Monthly Archives March 2016

• That Black River Harbour which is landlocked by Parottee Point to the east and Luana Point to the west, is the only landlocked harbor in Jamaica and the Caribbean? The Harbour Master in Kingston, capital city in Jamaica has during approaching weather disturbances such as hurricanes; use Black River Harbour to berth seagoing vessels until the danger is passed.
• That Black River which is 44 miles long, is the largest river in Jamaica?
• That the first Moravian Missionaries that came to Jamaica, landed in Black River in the 1700s and that the region around Kepp Slave Estate had been the base for the Moravian Church’s Mission in Jamaica since 1757?
• That Farquharson’s Wharf – now owned by Hendricks and Company, was once a thriving slave market where Slave Owners from Kepp, Paynes Town, Hopeton...

Silhouetted by towering bamboo trees, other trees and shrubs guarded in a circle by “penguin macka”- packed with thorns and thistles – is the Slave Burial Ground that representatives of Beersheba Old Students Association (BOSA) has discovered at Paynes Town; adjoining Kepp, New Market, Saint Elizabeth, Jamaica West Indies, former slave estates.

Beersheba Old Students Association (BOSA) has acquired the services of five (5) male labourers to cut, clean, clear, remove and stockpile the vegetation described herein so as to expose and make accessible myriad graves that have been discovered at this Sacred Heritage Site where lie the remains of Slave Owners and our Slave Ancestors who were loaded as cargo on Merchant Ships at Cape Coast Castle, Ghana, West Africa against their will to be...

It is with much sad regret that Beersheba Old Students Association (BOSA) announces the home going of Pernel Gilbert Jones, age 80 years, Beersheba Primary School Alumnus and Peasant Farmer who resided in  Carr District, New Market, Saint Elizabeth, Jamaica West Indies – birthplace of James “Dick” Richards.

Pernel as he is popularly known in his native Carr District, passed away peacefully at his home on February 29, 2016 after prolonged illness.

Pernel whose wife Brenda nee Murray – Beersheba Primary School Alumna predeceased him 20 years ago, leaves behind children Michael, Dixie, Orville, Barrington, Desrick, Jeffrey, Annette, Shernette, June, Bobette, Janice and several grand and great grand-children and friends to grieve and mourn his loss.

Thanksgiving Service for the life ...

Beersheba Old Students Association (BOSA) wishes to commend Saint Elizabeth Chamber of Commerce (Black River Chapter) for its vision and innovation in obtaining sponsorship from Mobile Phone Doctor, J A Deals.com and Home Time Entertainment Limited – that are all located in the town of Black River – in finalizing arrangement to provide WIFI Broad Band Internet Service to J A G Myers Municipal Park, High Street, Black River, Saint Elizabeth, Jamaica West Indies.

The provision of WIFI Broad Band Internet Service at the Mini Park is good news to high school students, adults and tourists who use the Park daily...