good afternoon I am Andrea Chism with the midday news for this Tuesday
November 26 a special welcome if you're watching on one spot media.com there are
still questions about what led to the death of a 26 year old American woman in
st. James two years ago the family is still hoping to receive some form of
closure once the perpetrator is brought to
justice TV jeiza Shane masters reports a mother desperate for answers into won't
let her daughter's death two years ago in an exclusive interview with TV genius
Andrea given says she's upset with the Jamaican government and the police in
how they are handling her case the body of her daughter Desiree Gibbon was found
with her throat slashed and bushes near the Long Hill main road in st. James on
November 25 2017 mrs. Cuban told cvj news that two years
later the police say and no suspect has been identified
despite interviews and access to CCTV footage we have hired an international
investigator to come and help us so I'm hoping that that will help because I
just feel like the day I took Desiree's body home December of 2017
the Jamaican authorities just really forgot about her and just closed the
case mrs. Gibbons says she tried many avenues to get help there's not a day
that goes by that we don't seek for answers look for assistance I've
contacted the prime minister Andrew Holness on many occasions he's yet to
even respond back or his office respond back and you're doing all these
wonderful things that you want to clean up the island and do great and reduce
the crime but start with this start with it an American citizen who was murdered
here but why does she spend so much to come to Jamaica
on a yearly basis I feel like I need to come here I think I don't want to make
her to forget about Desiree I don't want her to have been murdered
we know just cause or without anybody being held responsible so I will keep
coming back on the anniversary of her murder every year and so we have answers
machine masters TVJ News Deputy Commissioner of
police salving he is heading to the financial investigations division fi D
his appointment takes effect on December 31 DCP hay will replace current fi D
boss Robin Sykes who will take up a position at the International Monetary
Fund mr. Sykes is the longest serving chief technical director at the fi d
having started in November 2014 he has been leading the investigation into the
corruption allegations involving a number of persons including former
education minister well-read and CMU head professor Fritz Pinnock the JLP has
declared that counselor for the brownstone division Kim Brown Lawrence
will not be its candidate in st. and Northwest in the next general election
several jail P supporters in the constituency wanted mrs. Brown Lawrence
to be their caretaker JLP general secretary dr. Horace Chang
told our news central us tonight that the brownstone division counts though
will not be considered for the post she will not be attended by the dinner party
and I have no equivocation whether she cannot and will not be a candidate for
the Labor Party Party as I read to me that decision I'm lonely not a suitable
candidate at the party at this time mrs. Brown Lawrence is among five persons
charged in relation to the corruption probe at the cabin maritime university
st. and Northwest has been without a caretaker since the resignation of rel
read the seat is held by the PNP dr. Dayton Campbell residence in Bryan Lee
in Port Antonio Portland are calling on their elected representatives to address
poor drainage in their area they say the issue has led to wastewater settling in
their yards details in this report overflowing wastewater has been creating
mayhem for Sophie Harrison a resident of Brandon in Port Antonio
she says for years this has been happening due to inadequate drainage
system at an apartment complex next door she says it's releasing more waste than
the pipes can carry the result is that excess floods our back yard
I have sent emails I have written correspondence and nothing has happened
she fears the entire community will be affected if mosquitoes are allowed to
breed understanding water according to miss Harrison corrections were made to
the drain pipes two months ago which I've helped to a point I came up and I
saw some pipes okay I don't know if it's temporary I
tried to find out who is responsible for it because I think just for her to see
someone should have said something to me so truthfully I am still not clear as to
what is happening console for the prosperity vision win McKenzie says the
Municipal Corporation will try to have the drain fixed in short order we did
you include few weeks ago the owner has attached some pipes PVC pipes to control
water but the Parish Council is aware administration is aware and I think it
is somewhat in the entity of Public Health so it is a matter for initial
Network operation is dealing with and we're expecting the matter to be
resolved in short order meanwhile over in breastwork Port
Antonio this meter breakaway along the roadways raising safety concerns among
residents it collapsed after heavy rains in 2017 and has not been fixed since
it's understood that funding is a major issue for that road to be addressed or
Shane masters TV 10 News Fame FM's Raymond paired also known as
DJ venom and as female student of the University of Technology UTech died last
night in a motor vehicle crash on the Spanish town bypass in st. Catherine the
you Tech student has been identified as 20 year old Abigail Rowe reports are
that about 10 p.m. parrot was driving his Honda motorcycle
heading towards Old Harbor on reaching Penrod he collided with row who was a
pedestrian they both sustained multiple injuries and were transported to the
Spanish town hospital where they were pronounced dead a police source
confirmed that the disc jockey was wearing a helmet meanwhile his
colleagues were shocked at his passing
the news last night it was pretty disturbing I mean when you think about
Raymond venom he's always smiling you know he really really really really
enjoys his job very passionate about it son
a love of life you could see you just never think these things happen to
people with whom you interact on a regular basis with whom your paths cross
and so when I heard last night I was shocked still shocked still hoping that
maybe somewhere along the line we've been misinformed the decomposed
body of a woman was found yesterday in the vicinity of a Central High School on
sevens Road in Clarendon it was partially nude the body is of dark
complexion slim build about five feet three inches long with a dreadlock
hairstyle the woman is believed to be in her early 20s the Clarendon police are
appealing to anyone with information to contact the map and CIB at eight seven
six nine eight six two five two nine one one nine or the nearest police station
and it's time for a break here on the midday news but stay with us
welcome back and we're continuing the news two men charged with having sexual
intercourse with someone under the age of 16 years
yesterday pleaded guilty when they appeared in the st. Elizabeth Circuit
Court javion Shamar Weller and Patrick Simpson pleaded guilty to separate
charges both men are to be sentenced on December 18 mr. Weller was charged after
it was reported that he had sex with a 14 year old in February this year at the
time of his arrest he admitted to having sex with a minor
mr. Simpson was charged after the family reported his engagement with a minor to
the police mr. Simpson said he was unaware of the age of the female at the
time of the encounter 37 sexually related offenses have been listed to be
tried in the st. Elizabeth Circuit Court Darren Powell the man who represented
the peoples National Party in the 2016 general election in Northwest st.
Elizabeth has switched political allegiance this picture which should be
coming on your screen yes was taken of him yesterday and it shows Powell with
other JLP members flashing the customary hand sign when our NewsCenter reached
out to mr. Powell he did not say why he made the switch
mr. Powell of former West Indies fast bowler contested the Northwest st.
Elizabeth seat but lost to the incumbent JC hutchinson mr. Hutchinson himself
welcomed mr. patel's one where he seems to understand that might've made a big
mistake and also you know deciding that he's going to come and support this
initiative a party another one who is prepared to do that
easy everybody a large genuine and there he is about moving with in the direction
in we are going on evil because I'm a
member of the party if we attack because we don't know we are not afraid to be a
member of the church but we are just a member but not in any position at her or
anything either so the ordinary member huucanh.nguyen it can come and if need
be we might give him a Jew to be in charge of my dear district or fallen
division and then we see how we operate
in news overseas a key test of support for the four embattled Israeli Prime
Minister Benjamin Netanyahu takes place Tuesday when his supporters are planning
to hold a rally in Tel Aviv details from the CNN when Israeli Prime Minister
Benjamin Netanyahu defiantly denounced the criminal indictment against him in
functional fashion to nude we're witnessing an attempted coup against the
serving Prime Minister it was as if there was an echo in the room this was
an attempted coup this was an attempt to take down of a president there was no
mistaken Islamism in this Poisson process they never looked for the truth
they looked for me this was an illegal witch hunt and everybody knew it
this is neither coincidental nor superficial it's not just President
Trump's words that Netanyahu is borrowing but his tactics we can never
ever let this happen to another president again Netanyahu is fighting
back Trump style alleging his rivals on the left and the so called crooked media
of inspiring a baseless prosecution against him sound familiar we fight back
the iconic political survivor is punching back in an unprecedented way in
Israel questioning the integrity of some prosecutors and police I mean not in
itself I won't let the lie win I'll continue to lead according to the law
and in sports the Jamaica International Invitational meet has been included in
the twenty20 World Athletics continental Tour as a silver silver level meeting
the meet had to be canceled last season due to financial constraints but meet
director Donald quarry is confident that next year staging will see it back at
its usual level see last year we could have had me but it would have been not a
deliver we wanted it getting dessert there are people that we needed and so
forth and so we are going to get back to the level that we're at we're going to
make sure that we still perform at a level that we're accustomed to and I
think the COS very good for 2020 quarry also explained why the meet was given
silver status instead of gold light the races Grand Prix to show that we had a
certain amount of money in an account you know cost a million dollars
fortunately for racers they had a couple people or one per company that was able
to do that because the decision was never on married as far as which meets
it better or whatever the 20 edition of the Jamaica
International Invitational will be held on May 2 the brand new world athletics
continental tour was invented to replace the I double AF World Challenge series
and will run as a second tier competition below the Diamond League the
Continental Tour will be divided into three levels gold silver and bronze
whose status will be determined by the quality of the competition and prize
money on offer and that's the midday news I'm Andrea Chisholm join us at
seven for the prime time news package on behalf of the news sports and production
teams good afternoon