good afternoon I am Andrea Chism with the midday news for this Wednesday
November 6 a special welcome if you're watching on one spot Mediacom consumers
will have to dig deeper in their pockets for the upcoming festive season as the
price of agricultural produce will increase speaking with TVJ news this
morning president of the Jamaica agricultural society Len Worth Fulton
said this is due to the recent drought which affected the majority of farm
producing areas well I think we'll have some higher price than Yuja in that we
came off late in the drought and so you not have the full production of things
like sorrel which we are accustomed to will have some Cyril but not in the same
quantity as we had in yester years he's expecting that prices will increase by
as much as 15 percent that epi in higher inputs because the dollar is not
behaving itself and that feed right through to every input most all of these
input are imported so another ala know is that 141 it can't
do anything good for farmers so something needs to be done to control
that volatility I don't say to fix it but it is too volatile now and for too
long and it is affecting the importation of planting material and if the Jamaica
agriculture society says it will be looking to the government to clear a
debt of over 20 million dollars this follows the staging of the Denby
Agricultural Show in Clarendon three months ago
mr. Fulton says the debt is due to the non payment of monies by some major
sponsors 15 million is owed to the National Water Commission while another
13 million is owed to a private security company
I am going to approach the government to advance us something to to clear them
and then it would be the Jews and the government instead of the Jas and
private contractors so I would that's that's the route we want to go Minister
with responsibility for information call Samoa says the revocation of cabinet
minister Daryl Vaz is u.s. visa will have little impact on investor
confidence in Jamaica mr. Sam muda was responding to questions at the post
cabinet press briefing today it's a matter that affects the minister himself
quite personally as for the government I doubt very much if it will have that
great impact on the government and therefore I'm not fearful of the image
of the government I am NOT apprehensive about any fallout by investors in their
confidence in this government because the work of this government has clearly
demonstrated that the country is being run efficiently services are being
provided on a timely basis and the opportunities for growth and development
have never been better the US visas of mr. Vaz and senior opposition MP Philip
Paul well were revoked recently by way of correspondence from the United States
embassy they were informed that if they had intentions of traveling to the US
they would have to reapply the politicians were among a list of
business persons and members of D Jamaica constable Air Force whose visas
were revoked and in light of concerns about an increase in dengue cases the
Education Ministry is increasing preventative measures in schools acting
permanent secretary dr. grace McLean provided an update at today's post
cabinet press briefing we have sent out the system all the appropriate
documentation for them to be guided by we collaborate with the Fogg in as well
as the tips that are provided for our school administrators we also follow up
closely with our teachers to ensure that if and when there are symptoms which we
all know the students are facilitated in seeking medical treatment immediately
and I believe so far we have been doing an excellent job in terms of the
collaboration and we will continue to do so the woman who was taken into custody
in connection with the fatal stabbing of a senior member of the national women's
football team Tariana Clark has been charged 20-year
old Rochelle foster over Brandon Hill st. Andrew was charged the last night
this was confirmed by crime officer for the st. Andrews Central Police Deputy
Superintendent Percival Anderson MS foster is to appear before the corporate
era Criminal Court next week reports are that last Thursday the women
got into an altercation over a cell phone in half way tree which led to miss
Clark being stabbed an investigation has been launched following the removal of a
several children from a compound which is believed to be the site of a
religious group in Norwood st. James the office of the children's advocate
confirmed that the children were taken from the property during operations last
week and yesterday children's advocate Eden Garden Harrison told our NewsCenter
that the children were removed after concerns were raised about their welfare
so without giving too many details as this is a life matter that will involve
appearances before the court I can compound that there was in fact an
operation today there was also one last week and there are several issues at
play of both religious and sexual natures and we basically are concerned
about certainly the children who are involved there are two broad categories
of children who seem to be on the compound those of tender years which
would be below 12 and adolescence and we're of course concerned about their
present the compound and the nature of the
activities that they're involved in the children's advocate gave details on what
wanted her office doing overall at OCA is just to see that everything that's
probed points to securing the best interests of these children but as I
said it's a live issue it's unfolding and so I really can't give very much
more detail at this time in this video several individuals on the property
objected to the removal of the children when we visited the church this morning
they refused to speak with our news team and it's Sam for break more stories
right after these messages
welcome back and we're continuing the news the National Environment and
planning agents in Napa has given information which is in conflict with
the allegations made by some members of the Discovery Bay Community Development
Committee members have alleged that the Dolphin Cove attraction at Port osika
Beach have caused increased pollution but senior manager for the environmental
management subdivision at Napa Richard Nelson says based on information
gathered by the agency the claims cannot be verified criticisms and advocacy by
community activists have increased since the opening of the beach a recent letter
in the Delina by the community committee ignited another round of debate and a
sharp reaction from dolphin Cove which has denied the claims for nipper and the
Minister of Health that is the Environmental Health Unit also bought a
consult and from time to time on we call a free samples and do independent
testing and this also provides some verification of what a la the
independent lab is doing know what it is sure is that before the dolphins were
introduced what never Johnny with you dilemma has picked up is that it's
pretty much similar to to what has been obtained from 2005 and and pretty much
pristine quality water good quality of water and since introduction of the
dolphin the data has shown no significant change it remains pretty
much more or less the same as before and after so we have not seen any
information in data that indicated that there has been any increased pollution
the justices of the Peace Association held its annual awards in st. and
yesterday to recognize those who have made outstanding contributions in
society CEO of the rgr cleaner communications group Gary Allen
commended the justices of the peace who have stayed true to the theme dedication
to service above self we as Jews are called upon to try and find some
of all we help our community to be right and many many many of you working on er
than even those not being honored tonight are doing an outstanding job are
trying to help to introduce that balance in our society which has turned as he
highlighted that having on question of the integrity is one of the main
characters that a JP must have he suggested that they be trained in order
to assist in the effective operation of the justice system
I encourage more of our justices of the peace to see and I encourage the
authorities to recommend justices of the peace who have been so trained to be
used in some of the high-paying core edited mediation sessions with the some
JPS being in conflict with the law mr. Allen reminded them of their sworn duty
critical repairs to the poppy market are expected to be completed soon for years
vendors have been complaining about the status of the facility counselor for the
papen division Venetia Phillips gave an update on the project we have the
electrical work going on because we want to make sure that the property market is
properly lit because we have had concerns from vendors about the security
and so that too is happening simultaneously as we do the restoration
of the roof I still notice that we have water in you know just one passage and
we're going to be dealing with that in terms of the soakaway in the meantime is
Philip said there have also been improvements in garbage collection at
the market we have impressed upon the office staff here at the market to
continue to monitor how the garbage being managed by the grown persons we
have here we don't always unfortunately get collections on time but we are
working with NSW ma who partner with us to cut away the garbage from the beer
when we're not able ourselves to respond from KCC residents of Newlin Daniela st.
Thomas are calling on the Jamaica Public Service to replace a light post in the
community the post has deteriorated and poses a threat to residents one resident
told our news center that the matter was reported to the Moran to my office of
the JPS but they are yet to get a response if you notice the wire even did
because the root of the force is open rat node and we try to we make several
complain about it but nobody take us in consideration and this thing is very
dangerous to both our home and to the people in the community because if this
pours fall down it gonna cost PS so we are asking for an urgent look at the
force and if they can do something about it even the street light for the past
three four months now this street light is old and we've been we've been talking
about it and nobody seems to recognize us and the time now for a preview of
what's coming up in this evenings health report in the next edition of the health
report we look at the importance of per speeding they will stop when they want
to and when they've had enough they will stop it's not somebody holding a bottle
at an angle and they're almost sucking as long as that nipple is in their mouth
so that's what I mean by self regulating and this has implications for the babies
are the child's weight in latter years you often find that breastfed babies of
heavier bigger than then breastfed babies that's the health report this
evening in primetime news I do know for today's healthy living tip get
comfortable while nursing pure baby find the right position let
your be able to determine how often and how long to nurse don't be alarmed
it's common for milk to leak from your breasts and stay hydrated and in sports
Ralston chase fell four runs short of his mean one day international century
as the Western discus to a seven wicket win over Afghanistan to take a one-nil
lead in their three-game series set 195 runs the win for victory the windows
lost Evan Lewis for seven and Shimron hatma for 3 with a score 25 for to chase
94 and she hopes Center 7 not out added 163 for the third wicket as the West End
has reached victory at 197 for three earlier Afghanistan recovered from 15
for 2 with Rama Shah 61 and a chromatic Hill 58 leading the way however a strong
response from the cabin bowlers saw the hosts and hosts losing their last four
wickets for the three runs Jason holder romário Shepherd and chase
all ended with two wickets and that's the midday news I'm Andrea Chisholm join
us at 7:00 for the prime time news package on behalf of the news sports and
production teams good afternoon