it's Friday July 12 good afternoon I'm Herman green with your midday news for
those of you watching online at one spot mediacom a very special welcome to you
pressure continues to mount on the Andrew Holness lead government for a
minister to be appointed to the education ministry speaking at a Newport
divisional meeting recently deputy opposition spokesman on education
Michael Stewart called for the matter to be dealt with as a matter of urgency
believes having a minister without portfolio in the position is not working
there have been numerous calls for an education minister to be appointed
following the firing of rural Reed on March 20 more capital will be made
available to the micro small and medium enterprises M SMEs in the near future
that's according to finance minister dr. Nigel Clark he has also reiterated his
announcement for a collaborative investment fund for the MS Emmie sector
we have more in this four hundred million dollars being pumped into the
Jamaican economy as the government tries to provide small businesses with more
access to startup capital it's through a partnership between the government angel
investors and at the International Development Bank finance minister dr.
Nigel Clark says that governmental lacks the resources to accurately pinpoint the
right investments which is why they opted for the route of matching the
investment from int and investors in the economy
and so what we'll do is find one two three four five whatever they decided to
support the minister went on to indicate that digital technology is slowly
blurring the lines between the physical and digital capabilities of businesses
he added that it is important for investors and the government to take
action in developing a country of strong entrepreneurs to build the economy he
argued that in order to achieve this the process of starting maintaining and
expanding businesses has to be easy a masters TVJ news Member of Parliament
for San Catherine west central dr. Christopher Tufton is calling for more
investment in rural areas he was speaking at the groundbreaking ceremony
for the new Wakefield basics coolants and Catherine
he says for years parents in Wakefield and its environs have been improvising
when it comes to their children's elementary level education currently
basic school classes are being held at a community center and environment while
students is not suitable over the next six months they will have as good a
facility at the level of an infant school as any other Jamaican child
anywhere in Jamaica rural our urban and as a consequence
they will have equal opportunity now we're into equitable opportunity for our
population or citizens and certainly where central should not believe told
equal opportunity to learn in an environment that is conducive to
learning now under a partnership with a chase fund a new facility including
three classrooms an office dining room and other facilities will be built
dr. too often argues that investing in rural areas will allow parents and
students the opportunity to compete with their urban peers we have to invest more
my opinion in empowering our citizens of communities and rural communities in
particular but the end result of that for the people of Wakefield boxin tone
and its environs is that we know how one is available I'm told somewhere in the
region of 35 million the construction should begin next Wednesday and will
take approximately six months to complete the principal of the Wakefield
primary school will also assume the position of the head of the basic school
as a facilities being constructed in close proximity to the Wakefield primary
school and we now take a break here on the midday news but stay with us we have
more stories when we return
welcome back continuing the news pnp vice-president and supporter of dr.
peter phillips in the party's presidential race damien Crawford says
there is still time for Jamaicans to warm up to the idea of dr. Peter
Phillips as Prime Minister according to the rgr Gleaner
group Don Anderson poll done this year only 12 percent of Jamaicans have a
positive view of dr. Phillips's performance as opposition leader 51
percent had a negative view and 37 percent said his performance was average
this has been listed by presidential challenger Peter bunting as his camp as
one of the reasons for attempting to remove him as pnp president who was
speaking in st. James police is loading a relatively new program targeting
youths for the recent reduction in shootings in one area of the parish head
of the st. James Police Superintendent Vernon Ellis says under the three-month
old program installed spring administrators have among other things
assisted over two hundred and forty students at schools in the community
with meals through the school's adoption initiative since we started this program
in salt springs some three and a half months ago we were zero issues in terms
of violence person's being shot the high-tension you
know I think this is one way to go in terms of segue in the law enforcement
into talking to these communities and helping to restore the trust and
confidence in the GCF the heels of that perceived success
superintendent Ellis announced another program which could be seen as an
extension of the first you so much busy a lot appearance will be old the kids
can be running our own you can endanger kids too and we'll just take the
opportunity to teach a motocross roads and you know it won't be like a military
or paramilitary we're not going down that line
you know we teach him some parenting kids skills
and it's it's normal for the GCF to partner with CS JP and Joseph and he
also says this new approach will or is a collaborative collaboration with other
entities including the Jamaica social investment fund Jase if the Barnett
corporation and the tourism enhancement fund TEF plans are in place to extend
the program to other crime hotspots like green pond and Granville in September 5
million US dollars has been committed to the Jamaica government by the United
States Agency for International Development USAID to fund the country's
Disaster Risk Finance Initiative the funds will be used to meet immediate and
long-term rebuilding costs of major natural disasters this includes
developing a policy framework for disaster risk finance in the public
sector and innovative financial instruments for risk management
according to USAID this would be a transformative initiative that would
have a long lasting self-sustaining outcome as the Jamaican government has
committed to taking over these payments over the long term a package for
disaster members of ginger Ridge in st. Catharines say that the rising
temperatures and the current drought is clip is
crippling their existence officials and members of the community say the
government needs to do more to provide resources for them and their livestock
counselor for the ginger Ridge division and deputy mayor Ralston wilson raised
the matter in the recent session of the spanish don municipal corporation your
worship I just want to find out I have never experienced anything like this in
all of my days but we are in the one of the worst jobs chicken tank and not even
one Gela richness truck water it's a shame all right America should know
about this we want to want to want to know what is happening your worship it
is so bad the truck that NWC you some more and it's a mashed up comes a little
bit enough three ounces please it has turned over on my shop we do have
a truck from NWC and we can't get any money to drop water what will the people
do or what can we tell the people now TVJ News spoke with one resident from
the area will we get a beatin we get a big lick God Moosa a pepper dam just dry
up brother you can't get no water MJ your Korean father Phillip Empire
will adjust the reincarnated pan-pan just the Rhian 5 Cano water only and we
go down to Sports News national triple jump champion is Shanika Ricketts
finished third in the women's triple jump on day one of the two day Monica
Diamond League meet Ricketts caught the sand at fourteen point six seven meters
while Commonwealth champion Kimberly Williams was fourth in a season's best
fourteen point four six meters the meantime double Olympic champion Alain
Thompson headlines the list of five Jamaicans set to compete on today's day
two of the event Thompson will compete in the women's 200 meter where she
face off with bohemian Johnny Miller ebo Dodge Sprinter Daphne skipper's and
Marie Jose talut of the Ivory Coast 2015 world champion Daniel Williams will line
up in the women's 100 meter sprint hurdles her first Diamond League meet
since her controversial disqualification at the National Senior Championships
Williams won the event at the opening diamond lead in Doha in amazed now she
will have four companies world leader and fellow Jamaican Janique Browne
national champion Russell Clinton and genève Russell will contest the women's
400 meter hurdles and that wraps up the midday news I'm Herman green please join
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production teams have a good afternoon