A GoFundMe account has been launched to raise funds for the schooling of child vendor Oshane Ellis, who has been selling goods at Linstead Market in St. Catherine since his mother died in 2018. The child, who is 16 years old, uses the funds he earns mainly to attend classes at McGrath High School in…
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Beacon of the day | Linstead teen, whose mother died, sells at market to stay in school and out of trouble
A 16-year-old boy stood among a group of vendors who were fuming this week over the demolition of their handcarts and goods by Municipal police in Linstead, St. Catherine. The vendors, adamant that their profession is being frowned on, pointed out the teen, Oshane Ellis – better known as ‘Omar’, as a good example of…
Young scholar, who raised goats, attains scholarship to study in Brazil
A resident of Mount Diablo district in the Treadways area of Linstead, St Catherine, has been awarded a full scholarship to study veterinary medicine at the University of São Paulo as well as Portuguese at the Federal State University of São Paulo – both in Brazil. Niveka Johnson, who holds 17 CXC subjects and owned…
Champions Cup – McGrath, Dinthill knocked out
Dinthill Technical High School and McGrath High are now out of contention for the ISSA Champions Cup; this after both teams suffered defeats in the said knockout competition. The Champions Cup features 16 top schools from the two major schoolboy football competitions – the Manning Cup that involves schools from the Corporate Area, and the…
BREAKING NEWS: Linstead schools reach semi-finals of daCosta Cup
Two schools from Linstead in St Catherine today advanced to the semi-finals of the ISSA/WATA daCosta Cup Football Competition, a double feat virtually unheard of on this part of the island. The schools are McGrath High and Dinthill Technical High. This is the first time that McGrath is passing the first round since it started…
McGrath takes early lead in group
McGrath High School has taken an early lead in Group 4 of the ISSA/WATA daCosta Cup Football Competition. It was the only team in the Group that secured victory yesterday, October 22, amassing three points. Happy Grove High School, which was defeated by McGrath, is yet to gain a point. The other two teams in…
McGrath player delays army entry to fight for football cup
He could have been in the military firing shots; he is instead on football fields kicking balls. Peter McGregor, who hails from Spanish Town in St Catherine, is Vice Captain of the history-making McGrath High School football team. He is the among the main players that spectators and other teams watch whenever McGrath plays in…
McGrath dances into tough group, explains toppling football giant
McGrath High School footballers danced for the massive cheering crowd yesterday after completing the toppling of a schoolboy football giant, Rusea’s High, out of Hanover. McGrath, with no football glory in its background, scored 2-1 on aggregate to send the 11-time champion crashing out of the prestigious ISSA/WATA daCosta Cup Football Competition. “We did not…
Carlos Robinson – the goalie with the safe pair of hands
Carlos Robinson did a lot of catching at his school on Saturday; this as he blocked Charlemont High School from scoring more goals in its encounter with McGrath High. Both sides ended the match 2-2, but it could have been a worse outcome for McGrath, leader of Zone K in the ISSA/WATA daCosta Cup Football…
The footballers shocking everyone; McGrath High School tells why
Jermaine Thomas returned to his alma mater three years ago as a coach with a grand plan to help groom young footballers; those footballers are now turning the tables for McGrath High School, located at Treadways in Linstead, St Catherine. The school has been participating in the ISSA/WATA daCosta Cup Football Competition since 1994, but…
Lluidas Vale resident wins big in Linstead
It’s not often that one hears about an ackee-related contest, but what is important to Felicia Francis is that she cooked it well, copping the grand prize and the big title – Miss Linstead Ackee and Jerk Festival Queen 2018. “I feel really great to win this competition,” she told The Beacon. “I represented my…