The Jamaica Beacon

07/23/2025

The Mini-Miss St Catherine pageant this Sunday, July 27 at Dinthill Technical High in Linstead. Be there.

07/23/2025

In case you missed it... The founder of Witter And Sons Funeral Home, Panton Witter Snr., has been celebrated at a thanksgiving service held on the outskirts of May Pen, Clarendon. He is originally from Cheapside in St Elizabeth.

🟠WATCH it on our YouTube channel at link below:

https://youtu.be/sT97cOGX4vk?si=IGhm_vtNmvGdZjcB

07/23/2025

United in grief, hundreds of people attended the funeral for murder victim Derricka Rodgers, whose decomposing remains were found in a sealed cesspit at Milk River, Clarendon. She is from Gravel Hill in the parish.

07/20/2025

Doreen Billings, better known as Mama B, who founded the Sun City radio station at Portmore in St Catherine, has been celebrated during a service of thanksgiving held in her honour.

🟠WATCH it on our YouTube channel at link below:

https://youtu.be/vs28GvaJ288?si=LwzunZmQG8qMJjZG

07/20/2025

Get ready for this huge summer back-to-school treat held on the island annually by Walker's Foundation. It is slated for Sunday, 10 August 2025 at Walker's Lawn in the Sligoville area of St Catherine.

07/20/2025

In case you missed it... Kaleave Thomas, the 20-year-old boyfriend of social media personality Shanakay 'Thickiana' Hanson, has been laid to rest in his family plot at Browns Hall, St Catherine.

He was shot dead in Linstead, also in St Catherine.

🟠WATCH it on our YouTube channel at link below:

https://youtu.be/meysJiDpQcY?si=oVY0yyY1Nq4WL6LX

07/20/2025

RIP Clement Dehaney. A massive blow to the community of Linstead; Clement's death is also a big reminder that we all are mere sojourners upon this earth. And, by all accounts, Clement was a good one.

A popular community activist, Clement Dehaney, from Linstead in St Catherine is in a fight against prostate cancer. To assist him, please use the following l...

07/18/2025

Panton Witter, who founded the nationally renowned Witter And Sons Funeral Home in Clarendon and St Elizabeth, has been celebrated at a week-day funeral held in his honour.

07/18/2025

Residents of Crofts Hill, Kellits, McNie, Clarendon - all over Jamaica - gather at Skyview Restaurant in Crofts Hill, Clarendon on August 1 to observe Emancipation Day - enjoying a day and night filled with fun and excitement, including a cultural talent show, fireworks, loads of prizes, and surprises.

07/18/2025

The father of slain youngster Kaleave Thomas has spoken with the media for the first time about his 20-year-old son, who also was the boyfriend of the well-known social media personality known as Thickiana.

07/18/2025

Her relatives huddled around her casket as they paid their last respects and promised to maintain her legacy, including the Sun City radio station that she founded in Portmore, St Catherine. Her name: Doreen Billings, affectionately called 'Mama B'.

Watch the full funeral report.

07/17/2025

THE CONTESTANTS - Mini-Miss St Catherine 2025.