Tag: Juan-de-Bolas
BEACON OF THE DAY: Woman walked miles through bushes to serve as school principal
Retired principal Girline Wilks yesterday sat on her veranda at Top Hill district in the Lluidas Vale Division, St. Catherine, reflecting on an illustrious career that earned her the admiration of men and women in education. “I stood out greater than some of the men,” she told The Beacon. “In those days, people looked up…
Graham admits Juan de-Bolas road in disrepair, adds it to attention list
The councillor for Lluidas Vale Division in St Catherine, Hugh Graham, has admitted that the road from Pennington district to Juan de-Bolas is in a state of disrepair, adding that work may also be done on that stretch of roadway. When he spoke with The Beacon earlier this month, Graham definitively said no funds were…
LLUIDAS VALE: Bad road blamed for death in Juan de-Bolas
Residents of Juan de-Bolas district in the Lluidas Vale area of St Catherine are lamenting the deplorable condition of their roadway, which they think may have caused the death of a resident who was heading to work on foot about six o’clock yesterday morning, September 5. The deceased is 48-year-old farmer Desmond Cunningham, also known…
LLUIDAS VALE: Two released from detention centre without charge
The two young men who the Lluidas Vale police in St Catherine locked up under the ongoing state of public emergency on Friday, December 7, have been released without charge. They are 24-year-old Romario Davis and 23-year-old Romaine Cunningham – both from Juan de-Bolas district, near Lluidas Vale. The youngsters were released from custody this…
Mothers outraged – Lluidas Vale cops accused of dumping 2 in detention
Two mothers from the rural community of Juan de-Bolas in St Catherine said they are tired of the runaround they have been getting from law enforcers whenever they seek answers about their two sons, who the Lluidas Vale police picked up at a party six days ago under the ongoing state of public emergency. The…
The walls along Lemon Hall river
The community of Lemon Hall in St Catherine, close to where that parish meets Clarendon, has a number of historical sites. Romario Mills, pictured below, is among residents who told The Beacon that, based on oral tradition, the various sites, including a broken stone wall that stretches for miles, was built by slaves. A large…
Nurse White-Brown | a super woman in rural Jamaica
Verna White-Brown is now of super woman fame, having delivered more than 3000 babies during the 47 years of stellar service she gave to a chain of rural St Catherine communities, including Lluidas Vale, Top Hill, Pennington, Juan-de-Bolas, Tydixon, and Lemon Hall. “There were a lot of deliveries, up and down the rough roads night…