Rad­hi­ca De Sil­va 

Two women were robbed while walk­ing along the jog­ging track at Palmiste Park around 7:45 a.m. on Thurs­day.

Pres­i­dent of the Palmiste His­tor­i­cal So­ci­ety, Ter­rence Hon­ore, told Guardian Me­dia that a neigh­bour was alert­ed to the in­ci­dent near the Mi­ni Co­coa Es­tate.

“One neigh­bour, armed with his re­volver, went search­ing in the di­rec­tion of the food huts. Po­lice were alert­ed,” Hon­ore said.

He said the women were robbed of a cell­phone and a small amount of cash. Their iden­ti­ties were not im­me­di­ate­ly known, but they were de­scribed as reg­u­lar walk­ers in the area.

Hon­ore added that safe­ty and main­te­nance of the park re­main con­cerns for res­i­dents.

“The Palmiste com­mu­ni­ty re­cent­ly raised $7,800 to cut the area with a trac­tor and wack­ers. Al­to­geth­er, we have com­mit­ted over $10,000 to cut and main­tain ar­eas of the park,” he said.

He said the Palmiste His­tor­i­cal So­ci­ety and the Palmiste Park Ac­tion Com­mit­tee have been work­ing to keep the jog­ging track clear, with sup­port from Qualis Main­te­nance Com­pa­ny, which pro­vid­ed cut­ting ser­vices.

Ac­cord­ing to Hon­ore, the Palmiste Dis­trict Recre­ation Coun­cil said it was await­ing ap­proval from the Min­istry of Agri­cul­ture to pro­vide fur­ther as­sis­tance.

Po­lice are con­tin­u­ing in­ves­ti­ga­tions in­to the rob­bery.