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MONTEGO BAY, St James — Western Parks and Markets (WPM) will on Tuesday reroute some of its resources to start cleaning up debris dumped on the shoreline of a number of parishes during last week’s heavy rain and winds that accompanied a cold front. “We'll be starting the clean-up in sections of Montego Bay. Already we have deployed members of the sanitation crew to begin to bag the garbage along...

A security guard at a Total gas station in Ocho Rios, St Ann was reportedly attacked and stabbed at the location in full view of his coworkers on Monday afternoon. A licensed firearm holder, who was reportedly at the gas station, fired after the attacker, who managed to escape unhurt. The attacker has since been picked up by the authorities, the police said. The security guard has been hospitalised. His condition...

WESTMORELAND, Jamaica - As Prime Minister Andrew Holness toured the Grange Hill Division in Westmoreland on Friday night, lawmen at the Morgan's Bridge Police Station were busy chasing a prisoner who escaped from their holding cell. According to an Observer Online source the escapee got away while the police were releasing another man on bail. The police could be seen attempting to catch the escapee as they chased him through...

KINGSTON, Jamaica – A man is dead and a firearm seized following an alleged shootout between a gunman and police at Mexico Heights in Trench Town, Kingston on Thursday night. The dead man has been identified as 22-year-old Orette Robinson, otherwise called ‘Ash’, a promoter from Phase 7 in Arnett Gardens. The Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) has launched a probe into the incident. Reports reaching Observer Online are that...

WESTMORELAND, Jamaica — Two police officers assigned to the Morgan's Bridge Police Station in Grange Hill, Westmoreland received injuries when a 17-year-old escapee eluded them on Friday night. He has been identified as Denarto Brown of Big Bridge in the parish. It is unclear what offense(s) Brown was picked up for, but Observer Online understands that the teen is still at large. Reports from the police are that on Friday...