good afternoon and Milton Walker with the midday news a special welcome if you
are watching on one spot Mediacom following criticisms of the slow pace of
developing the police forces forensic capabilities National Security Minister
dr. Horace Chang is seeking to explain the delay in establishment of a DNA
database forensic evidence advisor with the US Embassy in Kingston Creek doir
who assigned was a scientist Jamaica constable Air Force Tim povey's forensic
capabilities yesterday lamented that there is no DNA database in the island
despite the DNA evidence Act being passed three years ago in an interview
with a new center this morning dr. Chang says it's regrettable that it's taken so
long for the DNA database to be established he says work has been done
to improve the institute of forensic science and legal medicine over the last
three years to accommodate the DNA database however dr. Chang says there
was a glitch there was some follow with the air conditioning unit what I had in
Paris on mnsure that was done you know with almost immediate effect but it is
that it's a large system and had to go through the normal preparing process
what are the challenges faced in doing I'm not looking at security do gets an
exception but that's a construction activity and if we move with all the
procurement process we could have ended up in other problems and it was done and
it is not really I think what are ways you know is the software that they're
agreed to use and a man first experienced acapella agree to the
software that is always with installation of the software so you can
proceed to established a proper database he was not able to say when the DNA
database will become operational mr toura announced that he quit stating
at the police forces no desire to change the rehabilitation work in Richmond Vale
st. Thomas has been completed home residents say even though they are
pleased with a new concrete bridge the a bit disappointed the claim workmen
have left rubble from the construction project on the sidewalk which has
created a dust nuisance in the community TV jays prints more as the details the
long-awaited bridge in Richmond Vale which was scheduled to be completed last
December has just been completed the residents took to the streets recently
because of the poor job they say the workmen did by leaving the dirt culverts
and several areas not paved the residents say this is causing grave
inconvenience oh and a breeze blow how you can see
just pure white those living up coming in and your people sick diabetic people
have asthma how kind of condition what we what are
we going to do now with this good condition we need something to done
about it at my gate is be a carport and domes the footage earning evil at my
gate we are gotta wash away my land when the
rains come standing at her gait defin Miller the lady who gave the National
Works Agency permission to use her land to build the bridge says she did so
because there was no alternative route MS Miller told our news team that even
though she had agreed to let the NWA use her land she has not been fully
compensated Albert after them damned one respond and nobody gave me nothing at
all nothing at all not eat my data added to miss Miller's distress she laments
that her property was damaged during the construction and everything like that
then beside my my pipe when am i use them today
I'll make pipe the pipeline were try everything then destroy my property
prints more TVJ news the education ministries region six says a newly
launched annual math competition is helping to improve high school students
appreciation and practical application of mathematics the competition called
a mathletics was recently held as part of math week activities TV J's Krista
Campbell reports a nation still struggling to get students math
performance up in external as well as internal exams the Education Ministry is
readin six decided that a 12 week long mathletics was the way to go the
inaugural event culminated in a math fair in Clarendon and coincided with the
education ministry's yearly observation of math week in April Regional Director
Barrington Richardson says the initiative primarily aims to improve
students appreciation for and application of mathematics through
practical means but he says it also addresses the problem of gender
disparity in academic performance at the finals
we had kite flying we're schooled how to do to create their own kite with certain
mathematical dimensions and those were judged and they were awarded points and
out of that Cumberland High School emerged the winning school the kite
making the boys just loved the activity right it was not just fun what they were
able to apply mathematical principles in creating their kite so now they have a
better appreciation for measurement another task allow them to actually plan
a pool above and below allow them to build cake design it and go through all
the math in it so the tasks are real-world real life situation and
noting the push for more hands-on learning and developing critical
thinking skills of students the region six director and math specialists
Richard Montague say they hope to expand the initiative to primary schools come
next year and so you're talking about their creativity came into being the
innovative skills their critical thinking they were able to develop items
using madam two guidelines we want to showcase math
we want from primary all the way up to the tertiary level we want to see math
in all aspects of life so math in music math in real world and
any steps that you go through in solving problems
Krishna Campbell TVJ news Health Minister dr. Christopher Topton has
expressed concern about the number of persons who still refuse to use health
centers and Clinics but often highlighted the issue while addressing
persons at the opening ceremony for the newly refurbished black river health
center facility in Sint Elizabeth yesterday he noted that his ministry has
been making efforts to improve the health centers and Clinics but he says
despite these efforts persons are still overcrowding hospitals what unlimited
access did was to provide greater temptation for citizens to ignore their
community health centers in primary health care infrastructure because they
felt they could go to the hospital and get a one-stop shop all the services
that they need and what that did unwittingly was to create a burden on
the secondary healthcare infrastructure dr. Thornton said in order to address
the issue his ministry will be sensitized in the public about different
levels of health care he adds that many persons are unaware of the difference
between primary and secondary health care and he wants to change that this
stone black group of this parish provides a very somewhat unique
opportunity to make that point and make it strongly any interest of the people
because as you look across the road you see the hospital
beyond the health center on the side and I bet you that for the average person
who don't feel well they are likely to turn to that gains over on the other
side rather than come to these gates on this side there been more calls for the
Education Ministry to intervene in a matter concerning the appointment of the
acting in support for the Cumberland High
School in st. Catherine the school's parent Teachers Association PTA call the
press conference this week stating its concerns about what will become of
improvements made that institution since Darren Henry started acting in the
position in August 2017 among the positive changes on the mr. Henry's
stewardship improved discipline and academic performance among students
better monitoring and motivation of teachers as well as plans for a sixth
form program based on the criminal and violence that was going on in our
schools I know unsafe it was for even a teachers
parents and students parents also had concerns some of them already leave the
school some of them decided to fight and stay with the institution despite the
motto supported mr. Henry's appointment noted that despite is glowing appraisal
saying exceeded expectations and scored 3.8 out of a possible four points during
his interview for the post in July last year he still has not been confirmed in
the post the PTA wants the Education Minister to intervene
while the MP caretaker for Psaltis and Catherine Robert Miller says his check
revealed that someone else is being considered which may have a negative
implication for the school tip to be the principal for this institution is
related to a key member of the person's staff at the school this I must say in
my view possess grave danger to the school operation when contacted by T V
Jane used director for corporate communication at the Education Ministry
Colin stair explained that a process to appoint a principle for Cumberland High
is on the way and Darren Henry remains the acting principal until that process
is complete an appeal this afternoon from Antigua Bay's mayor Homer Davis for
persons to stop hurting children his cry follows the murder of an 11 year old in
Hannover this week for him persons who prey on children are
harming the nation's future without not speaking about our children our young
girls are being abused they are being abused in the homes they have been
abused in the streets they are being abused right across the place and I
would appeal to those abusers please leave our young children alone
especially our girls but I'll make a special appeal also to the boys or boys
need help communities need to get together to see how we can rescue some
of our young men because most of the problems that we are encountering is
because of the behavior of our young men Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett's is
reporting an increase in tourism earnings for Jamaica mr. Bartlett gave
the update on Wednesday that the tourists spends Jamaica got 30 cents
well the good news that in three and a half years we are now at 40 point eight
cents he said Jamaicans can get a greater share of the sector and call in
persons to invest in areas that supply local hotels it says about three hundred
and fifty billion dollars could be earned invest more in furniture building
to satisfy the needs for beds and chairs and tables and all the other furniture
requirements in the hotels invest more in a textile so you could manufacture
more uniforms more sheets more pillowcase more blankets more towels
that the industry requires in sports Jamaica's on the 17 reggae boys will be
them through that game that they played before us we are confident that we will
get by them we'll be using our piece as we are much quicker than them so we're
definitely confident I'm so for the training session today has gone well we
have gone through a walkthrough and you know our preparation for this train that
game so far has been good the youngsters understand what they what
is needed what is at stake and definitely we were going for this win
kickoff time is 3 p.m. to make a time in the other game in the group Bermuda will
battle Mexico at 5 o'clock and that's media news and milton walker jonas at
7:00 for primetime news on behalf of the news sports and production teams good