good afternoon I'm Milton Walker with the media news a special welcome if you
are watching on one spot media.com principal of the Gregor Park Primary
School in st. Catherine Richard Williams wants the Education Minister to revisit
the security arrangements in schools his suggestion follows an incident where
a parent threatened several teachers at the school this morning the details in
this report it was not a usual Thursday morning when principal of the Gregory
Park primary school Richard Williams turned up for work mr. Williams was
greeted with a commotion on the school's compound which involved an angry parent
it's understood that the parent went to the institution trying to identify a
child his son had mr. Williams says he's concerned about the frequency at which
teaches at the institution therefore he wants the Education Ministry to revisit
the security measures in schools we
analog TVJ news nine people were shot dead across six police divisions between
yesterday afternoon and early this morning the killings include a double
murder on Whitehall Avenue in the Centennial north division that occurred
about 11:30 p.m. the disease have been identified as 19 year old shopkeeper
David Johnson of Whitehall Avenue and 20 year old carpenter samiri Anderson of
Carlisle Avenue meanwhile 43 year old man Glenroy Ellington was killed and his
two-year-old son shot and injured at Darlington Drive in Old Harbor st.
Catherine shortly after midnight the other murders took place in Clarendon
Kingston central sent and result st. Catherine north and sent Catherine's out
police divisions two men are dead for in a police operation in st. James
yesterday afternoon tea BJ's prints more reports and police vehicles tell the
all-too-familiar story that something has gone wrong
TV J News has been informed that sometime in the afternoon on Wednesday
the st. James police was carrying out an operation in Mudd Valley when they came
under heavy gunfire the police fired back following the trading of bullets
all three men were seen suffering from gunshot wounds they were subsequently
taken to the Cornwall Regional Hospital where two of them succumbed to their
injuries their identities are not yet known the third individual is still in
hospital on the police guard it's also understood that two firearms including
ammunition were recovered from the scene the Independent Commission of
investigations in the comm is investigating in the meantime mayor of
Montego Bay home Davis is calling for a further extension
of the state of emergency in the parish the current state of emergency is
expected to end in April he also sought to address comments by the opposition
and others who say the state of emergency in the parish is not working I
don't think that it is fair to say that the SOE is not working the men and women
who have been putting their lives on the line or their daily for the security of
this parish and I know that do it with the full commitment to protect and to
serve the people of San James Prinze more TVJ news the number of violence and
serious crimes in saint mary is on the decline head of the Saint Mary Police
Division superintendent Bob Morgan Simpson says there were four murders
committed in the parish so far this year most of which were related to conflicts
and domestic violence we have a number of justices of the peace so mighty will
be in this room we need to be reaching out more to the community in terms of
mediation mediation and need for utilizing the Justice Center and the
other areas that are available for quelling the disputes and intervening
before it becomes all-out criminal between the January and February last
year there were three incidents of shooting in the parish compared to two
this year there were no reports of rape in 2019 but the partials recorded two
cases so far this year aggravated assault has seen an increase this year
with two cases compared with one last year while there was a decrease in
robberies with one compared to seven in the corresponding paired in 2019
superintendent Morgan Simpson also noted that while the parishes seen a reduction
in major crimes the shortage of police personnel is a challenge from the public
in terms of our crime-fighting efforts in telling us what is going on are going
to crime stops so that the information can be filtered down to us are through
whatever means necessary to the situation two-photon called
tolerable level a new timeline has been given for the construction of another
maximum-security prison in Jamaica it's been pushed back to another 18 months
speaking yesterday on beyond the headlines
national security minister dr. Horace Chang stated that preliminary plans
I know advanced we have looked at it the London to arrive in Pelham she required
you have to cut you up you know with off financing it but it would not be on this
year for it we are still you know completing the rehabilitation of police
station a billion from you on but at the news press that was ethically it's a bad
miss the molecule will have to come down the road I think next year we can
control the planning on financial arrangements you insert construction to
make you for the following it of the next not differently of the 2021 for
2022 furniture so you're saying in about two years it would be realistic to see
construction start on a new prison yeah but what and it's no time for break on
media news we'll be right back after these messages
welcome back continuing the news the st. Catherine public health department is
threatening to take enforcement action against the National Water Commission in
the BC if a long-standing sewage problem in Greater port more is not urgently
rectified chief public health officer for the parish Grayson Hutchinson so the
agency's sewage pond which has not been maintained is affecting residents the
sewage ponds are presently colonized with water lilies and are breeding
mosquitoes extensively the Department has fought institutions and communities
in port more what our efforts have been nullified or efforts have been largely
ineffective due to the excessive breeding of mosquitoes in the ponds
instead several notices have been issued to the end of the sea to resolve the
issue he was speaking at a recent and Catherine municipal cooperation meeting
was served on the company to remove excessive overgrowth of water lilies
within a specified period of time and maintain the ponds in a satisfactory
manner a notice was also served on the company to beat the overflow of sewage
from manholes at cherry gardens sewage treatment plant a legal framework is
needed to address aspects of Jamaica's public health system that's according to
public defender Arlene Harrison Henry who was speaking at the launch of the
new year writes media campaign in Saint Andrew yesterday mrs. Harrison Henry
says the right to health should be properly placed at the Jamaican
Constitution the public defender believes that it's a discussion that
needs to be had the way the courts have interpreted that right
is within the context of what is available within the resources of a
country so there are limitations even in terms of the legal interpretation of it
but I think it is one of the rights that we need to have recognized meanwhile
Health Minister dr. Christopher Tufton says 50 million u.s. dollars will be
spent over the next few years to support the digitization of the country's health
records doctors often said this is part of the health information system renewal
under the inter-american Development Bank IDB which is also supported by the
European Union
dr. Tufton was speaking at the launch of the Neue rights metre campaign yesterday
a woman is in hospital and attacks the operator injured after he crashed into
an open manhole manhole along the newly paved Hagley Park Road Clementis coffret
told her News team that Manos along the Hager Park Road have caused a number of
accidents the owner of the vehicle contacted the National Works Agency in
EE early this week for assistance but there were no show and coming up behind
the coaster I reach up by this record plays here and thing like that when I
see the cover just about bustling tilt like the cobalt Kaustubh over time we
time II reach up to it daunting like that they'll blow through it much of the
water cure right no manikarnika killed me one year ago in hospital when TVJ
News contacted communications manager at the National Works Agency Stephen Shaw
about the incident he said he was not aware mr. Shah added that further checks
would be done alright any accident I don't know if anyone I really have been
contacted that is something that I'll have to find out if such a communication
was done between any officer from the in the planning of the end of the a and the
individuals involved
mr. Shah suggested that the owner of the vehicle will have to make a legal claim
if he's to receive any compensation with his property damaged along the road and
they are contending that the damage was caused by defective manholes daily for
them to put together an appropriate claim with the evidence that they have
and submit seem to the end of Lee through the legal department in sports a
new quarterly Awards an incentive scheme for four of the occupational groups that
came on a spark has been introduced by the promoting company supreme ventures
racing an entertainment limited the announcement was made at a press launch
that came on a spark yesterday the January to March quarter will be known
as the opening meet and will carry a total of 19 race days the classic meet
quarter goes from April to June with 21 race meets listed july-to-september will
form the summer meet of 19 race days while the final quarter the championship
meet also has 19 race days between October and December under this new
initiative the trainers have been divided into two categories as there was
having a stable size of more than 30 horses and saddling the most winners in
a quarter will be eligible for a cash prize of $300,000 the trainer saddling
the most winners in each quarter and having less than 30 horses in his stable
will earn two hundred and fifty thousand dollars the owner with the most wins in
each quarter will pocket $400,000 quality top jockey for each quarter is
set to receive a hundred and fifty thousand dollars and the top groom
$100,000 chairman of SV Arielle Solomon Sharpe says the new scheme is designed
to recognize and reward consistency among the horsemen for years our our
trainers Championships owners championships etc I've decided on purse
so you might have a husband in a derby and a husband's adhabi certainly it was
good for mr. Bernard with whoa-ohh winning the championship and all that
kind of thing but what happens to mr. Watson who broke the record for wins so
how do we how do we incentivize mr. Watson or do we even incentivize mr.
mr. micros who continues to invest in racing so when when these people invest
when these people are put out when these people support the card we believe in
consistency so we believe in rewards and incentives meanwhile details were also
announced for the champions race day and awards on the February 26 ash wins the
program where some of the races on the card will be named after some of the top
performers for 2019 nine of the races on