The Al Empowerment Foundation, founded by Alton Reid, has observed its first anniversary doing what it does best - sharing. The organization, on May 21, distributed three tablets to students of Lluidas Vale Primary School in St. Catherine. Reid noted that the decision was made to source tablets, considering that they are in high demand…
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Beacon of the day | Arlene Thomas - a champion for the rights of sugar workers and farmers
Arlene Thomas didn’t fulfill her childhood dream of becoming a lawyer, but she is often made to feel like one - perhaps one bearing the ‘Queen’s Counsel’ trappings. On a daily basis, she represents hundreds of small farmers and workers in the sugar industry in and around her native Lluidas Vale district, St. Catherine. She…
Community focus | Young man starts a movement; he just hosted essay competition in Lluidas Vale
Alton Reid, 28, is bent on making a positive difference in his rural community of Lluidas Vale, located in St. Catherine North West. He is working mainly through the Al Empowerment Movement, which he started in April of this year and intends to formally register as a foundation. “I started Al Empowerment Movement as a…
LLUIDAS VALE: Political aspirants clash over candidate’s Benz at polling station
The incident happened as members of the security forces, as well as election day workers, cast their ballots ahead of the General Election on Thursday, September 3. During the voting exercise, a Mercedes-Benz appeared on the enclosed compound of the polling station and stopped at the entrance to the polling station. It was transporting Hugh…
BEACON OF THE DAY: A standard bearer in a sugarcane area
LARGE ABROAD: Lluidas Vale native lifted by adoption, ambition
His real name is Christopher Wallace, but many people who follow his music and social media gigs know him simply as Dr Love. Wallace, now a recording artiste and building contractor in the United States, is rooted in the rural community of Lluidas Vale, St Catherine. He enjoyed running behind cane trucks and picking up…
LLUIDAS VALE: School roof finally being repaired
Work is on in earnest to repair the deplorable roof, which covers classrooms at Lluidas Vale Primary School in St Catherine. There have been complaints that the long-existing roof had become termite-infested, and was causing teachers and students to fall ill. When The Beacon visited the school yesterday, August 9, workers said the repairs were…
Defying all odds | Monica White
The principal of Dinthill Technical High School did not attend high school, because financial constraints prevented her from taking up the part scholarship offered during her childhood. That, however, did not prevent her from studying hard and amassing enough subjects while she attended Juan de-Bolas All Age School in rural St Catherine North West. Monica…
PHOTOS OF THE DAY: Cops commended!
Two constables serving the Lluidas Vale area of the St Catherine North Police Division have been commended for their effort in helping to mould young minds at Lluidas Vale Primary School. Their effort is made easier with the school being nextdoor the police’s temporary base in the community. When the educational institution hosted its annual…
No ordinary child!
To watch children like Rajarn Paul in action gives renewed hope about Jamaica’s future. The 10-year-old standout impressed his schoolmates and visitors during Boys’ Day activities last week Friday at Lluidas Vale Primary School in St Catherine North West. Rajarn was calm and unafraid. He took on challenges - big or small, in sports or…
PHOTOS OF THE DAY: Lluidas Vale school celebrates Boys’ Day
Amid the fun and frolic that were part of their annual Boy’s Day activities last Friday, November 23, male students of Lluidas Vale Primary School in St Catherine were urged to press towards their goals despite their status quo and the lurking forces of demotivation. Economist and past student of the institution, Carey Anderson, implored…
Lluidas Vale mourns tragic death of two boys
Teachers and students went to the Lluidas Vale Primary School in St Catherine in shock and grief this morning, March 2, placing flowers on desks once occupied in separate classrooms by two male students whose lives were snuffed out hours after school dismissed yesterday. The students killed when they were hit from a bicycle about…