrifices she makes, mindful that she is building…
January 25, 2022 0 Beacon of the day | Guy’s Hill Student, Who Walked A Mile To Access Internet, Now Has 8 CXC Subjects By Jamaica Beacon Anntonieka Garriques initially did not have a computer and she had to walk a mile away from her home daily…
January 23, 2022 0 Beacon of the day | Top DaCosta Cup Scorer, Gregory Cousins, Heads To USA After Leading Garvey Maceo To Victory By Horace Mills One of the island’s most promising young footballers, Gregory Cousins Jr, today left Jamaica to take up a full scholarship…
January 21, 2022 0 Beacon of the day | St Mary Residents Join Forces, Repair Community Road By Jamaica Beacon Click on the photos to make them larger In true spirit of community, residents of Frontier Phase 2 in Port…
January 20, 2022 0 Beacon of the day | Roujo-k Feeds Over 200 In Linstead Area After Christmas Rush By Jamaica Beacon Many people use up more groceries during the Christmas season. And that is among the reasons Roujo-k Wilson waited until…
January 16, 2022 0 Beacon of the day | Teacher Making Big Difference At Jose Marti, The School She Attended By Horace Mills Washing clothes and playing in the waters of the Rio Cobre is not the only childhood memory etched in Clair…
January 13, 2022 0 Beacon of the day | Point Hill Teen, With 11 Subjects, Brings Joy To Single Mom and Jose Marti By Horace Mills Staying positive amid financial challenges and transportation woes is paying off for David Burnett, who recently attained 11 CSEC subjects…
January 12, 2022 0 Beacon of the day | Jose Marti Past Students Give Over $1M To Mark School’s Anniversary By Jamaica Beacon In a show of unity and benevolence, past students of Jose Marti Technical High School on Monday presented several awards…
January 11, 2022 0 Beacon of the day | Dinthill Captain Dedicates Stint To Dad Who Survived 2 Shots By Horace Mills The captain of the formidable Dinthill Technical High School football team, Dayeshaniel Russell, is destined for greatness - and he…
January 6, 2022 0 Beacon of the day | Dinthill Player, Jaheim Thomas, Returns From Injury With Hat-trick By Jamaica Beacon When he played his first match this season in the Inter-secondary Schools Sports Association DaCosta Cup competition, many onlookers were…
January 5, 2022 0 Beacon of the day | St Thomas Artiste Aiming For Big Break By Jamaica Beacon Richie Bar Left to Right - Richie Bar, Bushman and Orville Whyte Confident that he now has a manager who…
December 22, 2021 0 Beacon of the day | Kellits Couple Hopeful Despite Bullet, Fires, Death By Jamaica Beacon A gun attack that left one of them struggling to walk, three fires at their makeshift store, and the sudden…
December 17, 2021 0 Beacon of the day | Traffic Cop ‘Writey Writey’ Revered For Hard Work By Jamaica Beacon It perhaps is surprising that Fitzroy Tucker, well known as Writey Writey, remains at the rank of constable 12 years…
December 16, 2021 0 Beacon of the day | Jamaican Native Making Air Travel Safer By Jamaica Beacon Do not allow your loved-one to be lost in a strange country during air travel. To prevent such traumatic experience,…
December 15, 2021 0 Beacon of the day | Kellits Cook Back With A Bang After Fire Destroys Shop By Jamaica Beacon The smiles on their faces said it all. Meresa Mitchell and her husband of three years, Donovan Mitchell, also known…
December 11, 2021 0 Beacon of the day | Hutchinson Brothers Doing Big Things At Dinthill By Jamaica Beacon They have football in their blood. Shamair Hutchinson and Asher Hutchinson – biological brothers – are standout members of the…
December 8, 2021 0 Beacon of the day | Oral Clarke Bent On Doing Business By Jamaica Beacon After 12 years serving his country through the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), Oral Clarke, who also is passionate about music,…
December 2, 2021 0 Beacon of the day | Yvonne Campbell EARNS Award By Jamaica Beacon Yvonne Campbell is a consummate leader who spent decades building organizations and uplifting people, and so her selection for a…
December 1, 2021 0 Beacon of the day | Ewarton Man Overcomes Troubled Past, Awarded By His Community By Jamaica Beacon After serving time in prison on drug-related charges while his brother was police commissioner, Leando Howell changed his life for…
November 29, 2021 0 Beacon of the day | Ewarton Awards Rachel Thomas For Helping People By Jamaica Beacon Despite illness rendering her virtually immobile, Rachel Thomas has continued to display dogged determination in pursuit of initiatives geared towards…
November 23, 2021 0 Beacon of the day | Lluidas Vale Man Painting School Without Pay By Jamaica Beacon Without collecting a cent, George Bennett responded to an appeal for volunteers and is now on a mission to repaint…