good afternoon I'm Milton Walker with the media News special welcome if you
are watching on one spot Mediacom the Jamaica Teachers Association and the
National secondary students Council are the latest stakeholder groups adding
their condemnation of the new skull breaker also called jump trip challenge
that is spreading online the Education Ministry and the children's advocate
have already raised concerns about the potentially deadly social media trend
Giovanni Dennis has this TVG news follow up other attempt at the jump trip
challenge
or so it appears these are representatives from the national
secondary students council NSSC condemning the deadly online challenge
jump trip skull breaker or tripping jump what did you think was I know that
ridiculous jump challenge broken leg arms severe spinal damage they can lead
to death this needs to stop I repeat this already the Education Ministry has
urged schools to cut down on the challenge after a Meadowbrook student
broke his hand because of the challenge the Jamaica Teachers Association is also
warning against the risky prank the Jamaica Teachers Association is at this
time deeply concerned and indeed disturbed by the infamous trippin jump
challenge perpetrated by unthinking and uncaring students in our schools we see
it as a deadly threat to safety and security in our schools at a time when
we are seeking to make our schools into safe zones which are conducive to
teaching and learning we call on our students to immediately cease partaking
in this practice mr. speed is urging teachers and guardians to do all in
their powers to reach schools and communities of the hazardous crease
observed mostly among teenagers we must within our schools and our
communities establish a zero tolerance approach and definitive consequences for
these potentially deadly acts against innocent students and children while we
are at this time calling on our students the immediate assist partaking in this
practice we are also asking school administrators great supervisors
classroom teachers and student leaders to be at their vigilant best the office
of the children's advocate says the prank started in South America videos of
young Jamaicans participating emerged last week
Giovanni Dennis TVJ News the Caribbean disaster emergency management agents
sadena is awaiting feedback from some member countries to finalize the
regional response to the cope in nineteen Kevon coronavirus a new center
spoke with a head of sadena following a webinar hosted by the caribbean
broadcast and union here is T V J's and Jo Chisholm with the details over 64,000
reported cases of the kovat 19 coronavirus worldwide and as at friday
close to 1400 people have died China and the rest of the world are rushing to
halt the spread there have been no reported cases in the Caribbean but the
region isn't taking any chances individual Caribbean countries like
Jamaica have activated their emergency health systems siddhim a-- headed by
Ronald E Jackson is working on a regional response and you look at the
Chinese kids in particular where you have what one can say a worst case
scenario if you use that as your sort of your you're planning benchmark for worst
case and come back to your best case then you know there are certain areas we
would you would want to be concerned about in terms of our ability to manage
a large number of persons who may be social assistance or quarantine let me
put it that way as well as you know questions whether we will be able to
provide the necessary support before numbers grew beyond the unhand resources
that we have sadena is working alongside its partners
including the Pan American Health Organization PAHO and the cabin Public
Health Agency careful there is no specific budget for Kovac 19 coronavirus
but if needed donors will be asked to contribute to the emergency assistance
fund but we're waiting on our members it's a come back with feedback on you
know the the broader pool of government approach in that regard our rule in
terms of stockpiling would have to feed off of what gaps countries are seeing
that they have and that hasn't come forward in all cases at the moment
and what calf is saying is it is it's gap and then together we would look to
see how what strategies can be applied in terms of closing that gap we are
simply resources that we may have at our immediate disposal mr. Jackson
reiterated that cabin countries have to use a multi sectoral approach health is
just one aspect what you're looking at is a interface between between health
water security and humanitarian support we would have to come up with a clear
appreciation of what a third response would look like in the worst-case
scenario Andrea Chisholm TVJ news the opposition
is seemingly taken the government to task over the sharing of information to
combat the deadly kovat 19 coronavirus speaking on power 106 FM's morning
agenda this morning the opposition spokesman on health dr. Maurice guy says
a lot more needs to be done by the government to ensure that the country's
seaports are safe TV chase Shane Masters reports with the rapidly
rising death toll from the corona virus many are worried about the impact of
such a virus on Jamaica as health sector and economy the death toll from the cove
819 reached approximately 2,000 at the end of Sunday across mainland China
there were 2048 new confirmed infections pushing the new total of infections to
almost 71 thousand but back home concerns are being raised by the
opposition in relation to the number of visitors that will arrive in the country
this year and the security of Jamaicans we are being approached by the pool some
operators within the cruise ship in industry those who work on land
interface to the visitors who come but as far they are where they are no plans
in place no contingencies in place or protocols in place to screen these
visitors as is done as we have been told each other at the airport so that health
minister dr. Christopher talked and I gave up this response one could take a
very extreme position if you want it to and other country and just prevent
anyone certainly in the cruise industry from coming unsure but clearly that
would help other very significant implications for an industry the the
issue therefore is is there risk associated with allowing tourism through
crew shipping to function while we manage and monitor that risk and clearly
that is the position that we have taken as is the case with the rest of the
world but dr. guy maintains the country could still feel the impact if there is
an unsuspecting case of a virus entering through the country seaports we are
concerned that one just one single one might flip through and then infect the
same population I mean call it a wh-who one one there is minimal waste of
transmission to two or three persons however the Health Minister is assuring
term Akins that all is in place and the relevant or authorities will make the
necessary decisions to keep the citizens safe I do begin that based on past
history the it has our turkeys do have a good system it has turned back ships
before I personally as minister of working with the team
turn back an entire cruise ship because of a health risk that was perceived at
the time so we're not afraid to take decisions or she'd masters TVJ news did
you make a defense force is still on lockdown after two rifles disappeared on
Saturday military personnel are continuing their search for the two m16
rifles believed to be stolen from the armory or news team observed detailed
checks at the gate of the Jamaica Defence Force Base at South camper all
this morning TVJ news on the stands are all green spaces unoccupied buildings
vehicles and scrap piles were ordered searched media affairs officer for the
JTF major battle chart told a new center that the situation has not changed up to
this morning on Saturday chief of Defense staff Lieutenant General rocky
Meade said all GF members were confined to base as his teams
search for the missing weapons it's still not clear how the two m16 rifles
disappeared I know it's time for a break on media news be right back
welcome back continuing the news gender Minister mrs. Olivia green says the
government is moving swiftly to have the Domestic Violence Act passed speaking
with TVJ news recently Minister green said the government has identified
several amendments such as strengthening the increasing the penalties for example
and and strengthening where enforcement the enforcement ordered the restraining
order can be stronger number of things and we will be moving very speedily to
ensure that back is done it's a moving speedily but talking about the time
frame we're talking about within this within the first quarter Miss Granger
added that the sexual harassment bill is also a priority we are actually meeting
weekly to ensure that we fast-track this piece of legislation so far the hearings
that we have had the inputs that have been made have been tremendous they have
been very useful recommendations and so the committee will have a will have a
lot of work to do in reviewing these presentations and determining what
additional clauses will be added as the People's National Party the PMP
intensifies its campaign activities a call for the prime minister to pay more
attention to national issues this announcement was made as a party
presented dr. Winston delahaye to the people of essentials and Catherine Moore
from TV gist kaliesha Williams on Sunday night the People's National Party PNP
introduced their candidate dr. Winston delahaye to the people of east central
st. Catherine dr. della hail be good up against the GOP solando Tara long for
the seat in the next general election Member of Parliament for Northwest scene
and dr. Dayton Campbell believes dr. delaffei the right man for the job
we want to give you a member of parliament that will represent the
issues in the constituency we will give you a member Parliament that will listen
to your concerns and will develop programs and policies to fix your
concerns will ensure that your children can go to school but you have good road
for joy one I bet you two can't get sir my prosperity and while encouraging
party supporters to choose dr. Elahi as their representative dr. Campbell
took a jab at a GLP because unsure on gone over southeast Clarendon say much
at the polls other people with 30 million dollars and we can check the
polls a sick patient in hospital because we don't have any machine in the
hospitals and as a shear are you mr. prime minister he also accused Prime
Minister Andrew Holness of neglecting national issues I'm Joe Murr Tigana
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Kaneesha Williams TV Jennings when the port is returning to Jamaica concerns
are being raised about how they're being processed by the Jamaican government and
released into society the issue was raised on TV Jay smile Jamaica this
morning TV Jay's Anthony lock reports head of the JC f's corporate
communications unit Senior Superintendent Stephanie Lindsay says
most migrants are deported as a result of immigration issues attorney-at-law
john basi says due to the complicated nature of deportation it's wrong to
assume that all deportees are violent criminals with the UK as B to the UK
there are two types of removal you're the administrative removal which is
really called forced removal and it normally speaks the person who has known
no more time left in England there is no more leave to remain there and then of
course you have the deportation deportation speaks to where person has
in fact gone through a criminal sentence for 12 months or longer and has to be
removed by a deportation notice 17 deportees recently arrived in the island
on a charter flight from the UK these individuals had various convictions and
a combined sentence of 75 years one had a life sentence seen a superintendent
Stephanie Lindsay sought to explain what will happen to those with incomplete
sentences and those who have already served their sentences once we get the
information that person's will becoming then this they will check our local
system to see if person if they were if we have an interest in them because
there are some persons who go abroad because they are run away from all of
justice system so if they fall into that category upon return would have an
interest in them otherwise if they have served their time overseas no matter the
seriousness of the offence when they come to Jamaica they go through this
processing they check fingerprints they check identity because
sometimes they are sent back under a different name that means we have so we
go through that but after that process is done then there's no monitoring
they're free citizen she also addressed concerns raised about the migrants who
had nowhere to go for persons who don't have anyone to receive them there are at
least two NGOs that really come in and support them so they will provide them
with meal they will take their information
whatever belongings they have and they will provide them with some temporary
shelter and accommodation until they find a way to sort themselves and TPG
news in sports the Jamaica rugby sevens team has won this competition to play in
in preparation for the Intercontinental playoffs for the Olympic Games as the
Hong Kong Sevens has been postponed since Hong Kong is close to mainland
China the governing body of the sport world rugby has moved the annual
tournament from April to October due to the corona virus outbreak the series of
qualifiers for the Olympic Games is slated for June 20 and 21 in France
chairman of the Jamaica Rob the Union Jerry benzevich says he will be
searching for another competition to prepare the team for the Olympic
qualifiers Jamaica that we have one less tournament to prepare for the repechage
Olympic qualifiers which would follow so know we are without a extra tournament
it means that we have to put in more work at the one that we're presently in
and hopefully look for another tournament to attend before the
repechage this will be costly because the Hong Kong Sevens was a fun date trip
so no we're gonna have to probably seek sponsorship in order to get some of our
boys either over to the UK to get into our tournament or we want to maybe fly
them to the biggest sevens to participate in one of the lesser
tournaments that's going on there Jamaica's competed at the Hong Kong
Sevens in each of the last three years and that's the media news I'm Milton
Walker join us at 7:00 for primetime news on behalf of the news sports and
production teams good afternoon
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