Members of a family who were preparing to belatedly celebrate their matriarch’s 92nd birthday this weekend are now gearing up for her burial. Maybel Chambers, better known as Miss May, died under dubious circumstances yesterday afternoon, August 12, across from the old post office in her native Top Hill district, Lluidas Vale Division, St. Catherine….
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$1.6M donation – JPS again covering fee for CXC Industrial Technology
The Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) Foundation has paid the full examination fees for 444 public secondary school students, who will be sitting the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) Industrial Technology (electrical) examination in 2020. The examination grant, in the sum of $1.618 million, will benefit students from 35 high schools. Minister with responsibility for…
PHOTOS: Bog Walk residents call out JPS
Members of another community are accusing the Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) of ignoring repeated appeals for it to replace fragile utility poles that have become a threat to public safety. Residents of August Town in the Bog Walk area of St Catherine are the latest to call out the power provider. They said the…
LLUIDAS VALE: JPS pole scares residents of Pennington
Residents of Pennington district in the Lluidas Vale area of St Catherine said a fragile utility pole in the most central area of their community has left them living in fear. They told The Beacon that they have made several complaints to employees of the Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) that is responsible for the…