From left: Dr Lincoln Edwards, president of Northern Caribbean University (NCU), presents a scholarship offer to Rheana Smith and Valerie Smith, daughter and widow, respectively, of Corporal Melvin Smith, during a memorial service on October 25 in the Cecil Charlton Park in Mandeville. NCU has committed to providing a four-year tuition scholarship for the studentas soon as she is ready to attend university. Corporal Smith was slain in that mid-island town a year ago while he was attached to the Manchester Division of the Police Community Safety and Security Branch.
