July 19, 2022 0 VIDEO: Linstead Mother Struggling To Bury Mentally Challenged Son By Horace Mills https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9xuR6GIFck&t=322s Idolyn Roman has been having sleepless nights. That's because her 25-year-old mentally challenged son, Alwayne Shakespeare, is yet to…
May 4, 2022 0 LINSTEAD | Charlemont Principal Challenged As 44 Tablets For Needy Students Go Missing By Horace Mills Pressure is mounting for Principal of Charlemont High School Garth Gayle to give an explanation regarding the disappearance of 44…
April 30, 2022 0 EWARTON | Goat Thieves Narrowly Escape, Leaving Woman And Baby Behind By Horace Mills There was high drama late yesterday afternoon in Ewarton, St Catherine, as residents tried frantically to apprehend thieves travelling in…
April 28, 2022 0 LLUIDAS VALE | Injured Worker Needs Blood; Trade Union Calls For Protective Gear By Jamaica Beacon Clinton Reid, who was critically injured on the job at Worthy Park Sugar Estate in Lluidas Vale, St Catherine, on…
April 2, 2022 0 Uncle Charged For Murder Of 13-Year-Old Nephew In Croft’s Hill By Jamaica Beacon Police have charged 22-year-old Courtney Haniford for the stabbing death of his 13-year-old nephew Omarion Haniford. The uncle is pictured…
April 1, 2022 0 VIDEO: Kellits Farmers To Face Court After Being Charged In Lluidas Vale By Jamaica Beacon A group of farmers from communities in and around Kellits in Clarendon is fuming after police stopped the truck on…
April 1, 2022 0 Jeans Day Fuss – Charlemont Denies Sending Home Students Wearing Ripped Jeans By Jamaica Beacon Amid outrage, the leadership of Charlemont High School in Linstead, St Catherine, is denying claims that students were sent home…
March 29, 2022 0 VIDEO: Mother Of Slain Child Speaks Out, Recalls Him Being Happy And Helpful By Jamaica Beacon Morena Taylor broke down in tears as she recalled her bleeding 13-year-old son, Omarion Haniford, better known as Omar, saying…
March 16, 2022 0 Teen, Whose Relative Is Slain In Linstead, Released From Hospital With Bullet In Leg By Jamaica Beacon A teenager, who was wounded in a shooting incident in which an older relative was slain on Saturday (March 12),…
March 14, 2022 0 Cop Who Reportedly Commits Suicide Suffered Broken Leg, Tested Positive For COVID-19 By Jamaica Beacon As speculation remains rife regarding police officer Osbourne Ximines, who allegedly committed suicide on March 10, information has emerged that…
March 12, 2022 0 Linstead Family In Grief | Mother’s Only Child Dies In USA Crash While Taking Her To Airport By Jamaica Beacon A mother visiting the United States got trapped into a nightmare yesterday when her only child died in a crash…
March 11, 2022 0 Burial Now In Sight For Linstead Youth Murdered 3 Years Ago By Jamaica Beacon A young man who was shot dead at Linstead in St Catherine three years ago is yet to be buried.…
March 9, 2022 0 Mother Hosts Candlelight Vigil, Says Daughter Found Murdered In Soldier’s Car By Jamaica Beacon The family of 27-year-old Oshine Lawrence hosted a candlelight vigil on Sunday, claiming that she is the person whose bullet-riddled…
March 8, 2022 0 Finally, Burial Date Set For Man Who Died In 2020 By Jamaica Beacon The body of a man that has been languishing in a funeral home in St Catherine’s capital for more than…
February 13, 2022 0 Exclusive | Killer Leaves On Bike After Shooting Bar Operator Twice In The Head By Jamaica Beacon Bar operator Sheivonne Golden, also called Karlene, was shot twice in the head by a young man, who limped to…
February 13, 2022 0 Exclusive | Father Speaks Out About Sudden Changes In Son Who Committed Suicide By Jamaica Beacon Jerome O’Connor was hearing voices and his cheerful demeanor had changed dramatically in the weeks leading up to January 31…
February 12, 2022 0 Two Women Shot, One Fatally, In Linstead By Jamaica Beacon The number of murders reported since the start of the year in the Linstead police area of St Catherine has…
September 24, 2021 0 Double Tragedy | Mentally ill Man Slain After Killing Cop In Linstead By Jamaica Beacon A mentally challenged man whom the authorities did not stop despite his long record of violent attacks in the town…
September 20, 2021 0 Lluidas Vale | Siblings In Grief, Claim Their Mom Got COVID At Hospital By Jamaica Beacon Members of a family are mourning the death of their mother, 56-year-old Beryl Junior, whom they believe contracted the novel…
September 7, 2021 0 Mystery – Junior Paige Dead, Relative Seeks Help To Bury Him By Horace Mills A well-known young man, Junior Paige, who recently gripped readers of The Beacon with his movie-like life story, is said…
September 2, 2021 1 Exclusive | Family Of Slain Cop Feels ‘Really Bad’ About Comments By Jamaica Beacon The family of slain police corporal Delwin Jackson said it is devastated not only by the murder of its loved-one,…
August 23, 2021 0 Linstead | Man shot dead, gun recovered during lock-down By Jamaica Beacon A man was shot dead and an illegal gun recovered Sunday night (August 22) at Russell Pen district in Linstead,…
August 20, 2021 0 Ewarton | Samuel Johnson, who lived in shack, happy for new house By Horace Mills Exuding gratitude and belting out Gospel hits, Samuel Johnson yesterday moved into a brand new house, which represents a major…
August 18, 2021 0 Exclusive | Grandmother Mourns Losing Young Caregiver To COVID By Jamaica Beacon The reality of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has hit home for relatives and friends of 31-year-old communications specialist Marvel Gordon,…
July 28, 2021 0 Exclusive | Wife mourns as 78-y-o deacon allegedly commits suicide near Kellits By Horace Mills The quiet community of Tate near Kellits in Clarendon was jolted this morning by news that an elderly resident is…
July 22, 2021 0 Exclusive | Woman trailer driver recalls trying to avoid deadly crash in Linstead By Horace Mills Trailer driver Shaneal Graham and the deceased Samora Blissett. Photos provided Businesswoman and trailer driver Shaneal Graham, who lives near…
July 11, 2021 0 Exclusive | Ochi Cousins Killed A Year Apart – Another Relative Reports Death Threat By Horace Mills Anthony James who was killed last week Monday (LEFT) and Andy Reid who was killed last year Shell shocked members…
July 6, 2021 0 Exclusive | Funeral director ‘sorry’ after burial plan crashes in Ewarton By Horace Mills A funeral services director, Chavin Thompson, said an incorrect image on a casket caused the sudden postponement of a burial…
July 1, 2021 0 EXCLUSIVE: Maternal family regrets missing red flags as ‘hidden’ niece ends up dead By Horace Mills Some maternal relatives of a child who died mysteriously in Linstead, St. Catherine, said they now feel guilty about not…
June 24, 2021 0 Exclusive | Arson suspected in house fire near Kellits By Horace Mills One victim of a fire at Tate district near Kellits, Clarendon, suspects that the house she occupied was burned deliberately…