A man was shot dead last night in Linstead, St Catherine, the Jamaica Constabulary Force has confirmed. His identity has not yet been ascertained. He was found lying face-down in a pool of blood on the road in the York Street area. That incident happened hours after a police inspector and a taxi-man were shot…
The St Catherine North Police said they have identified a suspect in connection with the shooting of Police Inspector Damian Butler in Linstead, St. Catherine, today, September 5. A press release from the police force said the suspect is 25-year-old Randall Gallimore, otherwise called ‘Nibbs’, from Wakefield in Linstead. He was listed as wanted, but,…
The Mount Zion House of Refuge Children’s Home in Linstead, St Catherine, was surprised with a donation of $100,000 on the closing day of the inaugural staging of the programme dubbed Football With A Twist. The five-week programme, which ran from July 8 to August 12, taught children discipline and other valuable traits through football….
Retired educator Florence Spaulding-Ferguson has been laid to rest at Thetford Park Cemetery in Old Harbour, St Catherine. The 73-year-old lost her battle with stage four uterine cancer on Monday, 27 June 2022, at Linstead Public Hospital where she was admitted for just over a week. A number of people attended her thanksgiving service on…
The community of Lluidas Vale in St Catherine remains stunned by the fatal stabbing of a young mother of two boys, Alicia Patience, better known as Lisa. She was killed at nightfall yesterday (August 22) during a dispute with her common-law-husband at her residence at Dunfar, Lluidas Vale. A photo obtained by The Beacon shows…
Curtis Leroy McKenzie (Mass Curtis), 66, of Brandon Hill in Clarendon, died of natural cause on Sunday, 17 July 2022. He was born in the parish of St Catherine 10 April 1956 to Muriel McKenzie of Brandon Hill and Azariah McKenzie of Top Hill district in Lluidas Vale Division, St Catherine. He was the sixth…
A bus operator, who plied the route between Linstead and Spanish Town in St Catherine, died in hospital after being shot by a police officer in the Spanish Town Bus Park on Saturday, August 13. He is 39-year-old Alton Reid, better known as Benji, from Bagbie district in the Troja area of St Catherine. The…
The Jamaica Constabulary Force said its officers seized a shotgun during an operation at Swamp Lane in Bog Walk, St. Catherine, yesterday, August 16. It added: “Reports from the Bog Walk Police are that, about 5:30PM, lawmen were in the area when a premises was searched and the illegal firearm was found inside the roof.”…
He has been identified as 33-year-old Chavator Beckett, otherwise known as Beeto, from Princessfield near Linstead. Highly placed sources told The Beacon that Beckett had just carried out a transaction with a woman and was leaving the location shortly before 9pm. Another man reportedly appeared, pretending as though he was seeking to get intimate with…
Khaleel Hawkes will be the highest academic achiever entering grade seven at the revered Glenmuir High School in Clarendon in September. His exceptional performance in the Primary Exit Profile (PEP), which is used for high school placements, is what sets him apart. The 12-year-old attained the highest level of ranking (Highly Proficient) in all of…
