Tag: Jamaica Beacon

July 26, 2024 0

VIDEO: Funeral Date Announced For Linstead Teacher

Relatives and friends will gather on Monday, 29 July 2024, to pay their last respect to 39-year-old public school teacher…

July 20, 2024 0

REMEMBERING: Merlyn Grant, 77, Of Linstead, St Catherine

By Jamaica Beacon

Merlyn Grant (Miss Merl), 77, was born to Inez Murray and Frederick Grant at Jericho Road in Linstead, St Catherine…

April 25, 2024 0

Alicia Spence To Launch First Album

By Horace Mills

Alicia Spence will mark another milestone in her musical career when she launches her first album in a highly anticipated…

January 25, 2024 0

OBITUARY: Lehan Gardener, 12, Of Linstead

By Jamaica Beacon

Lehan Geanntae Gardener, 12, was born at Spanish Town Hospital 07 August 2011 to Marsha Gray Gardener and Cleon Gardener.…

December 18, 2023 0

Jamaican Writer Yvonne Morgan-McKenzie Keeping It Positive At 60

By Horace Mills

The promotion of positive values and attitudes in her writing is on the verge of paying off for Jamaican author…

December 9, 2023 0

LINSTEAD NEWS: Man Gunned Down At Home

By Jamaica Beacon

A man was shot dead before daybreak yesterday (December 8) at his home in Corner Rest district, Banbury, Linstead, St…

December 6, 2023 0

A Couple, Who Gives Students From The ‘Ghetto’ Scholarships, Celebrates With Graduate

By Horace Mills and Torian Clarke

Denecia Kelly’s graduation from university was so important for Linval Taylor and his wife Menervah, they flew into the island…

December 6, 2023 0

VIDEO: Hampton School Remembers ‘Phenomenal’ Student Who Reportedly Drowns

By Horace Mills

Hampton School in St Elizabeth is mourning the suspected drowning of one of its sixth formers, Isa Ridgard, 18, from…

December 5, 2023 0

VIDEO: Point Hill Boy Was A Jovial, Promising Class Leader – Principal

By Horace Mills

The 12-year-old boy who died in a shooting incident at home at Snake Hill district in Point Hill, St Catherine,…

December 4, 2023 0

VIDEO: Principals Endorse Quiz Competition In Linstead; Ewarton Primary Wins

By Horace Mills

Ewarton Primary School from St Catherine has won the inaugural staging of the Math and Science Meet, held on November…

November 30, 2023 0

VIDEO: Neck Of Rape Victim ‘Tied Like A Goat’

By Jamaica Beacon

Relatives and friends are heart-broken following the questionable death of 59-year-old Charmaine Hardy at the home where she lives alone…

November 30, 2023 0

VIDEO: Robbery Spree Hits Four Businesses In Linstead; Three Suspects Nabbed

By Jamaica Beacon

Gunmen have been wreaking havoc in and around the town of Linstead in St Catherine, robbing four businesses within weeks,…

March 12, 2023 0

OBITUARY: Newton Givans, 56, Of Linstead

By Jamaica Beacon

Newton Givans (Jerry) was born 9 October 1966 at Orangefield district in Linstead, St Catherine, to Justice Valentine Givans and…

March 6, 2023 0

Beacon Of The Day | Motorist Saves Elderly Man Reported Missing (Video)

By Jamaica Beacon

A motorist, who has never met or spoken with his father, has helped some adult children to reunite with their…

February 22, 2023 0

WATCH: Father, Son Killed In Lluidas Vale

By Jamaica Beacon

The father and son shot dead on the outskirts of Worthy Park in Lluidas Vale, St Catherine, are 59-year-old Michael…

February 20, 2023 0

Linstead fire victim mulls bouncing back; his wholesale not insured

By Jamaica Beacon

Leon Anderson, better known as Father Wayne, is trying to pick up the pieces after fire last week gutted his…

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…

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…

July 2, 2022 0

VIDEO: Son Lauded At Funeral For Charlemont High Vice Principal

By Horace Mills

Despite the pain he feels in losing his mother Jennifer Gidden, 32-year-old Javil-Don Beason told hundreds of mourners that he…

June 13, 2022 0

Wife Recounts Final Moments | Bishop Percival Newell Gets Massive Funeral

By Horace Mills

Elitha Newell, flanked by some of her children, joined more than 1,000 mourners in sending off the mountain of a…

July 1, 2021 0

Alwayne Hyatt, 22, laid to rest in Linstead

By Horace Mills

ALWAYNE WINROY HYATT, who is said to have worn his ‘Cool Breeze’ alias like a hand in glove, has been…

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 17, 2019 0

Seeing through the mind | Woman finds way around visual impairment

By Horace Mills

Shauna-Kay Douglas from Blackwoods district in Clarendon was born near-sighted, seeing about 60 percent from one eye and virtually nothing…

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…

June 15, 2019 0

LARGE ABROAD: Shauna rises from night clubs to university halls

By Horace Mills

Shauna Meddar-Edelen knew she was destined for greatness, although that greatness was bedevilled by an episode of child sexual abuse,…

May 14, 2019 0

VIDEO: Linstead man struggling with sore wants help with shop

By Horace Mills

An elderly man, who sits virtually all day in a shack near some bustling businesses and a church in the…

March 21, 2019 0

Brown dies suddenly with flu | grandmother now in hospital

By Horace Mills

The late social advocate Oneil Brown was less than five years old when his mother died, leaving him in the…

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…

January 22, 2019 0

St Catherine: Low burial fee blamed for nasty cemeteries

By Horace Mills

Commercial Services Manager at the St Catherine Municipal Corporation, Upton Fisher, said public cemeteries across the parish are overgrown partly…