good afternoon and Vashon brown with the midday news a special welcome if you're
watching on one spot mediacom three people were shot dead last night in the
upper section of maligns Road in a community called a key walk five others
were injured in the same shooting reports are that sometime after 8:00
some a persons were shot a persons are travelling in two white motor car when
persons traveling in two white motor car drove through a section of the community
firing at residents when the shooting subsided the residents discovered that
eight persons were shot one a bus driver died on the spot while the other two
were pronounced dead at hospital two of the dead men have been identified as 33
old Omar Morris otherwise called a chase and 45-yard ever Hebert otherwise called
bozo a bus driver who prized the Chancellor at the Red Hills route the
other person is said to be a schoolboy who is believed to be about 16 years old
the member of parliament Nigel Clark visited the scene and appealed for calm
this is obviously a police matter a matter that has to be handled by by
police and it's important that members don't you know feel the urge to take
matters into their own hand as deep and as wrenching as the pain is
there is the call this afternoon for the boundaries of the state of emergency in
East Kingston to be extended it comes from the Member of Parliament for East
Royal Assent Angier Juliet Holness who was speaking yesterday in Parliament the
call follows a flare-up of violence in the bull bay area mr. Minister I would
only ask as it relates to my own constituency that the SOE in place goes
a little further from 7:00 from 9 men will be out in level miles where the
constituency ends because we still have some pockets of criminal activity up in
the hills of 10-mile will be and we are desperately in need of the intervention
of the SOE I can speak mrs. wholeness says residents are fearful to even use
anonymous methods such as crime stop 3 1 1 as well as 911 criminal activity no
matter how they come and tell you that they are suffering that the criminals
are preying on them when you go in with the police to sit down and have a talk
with them nobody will talk nobody at all will talk the latest no on the
coronavirus the death toll from the outbreak continues to climb in China
rising to 490 new cases have surged by double-digit percentages in the past 11
days the new figures from China's Health Commission on Wednesday showed that 65
people died on Tuesday and that 3000 887 more people had been infected so far
24,000 324 people are known to have been infected health experts say the death
toll is likely to rise because of the large number of infections the mortality
rate of the coronavirus which is about 2 percent so far appears to be far lower
than SARS which has a mortality rate of about 10% over experts warn that they
still lack enough data to say definitively how lethal the new
coronavirus is meanwhile Canada has confirmed its 5th case of the deadly
coronavirus officials in Vancouver made the announcement on 2
they saying the victim had visitors from the Chinese city that's ground zero for
the outbreak MP for Southeast sent Andrew Julian Robinson is again
reiterating the need for the high command to do more to boost to the
morale of the police personnel with seven states of emergency and the two
zones of special operations in effect mr. Robinson says the police are
stretched they are extremely stretch by based on the seven states of emergencies
and sources that exists their conditions of work are challenging being out on the
road away from their families for extended periods of time and so we have
to ensure that mechanisms are in place not just for their welfare as in food
and shelter but also for their well-being
and the stress levels that are attendant with being on the road for these
extended periods of time and even though the mobile service section of the
Jamaica constable Air Force has been disbanded the national security minister
says aspects of their operations are still ongoing to operate in different
years and operating and every price of our OSP team is the operation of special
operations our team on the ground as well the entire organization proceeding
and we'll have men of that level as in operation he also give an update on the
Jamaican National Service Corps security service who have been vetted have been
absorbed in as family in body Jamaica Defence Force the police force the
Correctional Service and some up a few have gone to customs passport
immigration center and other areas to news on the political scene now the
People's National Party says it will not be contesting the by-election for South
East Clarendon until their general secretary of the GOP dr. Horace Chan
hinted at a by-election following the resignation of member of parliament for
the constituents of Rudyard Spencer in a statement this morning PNP general
secretary Julian Robinson described the by-election as unnecessary and a
wasteful political exercise he noted that while the party wishes mr. spent so
well in his retirement his resignation has not been occasioned by any personal
or national emergency he says it was rather a ploy by the GOP to settle the
political wrangling between senators Pernell Charles jr. and Robert Morgan
mr. Robinson said Jamaicans could not be expected to provide the electoral office
of Jamaica with 30 million dollars to pay for a contrived by-election he said
that is on that is an unwise move when general elections expected to cost over
1 billion dollars are due within months and it's no time for a break and will
return right after these messages
welcome back continuing the news now the murder statistics continue to increase
with the killing of two women this morning in Mandeville Manchester a man
is in custody in relation to the killings the details in this report this
is 38 knowles Crescent in Mandeville Manchester
it's where 29 year old Shaniqua Dixon and 35 year old Lola Mullins meant their
untimely death about 155 Wednesday morning
Shaniqua a hairdresser from the community and NOLA a bartender of
Lincoln district were both inside the house when they were attacked this
window is where it's believed the attacker gained entry to the house
residents say they heard explosions and called the police
upon arrival Dixon was found lying face-up on a bed with what appeared to
be gunshot wounds to the head Mullins was found in the doorway of another room
slumped over table the motive for the killings is unclear however the police
believes Senecas ex-boyfriend Roland Williams also known as Anthony or
Sammy boy could help them with their investigations it's understood that mr.
Mullins and Shaniqua had a dispute - the night before he left the house and later
returned mr. Williams was charged in 2014 with
robbery and illegal possession of firearm TVJ News has since learned that
mr. Williams is now in police custody he was nabbed in a police operation on the
Williams field main road Kirk Wright TVJ News and it's now time
for a preview of what's coming up in this evenings health report if the next
edition of the health report we look at leptospirosis some how it is a cultural
problem because you know people are used to buying some soup here or there but
soup is not really the problem okay soup is hot and so if you're
consuming it hot then it could be pretty safe but we're talking about the fruit
stores and so on peeling the fruit cutting it and also the fact that there
is there is no proper counter where this is done there is no hand-washing
facilities that's the Health Report this evening in
primetime news and to know for today's healthy living tip if you have
leptospirosis if your medical doctor may prescribe antibiotic to treat the
infection you should make a full recovery in a few days or weeks it's
important to finish the course of antibiotics even if you start to feel
better and if you have a more serious infection
you may need to be treated in hospital news for the field now we go to the
United States where US President Donald Trump on Tuesday outlined his vision for
the next year which is an election year in the State of the Union address for
more on his presentation we joined the siene president Trump delivering his
third State of the Union address one that will likely set the table for his
run toward November the state of our union is stronger than ever before the
theme of the speech the great American comeback focusing on health care I've
also made an ironclad pledge to American families we will always protect patients
with pre-existing conditions and immigration the United States of America
be a sanctuary for law-abiding Americans not criminal aliens and national
security our military is completely rebuilt with its power being unmatched
anywhere in the world and it's not even close president laid
out his vision for the final year of his first term in office hoping his agenda
will lead to a second if we hadn't reverse the failed economic
policies of the previous administration the world would not now be witnessing
this great economic success No impeached American president has ever run for
reelection and tomorrow afternoon the Senate will cast their votes on the
charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress presented by the
House Democratic response to the speech delivered by Governor Gretchen Whitmer
of Michigan one of the states that buoyed president Trump to victory in
2016 and one Democrats want back in their column this November
despite the dishonesty and division of the last few years and that we heard
tonight from the President of the United States
but it's important to stay positive you know and we knew that you know we should
have gotten better results against the other teams but I didn't today that's
football you know you win some you lose some but the objective was to just come
over here and show what we could do and you know stay together as a team despite
all the adversity that we've been through still on the sporting scene
captain Nicholas Lewin turned in a solid all-around performance the leads in
George's College to a five-wicket win over Kingston college in their North
Street clash in the ISA grace shield cricket competition Casey who elected to
bat were dismissed for 115 despite 53 from Matthew Bell as Lewin bragged 5 for
46 he got great support from Noel Thompson who picked up for 452 st.
George's College then got to victory at 116 for five of thirty eight overs as
Lewin returned to top scorer with an unbeaten 66 while Alex Campbell made 16
Bell also had a good all-round performance as he picked up three 451
for Kingston college it was in George's college's fourth win in a row captain
newing says the team is an all-round unit we come together and collectively
we're looking to win his championship this year team server sides are one one
team young stars coming in who is doing very well about an oil and coming in new
feel Kingston college all-rounder Matthew Bell says he's hoping to start
converting some of his half centuries into triple figures
well I said 76 against Ireland and 19 not against Penn Wood and 53 against st.
George's today yeah both of them should have been hundreds but I mean I fell
short so I just have come again Robert more games to play can make a
couple hundred in those games and that's the midday news I'm Vashon Brown join us
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