good afternoon I am Andrea Chism with the midday news for this Friday November
8th a special welcome if you are watching on one spot Mediacom the
security forces are again defending the effectiveness of states of public
emergency even with a marginal increase in murders officials give an update at a
press conference yesterday and we have more in this report prior to prior to a
state of emergency or the use of state emergency we were at sixteen hundred and
thirty five murders for the year last year we got a 22% reduction with the use
of state of emergency but other measures
on December 18 the Supreme Court will hear arguments relating to criminal
charges against the former education minister and president of the cabin
maritime university CMU hew aldman the attorney representing well-read and
professor fritz Pinnock confirmed the information with our new center the
application for leave afford judicial review was made in the Supreme Court
last month shortly after the men were charged mr. Reed and pinnock are
challenging the decision by the financial investigations division to lay
charges against them they contend that the entity is an investigative body and
does not have the legal authority to bring charges on October 9 mr. Reed his
wife Sharon and daughter Cheryl professor Fritz panic as well as
counselor for the brownstone division Kim Brown Lawrence were charged
following a corruption probe at the CMU and education ministry the five who are
out on bail are scheduled to return to court on January 23 the high profile
fraud case involving the Manchester municipal
corporation resumed this morning at the pooris courthouse retired mayor of
Mandeville Brenda Ramsey and her former deputy counselor Ervin facie we'll take
the witness stand in the multi-million dollar saga mayor of Mandeville Donovan
Mitchell says the matter is too important to files pertaining to that
particular matter was destroyed or damaged in the fire and so I think the
matter will be continued because I know during the last circuit matter the
matter was being aired in 13 poorest so totally the fears based on what I've
been informed that those matters are those files would have been still in
good custody as for other cases such as bail hearings mr. mitchell says those in
lockup will have to wait
my major concern though is that really of the litigants because you know if the
courts offices are closed no and there are matters that may have been going to
the parish duties for billed for matters for bill those persons will not have to
spend a longer time in the lockups so we're hoping that as soon as possible
and we're gonna be returning to an earlier story we told you that the
security forces are again defending the effectiveness of states of public
emergency across Jamaica even with a marginal increase in murders let's hear
the details in this report and we're still having some technical difficulties
with that we'll try to get it to you by the end of the newscast
moving on to human trafficking are there enough measures in place to prevent
human trafficking in Jamaica that's a question this afternoon as the number of
cases continue to increase tbj Springs more picks up that story and we'll be
hearing from Prince a little moment a little while longer from now but for now
we're going to be taking a break and return to those and other stories here
on the midday news
welcome back and we're continuing the news
are there enough measures in place to prevent human trafficking in Jamaica
that's a question this afternoon as the number of cases continued to increase
and now we'll hear from TV J Springs more a nine billion dollar illegal trade
but where Jamaica stands in that is still unknown but while human
trafficking is growing on a worldwide scale
Jamaica's governor-general Sir Patrick Allen is calling for more to be done to
decrease the number of cases island-wide speaking at a trafficking-in-persons
symposium in st. James recently he pointed out that to date over 80 persons
have been rescued by the national task force against trafficking in persons Sir
Patrick highlighted the need for serious efforts to tackle human trafficking as
it can be detrimental to the country's economic growth this on the background
of a report tabled last July by the National Rapporteur on trafficking in
persons Diane Gordon Harrison that 138 page
report is an eye-opening document which highlights the enormity of the situation
that faces us in Jamaica he says despite the laws which have been instituted
since 2007 greater work is needed according to the global slavery index
Jamaica is ranked 117 out of 167 countries and has a tier 2 rating so
therefore we are of the understanding that human trafficking is prevalent it
is the third largest criminal activity in the world and it is a nine billion
dollar industry the International Labour Organization ILO estimates that
traffickers exploit 77 percent of all victims in the countries they reside the
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime report in 2008 pointed out that while
transnational trafficking networks are still prevalent and must be responded to
through international cooperation national justice measures strategies and
priorities should acknowledge the increasing the national nature of the
trafficking problem even countries that are signatories to the Universal
Declaration of Human Rights such countries have no difficulty in
practicing human trafficking unfortunately young people between the
ages of 18 and 35 are most vulnerable it is estimated that twenty seven point
nine million adults and thirteen million children right around the world are
victims of human trafficking and not just for labor but also for organ
harvesting in the meantime Sir Patrick is cautioning citizens to be vigilant in
the way they post on social media as that is the main way of traffickers
gathering information on their prey Prince more TVJ news a woman was
yesterday afternoon shot while driving through three chains Manchester it's
understood that she drove a short distance to grey ground where she was
assisted to hospital up to news time her condition was unknown information
surrounding the incident is still unclear
the 93 year old woman who was raped near Keith district Brownstown st. Anne
remains in hospital TVJ st. Anne correspondent Lloyd Hines spoke to the
grand daughter of the elderly woman and the granddaughter who is still
distraught said she and her mother went to the
house minutes after 4:00 Thursday morning when they discovered the
gruesome incident I will find him in our blood and so over I villanova I like
Emily Connor oh yeah I compound over over over eyes I
mean doing that they wind up my shop and Trevor and then admit my mind I come
home you know and say I having a terrible ugly dinner and they're mopping
up on our marriage Carla detectives from the center for the investigation
all the sexual offenses and a child abuse as well as the brownstone police
are investigating residents in a ginger house Portland now have easier access to
their homes following the installation of a new swing bridge in their community
the new bridge replaces the original structure that was destroyed during
heavy rains a few years ago TV Jay is a shamela Pollan reports the cries of more
than 1,500 residents from ginger house comfort castle Milbank and Cornwall
borough in Portland have been answered for years they have complained about the
difficulty they faced to get home when it's rains but with a newly installed
bridge the residents will no longer be inconvenienced I mean golly to come up
on an Austrian decline it chiyan sometimes a revival and sometimes it's
off the record oh we can go to and from sure we don't have any bridge children
after polish to go school because of the bridge was such an inconvenience and if
you are a country girl you know that we look for the shortest way to walk to our
homes so this was really our inconvenience for many years and I am
glad to be here to see that we can officially open it the newly installed
bridge comes at a cost of 7 point 1 million dollars local government
minister Desmond McKenzie who was on hand to see the opening on Wednesday
appeal to the residents to protect the infrastructure it is sorted purpose of
walking not swinging I'll do edges are swinging bridge it is not the purpose
for your to go swing off of it and I want you please protective chabela
Poulin TPG news farmers in eastern st. Thomas are complaining that since the
closure of the duckenfield sugar factory they are seeing an increase in Prairie
larceny Roy small who has a farm in Golden Grove
is one of the victims we catch our money
teeth my peer them putting clothes like that's all I'm a caring the floors and
appeared in our water war lingual station and they take when every tech
and the man climb up some if you come back for the period I'm I'm will
MacGuffin appeared appear on the Drupal and when we go for them the policeman
out smurfing can take so madam say yes and so let it be not more the farmers
are calling on the authorities to intervene and even threaten to take
matters in their own hands if nothing is done and we return to an earlier story
we told you that the security forces are again defending the effectiveness of
states of public emergency even with a marginal increase in murders officials
give an update yesterday at a press conference police commissioner Major
General Anthony Anderson appointing two statistics insisted murders are
significantly down since the implementation of enhanced security
measures prior to prior to a state of emergency or the use of state of
emergency we were at sixteen hundred and thirty five murders for the year last
year we got a twenty two percent reduction with the use of state of
emergency for other measures general Anderson noted that there was an overall
reduction of twenty two percent in murders last year and significant
reductions in areas under a state of emergency as our small figures in terms
of reductions in murders when comparing what was happening since compared to
what was happening before it cannot be there is no version of how you can twist
or turn those figures that suggests that people's lives are not being saved by it
will it save everybody's life no it won't there are a number of things
we'll have to take place to do that what it does is largely remove the
opportunity to do it me of meep and Winston mirage says since imposition of
these ESO in Condon there has been significant reduction in the party's
crime rate we are also know looking at what happens
after the state of emergency so there is a meeting that we have with all the
agencies in the parish and the business people and so on and we had one today
another one today and we are looking at life after the
state of emergency so we want to ensure that our young men doesn't get engulfed
again and these things may pen had been suffering with increased acts of
commonality such as a daylight military-style robbery in the town
center earlier this year or Shane masters TV genius and in sports the rec
aggress have been drawn in Group B alongside Canada Mexico and st. kitts
and nevis in the final round of the CONCACAF women's Olympic Games
qualifiers the draw which took place in Miami Florida on Thursday will see the
Jamaicans opening their campaign on January 29 against Mexico before facing
Canada on February 1 and st. Kitts and Nevis on February 4 all of Jamaica's
group stage games will be played at the h-e-b Park in Edinburg Texas the rekha
grails will have pleasant memories of this venue as this is where they
defeated Costa Rica and Cuba on their way to World Cup qualification last year
Group A comprises the United States Costa Rica Haiti and Panama only the top
two teams from each group will advance to the semi-finals the two semi-final
winners will qualify for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo Japan
the semifinals and final will be played in Los Angeles California this is the
first time the Reger girls are in the final round of the Olympic game
qualifiers since 2008 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 good afternoon and have a great day