good afternoon I'm Milton Walker with the midday news a special welcome if you
are watching on one spot Mediacom the Court of Appeal has upheld the
convictions of dancehall entertainer Vybz Kartel Sean Campbell cojiro Jones
and Andre st. John for the 2011 murder of Clive lizard Williams the decision
was handed down this morning cartel whose given name is a DJ Palmer and his
co-accused were convicted in 2014 they're turning for a DJ vibes Martell
Palmer value Anita Robertson says she's disappointed at the court's decision to
dismisses appeal mrs. Nitta Robinson says she was confident that the appeal
could have been approved based on the grounds of her arguments put forward in
the case however she says she'll be appealing to the uk-based Privy Council
which is jamaica's highest appellate court you have to retain counsel argue
in the UK in the UK my concern now is having regards the case of the United
Kingdom with the scoobys 19 we don't know when our record will be up and
running but in any event it would take a year or more meanwhile attorney-at-law
Bert salmon's has reacted to the decision by
the court of appeal against his client Sean Campbell known as Sean storm mr.
sama says he and his team are disappointed TVJ newest caught up with
him at his offices in st. Andrew I'm still in shock because this is one of
the strongest appeals I've ever argued in my 41 year career at the bar this is
why I'm encouraged that we will succeed at the next level Sean Campbell had
discussions with us we wrote to him the possibility the remote possibility that
we would have been and he said in the unlikely event we
should go to the privet home so we don't have to consult with him now what we
need to do is to study the written judgment which we are trying to find on
the internet and when we find that judgment we will see how the court
managed to navigate through evidence like the geo-positioning of his phone
mr. Campbell's phone in being in port more when the alleged offense is taking
place in Haven Dale and why would a man knowing that he's guilty go in to the
police on three occasions when he was called on the phone he he surrendered
himself to the police they detained him for two weeks they released him they
detained him for a week they released him and finally they called him again he
went in that is conduct totally consistent with his innocence but as
we've said our day will come in the Privy Council and the defense neveress
so most scandalous that we had to wait one year and eight months for this
judgment we have had no reason yet why we waited so long and I'm sure the
written judgment will address that issue because the public opinion is that this
has been too long and justice delayed we know what it is and our report of ashen
Brown was at the Court of Appeal and spoke to the Director of Public
Prosecutions Paula Llewellyn after the ruling
Highschool that
with several legal issues and I know both the prosecuting team and the
defense team would have done extensive research and given very detailed
submissions and I believe that the Court of Appeal have rendered a judgment which
will be critical and seminal one given the nature of the legal issues in this
jurisdiction and other characteristics runs well I am proud of my team they
worked very very hard and many late nights and as in any other profession
whether you're a journalist a doctor or any other professional area of
competence when you work hard and you get the results then you know that's
always a positive
well every now and again and you know we had that other matter that father hot
matter recently you do have cases that come
before the court that demands the utmost in transparency and it really puts the
justice system on trial because there is a view somewhat misguided I think or
miss perceives let me use misperceived that some people are above the law there
is a view that because of Stephen in life or the fact that the person may be
very wealthy or the person may be very famous or well-known that's somehow they
are above the law and the appeal court has also refused to hear the appeal of
former education minister rural read and president of the Caribbean maritime
university CMU professor Fritz Enoch in handing down its decision this morning
the court ruled that mr. Reed and professor Pinnock pay the financial
costs to the financial investigation division F ID lawyers for mr. Reed and
professor Pinnock had applied to the appeal court for leave to appeal last
month's ruling by the Supreme Court the Supreme Court had rejected their
application for leave to seek judicial review of the decision of the financial
investigation division fi D too late fraud charges against them in the
ministry of education CMU affair in addition the appeal court also refused
the application to state a criminal case against Reed and Pinnock lead attorney
he weilman had argue that the charges are null and void and should be quashed
as the FI D does not have the powers to charge mr. weilman to charge the
person's mr. weilman told our new center that he will be taking his case that the
uk-based privy counsel we take a break now on midday news we'll be right back
welcome back continuing the news hundreds of thousands of Jamaicans who
have lost their jobs are working on reduce incomes are struggling
financially the Caribbean Policy Research Institute Capri commissioned a
poll to find out how Americans are coping with the dislocation caused by
Cove in nineteen and emic almost fifty percent of respondents in the car people
say they will run out of savings by next month and if the crisis continues that
number could go as high as ninety one percent
kaliesha Williams has that story there is no doubt people have been losing
money and many have been out of a job since The Cove in nineteen pandemic hit
our shores so just how have Jamaicans been coping since the crisis the
Caribbean Policy Research Institute Capri commissioned blue dot insights
conduct a poll on March 31 to find out just that it has a sample size of seven
hundred persons across ages occupations parishes and income levels when it comes
to savings only nine percent of respondents would have savings to rely
on beyond six months while sixteen percent have no savings at all in the
meantime 46% of those responded to the poll said they already had a reduction
in their household income so how are people responding to the crisis well
many are already cutting back entertainment personal care phone credit
and transportation being the first items on the budget to go 11 percent said they
have cut back on spending on groceries while 10 percent reduced paying loans
five percent on utilities and three percent on rent or mortgage it appears
many people will now be reliant on the compensation package promised by the
government the finance minister has announced that persons who lose their
jobs as a result of the economic fallout from Cove in nineteen are to receive
$54,000 from the government over the next three months they will receive the
cash in fortnightly installments of $9,000 tourism employers will all
so be paid cash based on the number of low-income employees they retain for the
next three months benefits have also been announced for persons in the
informal sector and small businesses kaliesha Williams TV J news The
Independent Commission of investigations in the comm is calling for a speedy
review of the exemption list for The Cove in 19 containment curfew the
Commission raised the issue after the security forces reported challenges with
residents in some areas who refused to comply with the curfew or than Wednesday
night according to commissioner Terrence Williams while Indicom is mandated to
investigate shootings and accusations of abuse by police it also helps to prevent
issues between the police and the public there was a shooting incident where the
public in the area blocked the roads and protested and there might have been a
serious confrontation with the police had it not been for in the comes
attendance that that seemed to ensure the public that there will be a proper
investigation as a result the people are calmed and order restored to help in in
that regard mr. Williams says not being exempted as a hindrance to the
Commission fulfilling its mandate written to the minister of national
security and asked him to take the matter to the cabinet for us to be
granted this exemption lawyers from the corner Bar Association are also asking
to be excluded included on the list of exempted
professionals in news from the region a sixth person has died from kovat 19 in
Trinidad and Tobago the twin Island Republic has 97 confirmed cases from 688
samples tested by the Caribbean Public Health Agency careful on Monday Trinidad
and Tobago had 82 positive cases from 539 tests with three deaths in four days
the number of deaths doubled with 15 more positive cases the Ministry of
Health tested 149 samples in that period in an update
on the coronavirus cases around the world John Hopkins University tallied on
Friday indicated that the virus has infected more than 1 million people and
killed over 53,000 worldwide the worst eight countries the United States which
is projected to become the new epicenter with more than two hundred and
fifty-seven thousand cases and over 6,000 deaths top infectious diseases
expert dr. Anthony Fauci as cold front federally mandated stay at home horde
order there is caution in China with officials in Wuhan ground zero for the
pandemic telling residents to only go outside when necessary as the city
begins to open up following two months of lockdown a list published on
officially reported data Italy leads with 313 thousand nine hundred and
fifteen deaths followed by Spain ten thousand nine hundred and thirty five
deaths but the united states of course was by far the most cases of any nation
and still in the united states the White House is expected to soon advise
Americans living in the corona virus hotspots to wear cloth mask or scarves
in public to help stop the spread of the virus and we go to sports needs selector
of kwikki West Indies Rodger Harper says he doesn't expect any difficulties
picking future teams despite a Cove in nineteen pandemic cricketers across the
Caribbean are currently inactive and risk losing Fitness due to the
postponement and cancellations of several franchise competitions including
the regional four-day championships which ended with two rounds of matches
to play over Harper says they will not change their selection policy when the
West Indies returned to competitive action only knows what they will be when
this thing comes to an end but I think that the same sort of criteria that we
use directly will of course be you and we have to take in the constraint of
course you know the most recent performances of the player and of course
their present condition is their fit and healthy then those are the things we
have to take into consideration there wouldn't be anything much more to go on
you know the recent performances the track record all those things right here
we use all the time there's uncertainty whether the West Indies tour of England
which is scheduled to start on May 22 will go ahead meanwhile despite the four
days season-ending after eight rounds Harper was speaking on Bajan radio
program Mason and guests said he was satisfied
for this what he saw there to show kids there killed them sure what they are
made of I think one of the pluses this year was that we had a number of our
international players involved during the tournament if not in every game
certainly in a number of games which little different jamaica scorpions tied
with Ghana Chuck was in third place with a Barbados pride being declared
champions and and that's amid a news for now
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