good afternoon and Bashan brown with the midday news a special welcome if you're
watching on one spot mediacom the police force in the corporate area is to be
restructured at an effort to curb the upsurge in crime security minister dr.
Horace Chang outlined the details as he faced questions in the standing finance
committee late last night Prince more reports the six police divisions in the
corporate era recorded a 73 percent increase in murders for the year up to
the end of February with 109 murders reported versus 63 in the corresponding
period last year security minister dr. Horace Chan facing
questions and the standing Finance Committee acknowledged much of the
killing which is the index you're examining is a result of indigent wards
emergency have significantly reduced those kinds of killings in several areas
he added that the upsurge in the corporate area will get special
attention we expect that significant
administrative and strategic change medic Commissioner of Police
Under Armour will have a link back during the course of this year
administrative changes include bringing all the police divisions in the
corporate area under one command instead of it being split between the police
area four and five divisions and adding st. Thomas to the command to deal with
the killings in the bull bay area which borders st. Andrew and st. Thomas that
is being implemented as we speak and of course there will be reorganization of
the formations in that area to deal with what we Stern the Metropolitan Crime of
search Namita obviously have increased level of activity not only SOE
but in terms of code and search profuse and special operations but I think we
need to create the uniform command structure is
critical and we expect to see results on that so the increased red as well body
cameras similar quick response team alluded in Monte will be an additional
mobility he said he expects the restructuring and
the increased use of technology such as the expanded CCTV system and more
vehicles for the police to have a significant impact on the levels of
murders in the corporate area this year and he pointed to Montego Bay where he
said despite high-profile murders the city and its parish are recording the
lowest homicide rate in 27 years and suggested that the administration may be
looking to ease the state of emergency there at Montague will be nearly two
years and begin to look like we can feel it on
he said technology such as the Jamaica I program on which the government has
spent seven hundred and fifty million dollars so far will help the police to
curtail crime in that city Prince more TV J news meanwhile dr. Chang said he
will also look at the legislation governing district constables and the
role they play in the police force with a view of giving them more authority and
in the post reality and how we can expand the use of social individuals
where we can increase the numbers and our rational basis for example you know
there is no need for a fully trained police officer to do traffic control
it's almost of abused or the man's professional skills to have him the
alien traffic management traffic light should be no but it certainly can get a
traffic traffic monitor the district councillor to give him the authority
required is also true that funnier that can be contentious we have six hundred
and 30 CPUs 619 fully trained police
officers if you're ridiculous and we need to review that policy because again
a misuse of trained police officers in that kind of position in many cases HIV
occurred on many of the people enemas scipios don't need secure don't have the
risk factor that justified a fully trained police officer and many of them
are not used as police officers security properties and to new zones of special
operations doses are to be declared in the new fiscal year which begins in
April dr. Chang also made that disclosure during last night's standing
Finance Committee he was facing questions about the recent announcement
from the Prime Minister that up to 20 sources could be declared this year 20
please a human capacity without the human caps tree or in any way to manage
20/20 areas that 21 years that justifies the special operations there will be
introduced our fears miss I think you'll get two more very early in this year now
there are currently two doses in operation one in Mount Salem's and James
and the other in denim town West Kingston there areas where the security
forces go to stem crime while social programs are implemented as part of
mitigation efforts the Justice Minister is expecting to rake in some 138 million
dollars from the issuing of traffic tickets a significant portion of these
funds are slated to be used in the refurbishing of the conscious court
facilities but member of the standing dance committee dr. marie sky questioned
justice minister del rock on plans for their not to bake courthouse which he
notes is in a deplorable condition we know that's why my let me just explain
and to be frank with you we did a lot of work to renovate or not to me but it is
station and i've been there a few times first of all when court is operating
they can't hear because of the taxis are owned AG no sort of talking abou no no
the last the nasa CJ we did put to her maybe we should really abandon that
court to be frank which is not appropriate it's just not appropriate to
have you know a ban on the building the building the building because Port Maria
is really in a very good state deal is underutilized but admittedly far away as
far away so it would be nice to see we can find somewhere more appropriate to
have cases being tried in an ottoman or in that vicinity but I'm a little
concerned because we did spend a fair amount of money but when you don't use
courts often rock bats which is what happened to they're not a takeover and I
mess up everywhere and we now take a break but more stories right after these
messages please stay with us
welcome back continuing the news foreign affairs minister senator kameena Johnson
Smith says there are no immediate plans to reopen the Jamaican embassy in
Venezuela the embassy was temporarily closed on April 1 last year as part of
the foreign affairs ministers review of its missions overseas however mrs.
Johnson Smith in the standing Finance Committee yesterday said she doesn't
know when it will be reopened do you have closed the Embassy in
Venezuela you have and there's no plan to - building so you don't pay any rent
mrs. Johnson Smith said she would however consider a suggestion to expand
the Jamaican mission in China which no has only four people she also said if
the minister remains in contact with Jamaicans in China as the kovat 19:02
break grips that country and speaking of kovat 19 the viability of the country's
booming tourism industry is on the threat as the corona virus continues to
spread globally workers in the sector say they aren't leaving anything to
chance and have already started taking precautionary measures janella pursues
has that story best driver in the world
the relationship between tourists and workers in the industry is usually
cordial but with the advent of the corona virus some have abandoned the
most common form of greeting the handshake we don't need to shake toys
and Ogden you know because of that purpose tour drivers we have to be
courteous and friendly but this time knowing that the virus is so dangerous
you have to try all the best - no touching avoid touching because it can
be an issue or you can spread the virus or spread to yourself work your family
and it's not just in Jamaica people worldwide are abstaining from giving
pecks on the cheek hugs and high-fives as they try to minimize the risk of
contracting Kovan 19 and prevent it from spreading in this video German
Chancellor Angela Merkel was snubbed her interior minister as she reached to
shake his hands in fact the foot shake has become the new handshake Jamaica has
not recorded any cases of the virus but workers in the tourism sector have
become particularly cautious given the fact that they interact with people from
around the globe we sanitize our vehicle if a tour is getting your vehicle after
they get out with solid tires again and you keep doing that washing your hands
dearly every minute you get a chance to wash your hand if you shit the tour is
on you wash your hand you protect yourself at any cost
at the Montego Bay craft market this vendor proudly displays her Lysol I do a
lot of cleaning yesterday and as they come in anything they touch I'll clean
it wash my hands and just pray that it doesn't treat Jamaica at the same time
there is skepticism that covin 19 will reach to make ensures jamia casa blessed
country pray I move any mountain and when I put touches on confident in God
improve him protect we are over Lissa me we have a minister who work for us and
that minister or game input people all around fit tests what is coming in and
we can put with chosun confident in that Minister because he's working men appear
predominantly Bush a drama used to drink mistress image in Jamaica Alec
everything mean you're so drinky channel oppress use TVG news the Public Safety
and a traffic enforcement branch piece Deb is reporting that traffic congestion
and indiscipline on the roads remain a challenge and Spanish stone and old
harbor in San Catherine seen a superintendent neverold the
Linton says it's difficult to curb in discipline in the tones he was speaking
on behalf of P step at a recent commercial service meeting in the old
capital SSP Linton says more public education is needed to curb the illicit
practice by motorists
to news from the region now in Ghana as the slow counting of ballots continued
from Monday's regional and the general elections diplomats have urged citizens
to remain calm the chief elections officer explained that weather and
administrative issues are affecting the pace of counting the Guyana Elections
Commission is projecting that full preliminary results could be available
today yesterday the Commission warned of a fake website posting results now US
ambassador to Ghana Sarah and Lynch urged ghani's to wait and hear the
tabulation of the results and when the Guyanese people have spoken to accept
the results and here is a preview of what's coming up in this evenings health
report in the next edition of the health report we look at cleft lip and cleft
palate we do not have enough of these patients being born for screening to be
feasible right however genetic screening by and large
is not a very popular thing that is done in Jamaica but it is readily available
overseas but persons who can access it alright so in summary can it just that's
the health report this evening in primetime news and now for today's
healthy living tip when feeding a child with a cleft lip or cleft palate use a
specialized cleft palate bottle as demonstrated by your baby's medical team
place your baby in an upright sitting position to prevent a formula from
flowing back into the nose area and keep the bottle tilted so the nip
is always filled with milk and pointed down away from the cleft and panel for
sports our Jelena group took another step towards securing a place in the
finals of the business house one basketball championship following
business house basketball competition following a 5339 victory over Minister
of Education on Monday night at the National Stadium Tommy McDonald led the
scoring for Argentina with 26 points while Jerome Thomas had 19 for Mo you
said and you're going to come with the next game even more intensity so we
can't be relaxed you don't walk one can't be too relaxed
with this one so let's go back to the drawing board to correct the mistake
that we have made I'm just going to trust God and just put out our best
effort in Game two however doing a second game is possible
more support each other move elsewhere MMB beat NCB 2821 National Housing Trust
beat Bank of Jamaica 27:22 while SATA Kirby had a 39:30 win
over Western sports game two in the best of three quarter finals will be played
today and that's the midday news on Vashon brown join us at 7:00 for prime
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afternoon
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