good afternoon i'm washing brown with the middle news a special welcome if
you're watching on onespotmedia.com health minister dr christopher toughton
says he'll be making another request for additional posts to be created for
doctors to work in the public health system dr
toughton who was speaking on tvj's all angles last night
said going into the next financial year the request will be made to the finance
ministry now the gleaner reported on sunday that
after successful interviews at some facilities several
doctors are still awaiting confirmation of their contracts
by the health ministry the stories from doctors currently working in the health
sector voiced and portrayed by some of our team
members because the doctors were afraid to speak publicly due to fear of
victimization seven days per week yes at most
hospitals doctors are working seven days per week
you are doing this day after day with no break
ask for leave you probably won't get it because there isn't anybody to replace
you so you're working like this non-stop so
when doctors make mistakes and patients die are so far it is
because the system is understaffed and we are burdened and
cannot say anything we stand on our feet for hours
on end 36 and sometimes 52 hour shifts
going and going no food no water no time to even
eat or drink even if we had food or water
just seeing patients back-to-back falling asleep trying to take a
patient's history because we can't stay awake no matter how we try
health minister dr christopher toughton says when he assumed office the issues
raised by the doctors existed he says the government has put a plan in
place to deal with the problems while that kind of long-term fix or
medium-term fixes on the way that that hold on and
understand that there is a possibility that
that cabinet can approve temporary positions which ministry of financial
could could approach so why are we not putting in place that
very urgently required temporary so cabinet the ministry of finance and
cabinet has approved nearly 2 000 additional positions for
nurses because their problem has been a lot
more chronic than the doctors to be totally frank so
when will new posts be created for doctors
the idea is given that we have dealt with the nurses now
adding a number of additional posts the idea is that
going into the next financial year where the plan is on an exponential air
meeting next year we will make the request again based on
the strategic plan we have to the ministry
of finance and the cabinet to add additional posts and we
prominent posts yes to to to create a greater number of established posts
temporary fix why aren't you pursuing the temporary fix while you're doing
that what is the temp you mean to hire more
doctors well it's a function of it's a function of the resource
the doctors have argued that they've been working in difficult situations
even with a lack of resources lack of equipment and the lack of medication
i refuse to accept that there is a lack of medication what
i refuse to do i will national health hold on that a national health fund
which spends seven years you refuse to accept that there's a lack of medication
totally refused to accept varsion brown and the opposition spokesman on health
dr maurice guy says the government must find a way to
employ more doctors now during his sectoral debate in
parliament this week dr guy blasted the health minister over his reaction
to the news that doctors are terminated because the ministry could not
accommodate them under the current financial budgets
they didn't just arrive overnight they have been training for five years
they have been working for two years yes if the minister's response is that
the university was training more than they ought to
then plan should have been made from long ago to accept that kid of doctors
into the system mr speaker it cannot be a situation that overnight
you are being aware of something and you are asked to make decisions but
guess what the country needs them find a way to employ them mr speaker
and do the right thing because our country
chairman of scj holdings joseph shakir is distancing himself from the
controversy which has erupted over the hollandaise state land
agreement with holland producers limited the land deal is at the center of
deepening controversy amid claims of a conflict of interest mr
shakir told our news center this morning that he would not comment further on the
matter as it has become controversial the gleaner today reported that mr the
gleaner today reported mr shakira is saying that the decision to give holland
producers possession of the sugar lands was based on advice from the agriculture
ministry minister without portfolio in the agriculture ministry jesse
hutchinson has stated that he recommended that the
company which was called holland estate management company at the time
be given the land he says this was done in his capacity as member of parliament
for saint elizabeth northwest mr hutchinson who is now at the center
of the controversy due to a concern about a conflict of
interest has said he verbally disclosed to mr shakir the relationship
between himself and the former director in holland producers
mr hutchinson's partner and the mother of his child
lola marshall williams was a director in the company up to tuesday when she
stepped aside in the wake of the controversy
anti-corruption watchdog national integrity action has written to the
integrity commission requesting an investigation into the
holland estate land deal several persons were arrested on
wednesday by the clarendon police during an
operation in the tollgate and osborne store communities two men
are to be charged for illegal possession of firearm and domination
while the others are facing drug related charges more the support from dwayne
anderson the latest statistics revealed by the
jamaica constabulary force jcf indicate that clarendon had recorded 54 murders
as of july 13. 20 fewer than the same period in 2019
between june and july residents of clarendon also enjoyed a three-week
period without a single murder i really don't
want to get into the statistics but yes we have
significant reduction in murder so far and that's
how we want it to be we will continue to press on for the rest of the year
clarendon also ranked in the top five for most illegal weapons recovered
so far in 2020 and on wednesday they took another illegal weapon off the
streets one man tried to elude the roadblock
operation but based on how we were organized
we were able to stop that vehicle and recovered a tyros 9mm pistol
with 11 rounds two men were taken into custody
and so far we have also arrested two persons
for possession and dealing in marijuana these roadblock operations as the police
call them are supported by technology and sniffer dogs on
wednesday the dogs helped the police identify what
could be a tactic by criminals that's the trend we
identified today that several females were taken in for
um carrying marijuana and other items i i am not sure
why we have in that situation but that's what it is the police leadership say
law-abiding residents in clarendon have been impressed by the gains made by
the security forces in the parish and have been letting the men and women
of the force know head of operations for the clarendon police
superintendent christopher phillips says the positive feedback has lifted the
morale of the security teams in clardon and is
part of the reason for the successes dwayne anderson tvj news and we now take
a break on the midday news but we'll be right back please stay with us
welcome back continuing the news now the severe drought now affecting the
island is wreaking havoc on farmers of the islington district in portland
they're seeking the government's assistance in combating the effects of
the dry spell the details in this report farmers of islington district in
portland are battling the prolonged drought
that has ravaged their crops leaving them with
millions of dollars in losses islington is a farming district
that depends heavily on a single stream for water
but the stream is now dry and the farmers say
water is not trucked to the community regularly a little spring up top
right um it's no dry yesterday it was dry there was no water
at all in it and that spring primarily served the top of the
district when i reported the water then come sometimes and then through a
little water in a one tank and if it's sometimes months no no you
know see not come you understand and sometimes them go
some places on them don't go some places because they always left some on the
bottom and nobody got the top and the middle
getting on the farmers complained that their livelihoods have been severely
impacted by the dry spell as the region is no longer getting the
frequent rainfall it used to things then dry up
and everything dry up yellow yum planter 200 wheel tail i am everything
dry up we are sitting here channel with people who
raise coal and they can't find water for them that
they just have to be thinking about selling
my primary crop is pineapple and we just walk the field and you can see
the effects of the dry season especially the leaves and the um poor development
of some of the fruits right um you see big pineapple
you also see some very small ones it's why they are seeking assistance from the
government right so if if there's some kind of
relief that farmers who we can identify like mr worth right and
people like um reds unlucky from this district who have lost a lot
on farming right because of the dry season i think
that some kind of subsidy right to
help them to get back on the ground if we get um
get like one at the money with them you would say one at a birthday party i i
cmu it can change everybody life here
you know that could do a lot for us here prince moore
tvj news jamaica is on track to open its first
national shelter for victims of domestic abuse in august
gender minister olivia grange says work has resumed on two of the three shelters
that the government is planning to open across the island she was making her
contribution to the sectoral debate in parliament
this
from home week had stopped our work to renovate and retrofit buildings
to be used as shelters for victims of domestic abuse
well today i'm happy to say that work has resumed
mr speaker and we are on schedule to open one of the shelters in august this
year she added that the ministry has taken
possession of a second property and the title for the third is now being
transferred domestic abuse has increased across the world during
the covet 19 lockdown
the stator measures that countries have had to implement
have the unfortunate side effect of having women and
all children locked up with their abusers
sometimes without access to family or friends
or an opportunity to call for help mr speaker we got the calls
we got the calls but we were able to respond to all calls for help
that we received and we continue to build our capacity to respond
the donington primary school in centimiri now has
internet connection with the covid19 pandemic and the academic school year
set to start on september 7th the school's principal lennox
gardner says the move comes at the right time
the social economic background of our students many students
cannot afford to go on the internet the cost for internet connection is is
expensive for our students so many students they do it out they
depend on the library they go to the internet cafe which is about five miles
away so that's an additional cost so
this installation will actually help our students
it is going to make a big difference especially for my children because
my children go to the school i work all the way in kingston and most of the time
i have to stay in kingston and i have to complete their research i
have to do their assignment and travel from kingston to saint mary
just to get their assignment done so i think this is going to be a big change
for them
member of parliament for central western robert montague
says the project will be extended to other schools and the wider communities
the other schools in the area dairy free hill rumble mount angus
will also be getting internet service through this collaboration with the
ministry the cost is approximately 2 000 us
dollars for the hardware and then there's a 350 us dollars per
month fee to bring access and then this is the
start and then communities can therefore access the facilities
in the future because you can always run a
cable from this point out into the community and persons can then
establish their own accounts at the time of sports
another defiant half century from opener dominic sibley
has left honors even in the final session on day one of the second test
between west indies and england at old trafford in manchester
at sports time england are 153 for three sibley with his second successive 50 has
so far scored a 63 while ben stokes is on 38. now rory
burns 15 zack crowley knot and joe root 23 are
the wickets to go roston chase has so far taken two
wickets with azari joseph getting one the caribbean
side has gone with an unchanged squad from their four-wicket
win in the opening test in southampton the playing eleven reads craig bathway
to john campbell shamar brooks shai hope rosten chase
jermaine blackwood shane darwich jason holder azar joseph
kemar roach and shannon gabriel and that's the midday
news i'm vashan brown join us at 7 for primetime news package on behalf of the
new sports and production teams have a wonderful afternoon