good afternoon it's Wednesday September 4 I'm Herman green with your midday news
especially welcome to those of you watching online at one spot mediacom
just three days before the delegates vote to decide on the people's National
Party PNP president there are some stunning claims from the doctor Peter
Phillips leg camp that agents working for Peter bunting and his rise united
camp are buying votes for $10,000 dr. Phillips is one PNP camp and discussed
the concerns during a press conference at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in Kingston
a short while ago or reported Wayne Anderson is at the Jamaica Pegasus we
now join him live for the very latest Dwayne Thank You Herman so we're here at
the Jamaica Pegasus in Kingston I'm joined by the vice president of the
People's National Party Damon Crawford and the treasurer of the PNP Lisa Hanna
miss on I'll start with you first because you made some comments earlier
which about happenings in a party leading up to this delegates vote on
Saturday that you're not particularly happy with concerns the use of money
what exactly is your concern well to say that I'm not happy would be a
overstatement one of the reasons for us having this press conference today was
to speak about and give the nation and certainly our delegates an update with
three days to go on where we are in our campaign and we are very very confident
of victory on September 7 it's clear that the other side has have been using
some tactics to try and implore delegates financially and as soon as the
delegates they go to the delegates and members of the other teams leadership
the delegates call many of us in one PNP and say look they're being induced to
vote for the other side they don't like it and certainly the tenets and
philosophies that we believe in as a party don't subscribe to that kind of
value system in our political movement you mentioned the philosophy of the
party the PNP often positions itself as the soul of Jamaica's democracy in terms
of the use of funds in election campaigning
mr. Crawford what kind of message it is bill do you believe this sense to the
wider public about what's happening in the party where they hear about the use
of money in this arm delegates are raised first it depreciates our ability
to go there and to campaign against this but it also no depreciates people's
confidence that we are for a particular group of people in the main because if
you are being funded by those who are investors in politics then you may not
be policies for those who are in need of your policies and so therefore it did it
diminishes our ability to be successful in an election miss Ana three days to go
where's dr. Phillips no Willie win absolutely he will win our campaign
manager campaign chairman or campaign team a hundred percent of our senators
support one PM p close to eighty percent of all candidates and members of
parliament support one PM p sixty nine of the ninety councillors minority
leaders support one PM p the women's movement the president and five of the
six vice presidents support one PM p and certainly if you look across the NEC and
what happened at the RBC's when the delegates the same delegates who will
vote on September 7th came out to the RBC's two Sundays ago they voted 1 p.m.
P and made sure that her NEC is supportive of dr. Peter Phillips thank
you so much miss hannah and mr. connection 75% of the candidates for the
next election support dr. Peter Phillips thank you so much guys so we're getting
her up so we have to go back to her studio so it's back to you Herman all
right thank you or reporter do it and listen there from the Jamaica Pegasus
Hotel now Minister without portfolio and the Ministry of Information Carlson
Morris says the integrity Commission is high on the agenda of prime minister
Andrew Holness in the wake of concerns about the anti-corruption body on Monday
news came that Justice Carl Harrison chairman of the Commission had resigned
that announcement came just days after the retirement of acting director of
corruption prosecutions Dirk Harrison the parliamentary opposition and civil
society group national integrity action have been calling for an urgent review
of the Commission to more effectively fulfill its objective at this morning's
post cabinet media briefing mrs. Santos asked whether there will be a review of
the integrity whether or not there is to be an
extensive review of the integrity Commission Act what I can say is that it
is receiving the full attention it is receiving the full attention of the
Prime Minister and the cabinet because it is a very fundamental Commission on
which a lot relies depends and we rely on the membership of that Commission to
discharge your responsibilities in an impartial and professional manner missus
amudha was also not able to state how soon the vacant positions would be
filled and I have absolutely no doubt in my mind whatsoever that the positions
that have been made via current by the retirement of Judge Harrison and and the
the the former contractor general Dirk Harrison I have no doubt whatsoever that
those positions will be filled by persons of high integrity and
professionalism there's no question about that so it is receiving our full
attention as part of Jamaica's assistance the Bahamas Tourism Minister
Edmond Bartlett says he will appeal to some 120 countries next week to lend a
helping hand to the hurricane battered Island mr. Bartlett will be making a
presentation at the United Nations World Tourism Organization General Assembly in
Russia next week and the UN de Blasio has their General Assembly in st.
Petersburg in Russia and I will be going to present the case overall for for the
collaboration with the center in relation to dealing with Caribbean
vulnerabilities in the process I will be supporting the Bahamas in their own
recovery effort and and I'll be partnering with the minister there to
ensure that a full appreciation of the extent of the damage in the area and the
extent of support that is required is realized by all of
the partners who will be coming from about a hundred and twenty countries
from across the world meeting in st. Petersburg and we don't take a break
here on the midday news but stay with us more stories after these messages
welcome back continuing the news the business community in st. James says the
state of emergency in the parish is no longer working in stemming crime
especially murders it's an assessment at least one security expert agrees with as
concerns emerge that the security forces are stretched reducing the effect of
their presence in some communities and TV jays Giovanni Denis reports Montego
Bay San james is unquestionably beautiful but the center of tourism in
Jamaica is also an epicenter of violence ninety people were murdered in the
parish up to August 31 it's 23 more than the 67 of the same time in 2018 a 34%
increase president of the Montego Bay Chamber of Commerce Janet Silveira says
the figures show the state of emergency is no longer effective maybe the police
have just become stretched and that they need to bring back the numbers that we
had started off with when the SOE started over a year ago if that is not
done we're going to continue to have the situation that we know have four people
were murdered in the parish between Friday and Monday including a well-known
businessman security consultant Robert Finster Smith speaking on smudge Jamaica
Tuesday morning explains why he thinks to the SOE s may
be losing their potency the Provident issue is that it's like certain
medicines you can administer medicine for short-term relief situation then the
body starts to become used to the medicine so after a while the effect of
the medicine for missile virus says the fear gripping the parish is no forcing
business owners to implement measures for their staff safety and
number of our members have said that they have to be transporting their
employees to work and they also have to be providing security for them when
they're leaving work at nights she insists the business community in st.
James is willing to help in crime reduction initiatives what we have to
sit at the same table currently we're asking for a meeting we need a meeting
to discuss where we're falling down co-best we can help Giovanna Dennis TVJ
news human rights advocate Susan Goff is raising concern about several unfinished
roads in the cooperate area which she believes pose a threat to both
pedestrians and motorists the details in this report even though the roadworks in
the corporate area are incomplete human rights advocate Susan Goff believes that
road markings and signs should be installed to prevent safety hazards to
pedestrians and motorists Misgav complains that not enough emphasis is
being placed on the safety aspect of the roadworks especially with more children
now traversing the streets she explains that pedestrians have a difficult time
navigating the roadways and things are worse for vulnerable persons such as the
disabled and elderly while speaking on our jaws beyond the headlines on Tuesday
Misgav said she has been informed that what markings and signs are not yet
placed on the roads because work has not been completed people have said yes but
you wouldn't expect them to put those until the roads are finish but no I do
because people have had to cross those roads throughout the road construction
there wasn't a decision on the part of people in that area we will not cross
roads we do not need to cross roads people have had to be crossing the road
what temporary interim provisions have been put in place and a lot of those
points couple of churches a bank of Plaza shops accessor people cross Amy
meanwhile misgav concluded that the current situation stems from a lack of
consideration for I continue using the road in the Bering
Sea the project throughout the duration there has been this disregard for the
public and part of my difficulty is that this is not isolated they have been
highlighted certainly in social media Indian media and there has been no
change Rasheed masters TV 10 years and now for a look at what's coming up in
this evenings Health Report in the next edition of the Health Report we look at
postpartum depression there's no question that postpartum depression is
under diagnosed as with the opéra types of the pressure and throughout the
island and this is because people lots of people do not think that depression
is an illness and should be treated and therefore when somebody is treated even
doctors they will tell them to snap out of it that's the health report this
evening in primetime news and to know for today's healthy living tip build a
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we go now to news and sports CEO of Mount Pleasant Academy football club
Peter gold says he had to do what was right and making the decision to dismiss
head coach Donovan dookie dookie was revealed relieved rather of his duties
with a club on Monday following Sunday's 2-1 defeat to Harborview in the red
stripe Premier League if Donovan Duque thought Sunday's
defeats to Harborview was a shocker then just imagine his mood on Monday when he
received an email that his services were no longer required at mom peasant
Academy but CEO of Mount Pleasant Peter Gould says while Sanders a 2-1 defeat
was not the only reason the terminate dukey's contract it was the last straw
I've got direction I want the club to go I thought we were going the right
direction but certainly I don't want to be eight games in like everyone else
does eight games in and look up and the table I think there's a huge you know a
huge crime I want to try now and then look we love us Gould says he was also
tired of the excuses and to hear excuses I just thought I'm no colonel and I
heard the same excuses come to me you know it starts him to come I think I'm
not the man whose own sense of excuses I want action and the excuses were not
Duke his only problems but it seems his ego as well I like the man personally
but when someone thinks that their baby ego has actually overtaken the club and
themselves it's nothing I'm going to stand there and watch I've got the
biggest thing you go in the world poor tiga Davis and now return as head
coach a decision Gould says was easy to make it coming here to trading and
sayings he gets a vez being pushed over to the side and not involved and I told
the manager Dukey get him involved right and I asked him personally I said you're
disrespecting the club putting him out out there he's coming in from obey every
single morning and not getting involved and I felt disrespected and I'm sure to
get felt suspected and everyone else behind and
it's something that was one of my made my decision to cease his deployment and
as for t guard who took charge of his first session on Tuesday he was happy to
be back at the helm anyway I have to do what you know take or Demong to know
it's a challenge again yeah the challenge but you know I think
it you know we'll gasm add up to my style and my principal party team set up
in the full interview can be seen on Thursday during send a circle on TV J
starting at 9:00 p.m. J remain Brown reporting for TV J sports
and that's the midday news I'm Herman green join us at 7:00 for primetime news
on behalf of the new sports and production teams