good afternoon it's Monday April 29 I'm Herman green with your midday news
special welcome to those of you watching online one spot in media.com district
constable jason williams who was arrested for making fake bomb threats
which disrupted court sittings in downtown Kingston last year was free
today before the st. Andrew Parish Court mr. Williams and businessman Cardale
Clarke of top tone in Clarke stone Trelawny were charged with creating
public mischief the district constable was freed after the prosecution decided
not to pursue the case against him he was in custody since January
his attorney Vincent Wesley said there was no link between his client and the
bomb threats the backlog of cases before the course continues to be a problem in
the justice system despite ongoing efforts to reduce it adding to the
number of cases that already exist last week it was revealed that there were
more than a thousand cases in the new Easter term of the home Circuit Court in
downtown Kingston also in the previous term only 91 cases were disposed
speaking on TV Jay smell Jamaica this morning Director of Public Prosecutions
Paula Llewellyn said over 3 300 of those cases were set for a court hearing you
have
709 cases of that number having been put on the mentioned list plea and case
management hearing with and a for bill application so you have three hundred
and forty cases that have been set for trial up to twenty twenty-one so far so
what you have for the rest of the year you have four is a term ninety eight
cases to spread between five courts miss Llewellyn said while it's unlikely that
all the cases will be disposed of before the term ends in July the court is
ensuring that cases that where a sign that dates will be tried attorneys after
a while will have no need to trip a book RW can say oh you know normally the over
patty list and you can only try one case at a time let me also go and set matters
in st. Catherine and Clarendon and in the parish court so it means that
everybody knows that once the date is set the case must go on and it's only
barring an emergency at least one police officer is raising concerns about the
need for change in the Road Traffic Act to help curb the level of indiscipline
on the nation's roads Deputy Superintendent Paul Bernard says there
are too many indiscipline motorists motorcyclists rather on the roads
Clarendon has recorded 14 fatalities since the start of the year with three
motorcycle accidents in six days I
believe it is indiscipline if you have 40 police on this stretch as if they're
out of the sight of the officers most of them increase their speed especially the
motorcyclist need to be some change in the road traffic to deal with these
motorcycles we are using losing too much of or young people to clear less
dangerous and reckless riding on the road on Saturday a male motorcyclist
died in a crash along the hills men were in Clarendon his identity has not been
confirmed but the police have confirmed that speeding was a factor in that crash
I wanna use this medium to remind our to warn motorists and motorcycles alike to
drive our ride within your limitations you must be aware of your environment if
it is dark you need to cut your speed if it is wet you need to cut your speed and
I'm also a man at the motorcycles that if they are too we're their protective
gears meanwhile a woman is dead and two others have been hospitalized following
a motor vehicle crash along new Green Road in Manchester Sunday morning the
dead woman has been identified as 19 year old Nick Cheung of Furtado Drive in
Mandeville it's understood that about 2:30 a Mitsubishi Lancer motor car and a
Nissan Tiida motorcar were travelling in the same direction the drive of the
Mitsubishi Lancer attempted to overtake the Nissan Tiida when it collided with
the rear of a Nissan Tiida the driver of the Tita allegedly lost control of the
motor car and crashed into a utility pole Chung who was a passenger in the
Nissan Tiida was thrown from the vehicle he sustained
several injuries and was taken to a hospital where she was pronounced dead
the driver of the Nissan Tiida and another passenger remain in hospital the
drive of the Mitsubishi Lancer was treated and released
he has been warned for prosecution the Clarendon Police are making dents in the
guns and guns for drug trade with the recent nabbing of an alleged dealer a
team of police carried out an operation in Portland cottage we are two guns and
several rounds of ammunition were found acting on intelligence a premises
occupied by 28 year-old a 28 year old man and his mother was searched search
revealed one break Oh unbroken a millimeter one break 0.38
revolver an Enchantix Enchantix fire also 140 semi SATA drones domination and
one spin share also phone in the room was 918 packages of compressed ganja
we're about nine on jet bombs or intelligence revealed that this young
man returned recently from Haiti and was selling fireman ammunition from these
premises and we believe that is his repackaging to return for one shot trip
according to the police the residents in the area are aware of the illicit
activity but are withholding information
we are sure that residents in era are aware because this one was said to be
firing gunshot every night every night and these people keep silent I'm
appealing to the citizens of Portland Cottage Rocky Point and Sarah needs to
give up these persons for anyone can become a victims when these fires reach
into the hands of criminals the local government ministry through a
partnership with a national health fund and h-f has taken steps to improve
services provided at infirmaries the first phase of the project is
retrofitting infirmaries with sterilizing units known as autoclave
machines the first donation was recently made to the sent Elizabeth infirmary
we are getting this kind of something that we long needed because previously
we had to get the girls and other items that we use for sterile procedure
sterilize elsewhere according to local government minister
Desmond McKenzie over the next few weeks all information the island will be
equipped with autoclave machines it will not be business as usual for a number of
organizations which get money from the Ministry of Agriculture in the next two
years a number of those associations will be on their own TV days of Shane
masters reports it is imminent the word from the Agriculture Ministry to how
organizations and associations will have to operate in order to become
financially viable and sustainable Minister without portfolio and the
Agriculture Ministry JC Hutchinson speaking at the Montpellier Agriculture
Show said it's constantly government millions on an annual basis to
financially assist these organizations and associations of specific note the
Jamaica agricultural society Jas
transition from a public body to a non-government organisation within the
next two years that means that the Jamaica cultural society will have to be
standing on their own two feet at present government is paying them a
hundred million dollars a year to assist with the running of the in his response
percent of the GES Longworth Fulton believes the two-year period which has
been given for the transformation to a non-governmental organization NGO is too
short I think it's too short setting the two years argument is a estimate and we
don't know because the government had planned to
employ a consultant to do is not the Jaisal you know it's the many other
organization and feminist a short speech yesterday he also hinted at a before
each club still after la Coupole as well that came out of a speech yesterday
however he says he will not be waiting on the Agriculture Ministry to provided
a consultant as he says the Jas will be meeting as early as next month to put
its plans together so within six months we will have an exit plan that will come
out of a retreat and who fully will be a tool to by our Board in early July our
ATM authority July and this is what we will put to government or we will move
forward will also see you know exit some private public mr. Hutchinson says in
order for the sector to grow as is needed farmers most of you want they do
as a business in order for them to get maximum output or Shane masters TVJ news
news now in sports is the final hoorah this evening when title holders port
more United and Waterhouse bring the curtains down on the red stripe Premier
League season at the national stadium the match starts at 8:35 Jordan fort has
our preview there were added last season with port more United coming away the
winner on penalties this will be the fourth consecutive trip for port Moyer
United to the final under the new format while it will be the third for
waterhouse the tool along with our net Gardens and Montego Bay United are the
only teams to reach a final under the new format but Waterhouse are the only
ones yet to taste victory you know a straight starts at one and hopefully see
it can be historic force port more are being led to the final by talisman Javon
east but despite pumping in the goals in the regular season he's yet to score in
a final from three previous attempts anyone can deliver on the deer but East
lack of fortune doesn't give the Waterhouse camp any comfort this area I
think is a little bit more important and have a little bit more to his game this
year but is is a talisman for a team but I know about supply and demand if
there's no supply I mean for Portnoy to be victorious defended a man of Solomon
identified the man they'll have to stop I will always say Jimmy in fairly good
distant player can can work miracles so I mean it will be the most direly person
we should actually look at as for the funds you can expect Portmore to be
outnumbered but andre-louis welcomes a crowd you know bizarre play I'm like the
code like play a big games because that's when they get for sure your
talent I'm sure sir oh I'm a good player like anyone else I mean love big game so
the fans Naga really get to me you know I'm happy or the fans a coma because we
need that energy America we need games a mysterion Park because players perform
when that must feel good this will be coach Shaffer Thomases last match in
charge of Portmore but he says there will be no shedding of Tears I'm not the
one who shed tears easily but you know tears of joy
and you know sometimes it's important you know to bring out you know express
yourself my brother is one that does that very easily very modeling but you
know I will all my emotions in and try to you know stay on the ground
for the most part of Portmore have won the title on six occasions while
waterhouse have done so twice jordan fort TVJ sports and that's the midday
news I'm Herman green remember primetime news is at 7:00 on behalf of the new
sports and production teams good afternoon