December 6, 2023 0 A Couple, Who Gives Students From The ‘Ghetto’ Scholarships, Celebrates With Graduate By Horace Mills and Alessandro Anglin Denecia Kelly’s graduation from university was so important for Linval Taylor and his wife Menervah, they flew into the island…
December 21, 2022 0 WATCH: Pastor Dies While Baptizing Youth At Bog Walk Church By Horace Mills The community of Bog Walk in St Catherine has been stunned by what is being described as the unusual and…
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 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…
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,…
August 5, 2021 0 Beacon of the day | Kevion Minzie, the coach who discovered Christopher Taylor and Ashanti Moore By Horace Mills Kevion Minzie does not love the limelight. But he is the primary school coach and teacher who first identified and…
September 25, 2020 2 Beacon of the day | Young scholar rejected by university in Jamaica dedicates 19 CXC – all Grade Ones – to parents By Horace Mills Isaac Dunkley, whose application to study Medicine at the University of the West Indies (UWI) has been blocked, recently left…
September 21, 2020 0 Beacon of the day | Jamaican native, once homeless, now seeks political office in Lauderdale Lakes By Horace Mills She literally became homeless shortly after migrating from Jamaica to the United States. But she is now among candidates vying…
August 13, 2020 1 LLUIDAS VALE: Top Hill Woman Dies Three Days After 92nd Birthday – Residents Blast JPS By Horace Mills Members of a family who were preparing to belatedly celebrate their matriarch’s 92nd birthday this weekend are now gearing up…
August 11, 2020 0 Beacon of the day | Heroic taximan takes strangers to hospital… and stays with them By Horace Mills Dale Martin was transporting five passengers in his taxi on the afternoon of July 9 when he observed two vehicles…
August 8, 2020 0 Head Boy Collects 11 Awards – he is heading to York Castle High By Horace Mills Nikhil Lalwani has left a lasting impression at the privately owned Mar-Jam Prep School in Ocho Rios, St. Ann, where…
August 2, 2020 1 Vendor sings praise – her daughter is top girl at school in St. Ann By Horace Mills A single mother of nine children, Natalia White sells goods in her home parish of St. Ann to help eke…
June 29, 2020 0 Beacon of the day | Twin sisters succeed despite not having bond with biological family By Horace Mills Twin sisters Crystel and Crystal Thomas, who are living with a foster family, have not allowed their past to define…
June 25, 2020 0 PNP region shoots down ‘selection’ of candidates in two divisions By Horace Mills By Horace Mills, Journalist The Chairman of the People’s National Party (PNP) machinery in St. Catherine North West, Hugh Graham,…
June 25, 2020 0 LINSTEAD: Union cautions against punishment for officers who dismantle handcarts By Horace Mills The union representing Municipal police who dismantled vendors’ handcarts while trying to bring order to the streets of Linstead, St.…
June 23, 2020 0 LLUIDAS VALE: PNP Selects Brown Amid Controversy By Horace Mills Moneque Brown will represent the People’s National Party (PNP) in the next Local Government Election in the Lluidas Vale Division,…
June 20, 2020 0 Beacon of the day | Linstead teen, whose mother died, sells at market to stay in school and out of trouble By Horace Mills A 16-year-old boy stood among a group of vendors who were fuming this week over the demolition of their handcarts…
May 25, 2020 1 CHAPTER CLOSED – Westmoreland resident dies at age 110; her daughter still alive at 91 By Horace Mills The community of Williamsfield in Westmoreland has lost its eldest resident, Albertha Davis, who died of natural cause at age…
May 24, 2020 0 COVID CHRONICLE – Ewarton farmer suffers major loss, turned back at parish border By Horace Mills Cedrick Ramsay is making 93 percent less profit from farming this season – his biggest single loss in the 30…
April 19, 2020 0 LINSTEAD: Plot Against COVID Goes Awry By Horace Mills A huge crowd that yesterday descended on the town of Linstead, St. Catherine, crushed the government’s shopping policy, which was…
April 17, 2020 0 St. Catherine | Bog Walk Woman With Virus Tired Of Waiting For Pick-up By Horace Mills A female from the Bog Walk area of St Catherine who tested positive for the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) has…
April 9, 2020 2 YOUNG&GIFTED: Jamaican student accepted by Harvard – the university she thought was a fairy tale By Horace Mills Intellectual powerhouse and national hockey player, Seychelle Doyley, who also is Head Girl at Wolmer’s, has earned a spot at…
April 8, 2020 0 CURFEW: Politician to face court in May for two alleged breaches By Horace Mills The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) said 35-year-old Councillor for the Trafalgar Division in the Kingston and St. Andrew Municipal Corporation,…
April 3, 2020 0 KARTEL LOSES By Horace Mills Dancehall artiste Adedja Palmer, better known as ‘Vybz Kartel’, and his three co-accused have lost the appeal against their murder…
March 11, 2020 0 BEACON OF THE DAY: A standard bearer in a sugarcane area By Horace Mills Nathlee Jones, who is revered partly for her elegance and elocution, walks the streets of her native Lluidas Vale district…
March 9, 2020 0 BEACON OF THE DAY: Healthcare stalwart returned home to build Jamaica By Horace Mills Gloria Facey, who lived in the United States and England for a combined 20 years, could have turned her back…
March 8, 2020 0 BEACON OF THE DAY: Woman walked miles through bushes to serve as school principal By Horace Mills Retired principal Girline Wilks yesterday sat on her veranda at Top Hill district in the Lluidas Vale Division, St. Catherine,…
February 28, 2020 0 BEACON OF THE DAY: Returning resident feeds 200 people weekly By Horace Mills An epitome of kindness, Pastor Madge Boyd has been feeding a weekly average of 200 people in the Linstead area…
