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 –…
September 19, 2022 0 BEACON OF THE DAY (VIDEO) | Dshawan Dunwell Done Well In 14 CXC By Horace Mills His surname, Dun-well, perhaps says it all. Dshawan Dunwell, who lives on the outskirts of Spanish Town in St Catherine,…
October 13, 2020 0 Beacon of the day | Alahna White shatters perceived limit, tops St. Jago High with 11 subjects By Horace Mills Alahna White has been declared the top performer this year in the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) exams at St.…
October 10, 2020 0 Beacon of the day | Spanish Town youth smashes 10 CXC subjects years after 99% average in G-SAT By Horace Mills A young man from Ensom City in Spanish Town, St. Catherine, Roberto Morgan, has added another spectacular layer to his…
September 30, 2020 0 Beacon of the day | Aspiring lawyer from inner-city single-parent family attains nine CXC By Horace Mills Tafada Wright, from a single-parent household in the tough community of March Pen Road in Spanish Town, St. Catherine, has…
September 26, 2020 1 Beacon of the day | Ewarton resident with 9 CXC – all Grade Ones, wants to help special needs people By Horace Mills Nackelia Richards from Mount Rosser in Ewarton, St. Catherine, was expecting spectacular results. But she never consider getting all perfect…
September 24, 2020 0 Beacon of the day | Spanish Town youth says COVID helps him earn 10 CXC – all Grade Ones By Horace Mills Jaheim Harris has attained the best grade possible (Grade One) in a whopping 10 CSEC subjects administered by the Caribbean…
August 30, 2020 0 UPDATE: Lovejoy Awarded Gov’t Scholarship For Performance In PEP By Horace Mills Weeks after he celebrated a major academic feat, Mahiri Lovejoy is having a follow-up thrill. He has received a letter…
August 29, 2020 0 Community focus | True United Sisters Celebrates 15 Years Of Service To Bog Walk By Horace Mills The blue skies blended in perfect harmony with the theme colour as True United Sisters (TUS), with cake and champagne,…
August 10, 2020 0 Beacon of the day | Student tops school despite single mom being ill, father being missing By Horace Mills Abbigayle Daley, who saw her father only once in her lifetime – when she was a baby, has brought pride…
August 4, 2020 0 Mother left screaming – her son tops school in Spanish Town By Horace Mills Mahiri Lovejoy is no ordinary child – as manifested in his spectacular performance in the Primary Exit Profile (PEP), which…
July 30, 2020 0 LINSTEAD: Time And Patience Top Boy Eager To Start St. Jago By Horace Mills Kevin Scarlett from Time and Patience Primary School in Linstead, St. Catherine, is raring to commence his academic sojourn at…
July 16, 2020 0 Beacon of the day | The woman who fosters a set of twins – and previously their mother By Horace Mills She is no ordinary woman. Claudia Dozovado’s love for children has resulted in her becoming a foster parent of three…
June 29, 2020 0 Beacon of the day | Twin sisters succeed despite not having bond with biological family By Horace Mills Twin sisters Crystel and Crystal Thomas, who are living with a foster family, have not allowed their past to define…
June 5, 2020 0 Linstead not left out – Former youth mayor wins post on student government at UWI By Horace Mills A young man, whose success The Beacon has been tracking, has been elected to represent the Faculty of Humanities and…
September 29, 2019 3 LARGE ABROAD: Ewarton native earns doctorate, once sold goods in Linstead By Horace Mills Dr Sharalyn Haye-Martin, who now lives in Georgia, USA, hails from very humble beginnings on McGrath Road – also called…
September 3, 2019 1 A heart of gold – Karen Sudu made paper bags to attend school; she now helps needy students By Horace Mills Evadney Daley sold paper bags in Old Harbour market for her four children, including former journalist Karen Sudu, to regularly…
August 24, 2019 0 From poverty to cancer research – Former student of Bog Walk schools awarded major scholarship to study cancer in England By Horace Mills Andrew Robinson has been awarded the prestigious Chevening Scholarship, which will fully fund his pursuit of a Master of Science…
November 8, 2018 0 Linstead youth tops subject in Caribbean, appointed as junior mayor By Horace Mills Jevaughn Gordon has done it again! The St Jago High School student, who outclassed six aspirants this month to be…
October 9, 2018 0 St Jago top student, twin brother move up By Horace Mills Constantine Patterson and Olivia Williams could not have been prouder. Their twin sons from Orangefield district in Linstead, St Catherine,…
September 28, 2018 0 Williams achieves 8 subjects at ‘non-traditional’ school in Spanish Town By Horace Mills It was not an easy road for Jovaine Williams, who was 10 years old when his mother Anisha Thomas passed…
September 28, 2018 0 Scott leaves St Jago with 21 CXC subjects, virtually all Grade Ones By Horace Mills When Tashai Scott attained perfect grades in 10 CSEC subjects three years ago, she made an unequivocal statement about her…
September 26, 2018 0 Bog Walk youth attains perfect grade in 10 CXC subjects at St Jago By Horace Mills He worked assiduously for the 10 perfect grades, but they still seemed surreal. Raheed Gilzene, who has grown to accept…
September 25, 2018 0 Linstead native achieves perfect grades in 10 CXC subjects at St Jago By Horace Mills Monique Bennett, who intends to pursue a career in law, is ecstatic about her huge success in CSEC this year,…
June 13, 2018 0 Mother ‘jumps and screams’ over daughter’s results in Linstead By Horace Mills It is turning out to be a week when a number of single mothers, coincidentally, have been grabbing the headlines…
June 11, 2018 0 Point Hill head girl averages over 95 percent in GSAT By Horace Mills Head girl at Point Hill Leased Primary School in St Catherine, 11 year-old Vanessa Davis, has proven that she is…
