good afternoon and welcome to the midday news here's what we have in the bulletin
residents in 10 mile bulbey raised concern over building of southern coastal highway bridge
zozo extended for another 60 days and later in sports wrecker boys no final three opponents
for 2022 world cup qualifiers i'm giovanni dennis and here are the details
we start with news just in moments ago there's been yet another deadly crash along
the Edward Seaga Highway our correspondent Devon Fletcher is currently on the scene
and joins us live via telephone with the latest Devon can you tell us and paint a picture of
what's happening where you are right now okay good afternoon jio and viewers i am presently
as you mentioned a while ago on the Edward Seaga um highway i'm heading towards lindsay
this incident occurred probably about 10 30 a.m this morning where uh Nissan latvia most of it
was forming upward was heading towards our lincoln we are not sure of where they are going a section
of the road yes there's no crash bar the vehicle somehow got out of control um cut apart to a bush
hit on an aqui tree and we are one man i see lying on the wrong bed and i understand that four other
males are presently at the limited hospital in serious condition presently know a record
location trying to salvage the vehicle um from the site police and lookers are here how has
traffic been impacted devon and what happened now is what they do they put some corn in the road so
so did you ever say throw up a vehicle i can still traverse but when you reach a certain section
you have to slow down because um coins are in the way but the police are here
and they're saying this fight motor received at the corn they are still feeding and this
one i don't know if the teacher reaches it but this one where you can see that most of people
feeding was definitely a factor of this accident you said the three men who are still alive are in
serious condition just how serious uh is their condition well at this time to amsterdam this
you know some officers slowly visit and go to the lincoln hospital you know to check on
all zeros are the three persons are in the octopus all right thank you so much devon that's our
correspondent devon fletcher and sent catherine on the edward ciaga highway where there has been a
fatal motor vehicle accident that has left one dead and three seriously injured in hospital to
other news now the construction of a bridge which is part of the southern coastal highway project is
causing anxiety among residents in 10 miles bull base and andrew sunday williams has their story
thank you giovanni this bridge should have been 21 feet deep as you can see i'm actually stooping
underneath now i'm going to step out so i can stand up straight this is one of the concern
of residents in 10 miles bull base in tanju now as a result of some poor mining practices
the river has become silted with mining waste which has been proven for many many
many years now it's proven that the waste that is really filling up the bullpark river is from
the jamaica gypsum mining that is being done in the northern hills now they have been been
undertaking the cleaning of the silt since 2000 but for the last five or so years they
have not done anything while residents welcome the southern coastal highway the construction
of the road is creating havoc for residents the retaining wall for the highway is being
constructed in the middle of the bridletown river which runs immediately behind maxi calvin's home
all the constructing doing right on there and even off of their arm the back of of the the land
they took it off i'm suffering right now from the last ring panic i've been panicked
i laid down for around one month we called to the minister she she came she she reached out
and that is i'm the member of parliament the honorable i'm gillette olness she reached out
to the caribbean cement company they came they walked they looked at it and this and said they
were going to make some immediate address to the situation we wrote to them they have acknowledged
receipt of the letters the minister herself has acknowledged receipt of the letter the jamaica
environmental trust has acknowledged receipt of the letter but so far nothing has been done
it's a developing story we'll have a comprehensive detail of the resident's flight in 10 miles bull
based in tanzhou in prime time news at 7. back to you giovanni in studio thank you thanks so much
sunday in the meantime residents of loggwood peace in saint thomas are fuming over the deplorable
state of a gully that devastated that community last year after heavy rainfall they're calling
for a bridge to be constructed to make traversing the area easier javon keyes has their story this
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this gully is a grim reminder of the devastating flood that left residents of logwood peace in
saint thomas marooned last november seven months later it's still an obstacle course and as june
marks the start of the hurricane season the residents are worried the road that we're
driving on our walking on our riding on we need some help because the orokian season is coming up
and it is that when the rain drizzle not even as much as fall the roads are filled with water
overflowing the bunk most of the time if it ran a little bit tears come to my eyes because guess
what let me remember when we got to last year somehow no come do something for me if you carry
the lord it's not easy figure down and come up inaudible they say that despite the community
being flooded each time it rains nothing has been done to fix the long-standing issue the residents
are now fed up you can see right here something was done a makeshift thing was done where you know
we could just pass for the time being but the time being is still too long we need something that is
sustainable in this community it's always all be a problem unless we have a bridge here come here
whether you're confirmed radar greener right around
we just want something done we need help we just need it counsellor of the land dewey
division edwin marr provided some good news for the community i am pleased to tell you today and
i'm for the resident of logan peace that the resolution and estimate has been concluded and
will be sent will be sent this is a copy of the resolution that has will be sent next
week wednesday to the ministry of local government and community development for at least some remedy
to be applied to the the citizens and the community of love with peace for them to have some
redress after so many years javon keyes tbj news to other news now minister of national security
dr harris chung continued to make a case for the extension of the zones of special operation
as a crime-fighting measure he was speaking in parliament on tuesday general pursue supports
those in favor those against the eyes have it mps voted in the affirmative
to extend the zones of special operations in denham town greenwich town augustown
and mount salem for 60 days it was hoped by now other aspects of the crime measure would have
been far advanced many have been anticipating the hold and build strategy which would see
among other things the implementation of social intervention programs but crime continues to
be a problem in some of the communities what we're seeing of increasing concern is what the
gangsters in a part of the era them more familiar to treat you get not turf war because it fight
turf wars of economic activity you get what they call geographical war so if you are from the top
of your street and you're at war with the earth conflict with someone from south of h street
and anybody who comes up there with a child or innocent school student they get killed
challenges too when suspects are held the police are arrested one they get bailing
that's what is required by law there's no evidence you have to understand you know sometimes the
police get charged with being corrupt because the other gang believes that the police is in
cahoots with the youngsters who have been released they have to be explaining that it is their right
just some and then you end up with sometimes retaliation immediately
because they feel that since we cannot do anything by law let us do what we have to
do to protect ourselves which is to get a gun and shoot at the individual that was released on bail
member of parliament for saint andrew's southern mark golding knows all too well
about the impact of the violence he wants the government to do more minister this situation
is it's impatient of debate that something more needs to be done to get
these hot spots under control as quickly as possible
when there are these flare-ups and whether we do it through us also or we or we just deploy the
police and with the jdf in support of the police which the law allows them to be
so that there's some restoration of calm and order in these communities janella precious tvj news