DARLISTON, Westmoreland As he watched a team of seven doctors desperately try to save his father’s life on Friday, Glenroy Pinkney began to pray. “I started to say, ‘God, if it is your will, let it be done and please help me. Mek him stay alive!’ But after that the doctors talking to us and I realised he didn’t make [it],” the distraught man told the Jamaica Observer. “Mi.
WESTMORELAND, Jamaica – Five persons including a female were shot and injured by gunmen at a party on Barracks Street, in the vicinity of the Savanna-la-Mar transport centre, Saturday morning. The incident happened shortly after 1 am. Reports from the police are that the victims were patrons at a party when a motorcycle with two men aboard drove up from the direction of Beckford Street and stopped. The men then.
WESTMORELAND, Jamaica President of the Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA) Leighton Johnson is appealing to the nation's educators to exercise a greater level of caution, as they are deemed vital to the society. His comments came on the heels of the passing of Nichoy Briscoe, electrical technology teacher at Nain High School. The St Elizabeth-based educator succumbed to injuries on Monday following a motorcycle accident weeks ago. READ: Nain High teacher.
WESTMORELAND, Jamaica – There is a heavy police/military presence in Georges Plain, Westmoreland following back-to-back robberies of two gas stations by armed men on Tuesday afternoon. Observer Online understands that gunmen travelling on motorcycles held up a gas station in Grange Hill before staging another robbery at the Texaco gas station in Georges Plain. Reports are that members of the security forces made chase and a shootout ensued between them.
WESTMORELAND, Jamaica There is a sombre mood in the community of Red Gate close to Cave district in Westmoreland as residents are struggling to come to terms with the death of Chef supervisor Rohan ‘Tumpa’ Simpson who was gunned down in front of a popular resort in Negril, on Monday night. Reports are that the 48-year-old had just left work at the resort at the time of the incident. “Him.