good afternoon it's Thursday April 11 I'm Herman green with your midday news
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Jamaica's Civil Aviation Authority JC a a has broken its silence regarding the
damning findings on the November 10 2016 plane crash in Greenwich town sent
Andrew it's response comes as the operator of the 18-year old Korean
aviation training center captain Errol Stewart raised questions about the J
CIA's operation the probe conducted by the J CAA and the us-based National
Transportation Safety Board uncovered several major safety breaches concerning
the ill-fated aircraft and by its operator the Caribbean aviation training
center shortcomings were also found on the part of the JC AAA which has
oversight responsibility for the local airspace speaking at a press conference
this morning director-general of a JC a a nari Williams Singh sought to address
statements made by captain Errol Stewart one of the issues which was pointed out
by captain Stewart is that the JC a a was conflicted since they were carrying
out an investigation against itself however mr. William Singh says that was
not so the NTSB of the United States the NTSB is an accredited party to the
investigation as the aircraft involved in the accident was manufactured and
registered in the United States the aircraft engine manufacturer lycoming
and the aircraft manufacturer Cessna were technical advisors to the NTSB
it is therefore disingenuous to suggest that the GC a was investigating itself
given the participation of the aforementioned third parties the JCA
director-general also sought to clarify the issues surrounding the ring gear
which was pictured in the plane crash report the photo appearing in the
official report is that of the Indian manufacturers like Cummings reference
starter ring gear not the actual part taken from the aircraft the Indian
manufacturer attached the reference starter ring gear to the engine
crankshaft during the investigations to determine measurements and
specifications from those measurements it was determined by the engine
manufacturer that the engines internal timing was incorrect 24 hours after the
murder suicide of two correctional officers on Walton Park Road in Kingston
and another attempted murder suicide this morning this time the crime scene
is on McIntosh Drive in sin and row reports from the half a tree police
station are that early Thursday morning a man known only as 40 had an
altercation with his common-law wife at their home during which he used the
stone to inflict wounds to her head the police were alerted and the woman was
found unconscious lying in a pool of blood she was taken to a hospital where
she is admitted in serious condition the man is then believed or rather the man
is believed to have then took his own life the public is being reminded that
the Jamaica Constabulary Force offers counseling services through its domestic
violence intervention centers located at the constant spring and Mathilda's
corner police stations both in st. Andrew the Jamaica Federation's of
Corrections says it will be seeking to renegotiate the budgetary allocation
from the security ministry to address psychiatric assistance for its members
the call comes in the wake of when the morning's tragic murder suicide
involving two correctional officers federation chairman Arlington Turner
says based on the limited financial allocation this year he believes the
issue has not been given the attention it needs
two million dollars increased from a 68 million dollar per annum for wellness
for our officers and we had asked for at least 12 million dollars because what we
realized is happening our officers needs the attention in the
stressful environment in which we operate this might seem like a huge sum
but is not he says currently nothing is in place to help the officers following
yesterday's killings the chaplains in unit visited the victims co-workers he
says that is not enough so he will be taken the matter to the ministry again
we are written just some time ago to ask to meet with the minister to address
some issues I think this is no a priority issue that we need to address
so this is one of the things high on the agenda that we need to sit at the table
and address because it's an highly stressed job and our offices are being
affected Minister with responsibility for the Education Ministry Carson muda
is calling on schools to be more disciplined in sticking to their budgets
mr. Samaras says the days of diverting funds intended for one project to
another must end ki-moon Witter reports at over 107 billion dollars the
Education Ministry manages the second biggest budget allocation in central
government and with that a call from the man now overseeing that portfolio calls
amudha for schools to spend money on the
intended project when we allocate funds for certain types of expenditure in the
schools those funds are to be used for the purpose for which a request was made
of the Ministry of Finance for them mr. tsuda who was speaking at the opening of
a new science lab at the st. Catherine High School on Wednesday said if funds
are needed for other projects a special request for new funds must be made but
the most important thing is to adhere to the plan of action and to use the
resources appropriately to make sure that what we plan to do we
actually adhere to it and get it done he said the boards and principals of
schools must be made to understand that education and the Ministry of Education
must be run in a businesslike way avoid waste whist is like a pickpocket it
deprives us of valuable resources that can be put into productive areas that
can go to the benefit of educating the children ki-moon wit our TV J news
meanwhile the government is seeking to review the school feeding program that's
the word from Minister with responsibility for the Education
Ministry careless amudha mr. Samaras says he directed the review to happen
because he wants to ensure students are not being asked to learn while hungry
the teaching staff told me that many of the students by nine o'clock you can see
a difference in their attitude and I said why said because you're hungry they
need nutrition in order to learn and that is why in the ministry we have with
dr. McLean we have spoken about the question of revisiting the school
feeding program with a view to determining exactly what the cost is to
ensure and guarantee that every child attending school can do so with comfort
knowing that they are receiving appropriate nutrition in order to
observe what is being taught well Damien Crawford remain in East Portland that
was the question on everybody's mind after he was defeated by the GOP
candidate anne-marie vos in last Thursday's East Portland by-election but
in a meeting at the Port Antonio High School Auditorium in Portland Wednesday
evening those questions were answered more in this report losing pnp candidate
and the recent portal in the eastern by election day mayor Crawford has
indicated that he will be contesting of a seat again in the next general
elections mr. Crawford was in the constituency last evening
banking party workers he left no doubt that he will be trying to wrestle the
seat from a TLPs and Marie Vaz after the next opportunity there's up
question everybody's oxen and I'm going to give you the answer when they are CEO
what I'm going to do Damien Crawford stays mr. Crawford claims that
he could not desert at the PNP workers after the show of support he received as
a PNP standard bearer in the constituency I'm Stan because the
children need an example that it first suture and those succeed chaiyya chaiyya
I'm here to stay because of the comrades who must be reminded that there is
something about this party that deserves loving that deserves effort that
deserves commitment in the meantime pnp president dr. peter phillips also
thanked the constituents for their support he says the police are
investigating reports of what buying in the lead-up to the by-election the
security forces are investigating
investigating people for dying in East Portland keep letting people break the
law with impunity they will have a lawless country but while the party has
accepted the East Portland defeat dr. Philips has blasted the media and poll
results claiming that they were biased against the opposition some said some
cell 6 some say climbing everyday and when you
look at the result you realize that it was just propaganda simple propaganda
against the People's National Party and the candidate or shade masters TV 10
News we go on to news in sports as Jamaica's reggae boys and Honduras were
joined by El Salvador and Curacao in Group C of the CONCACAF Gold Cup at
Wednesday's draw in Los Angeles USA Daniel Blake has the details
earlier this month at the National Stadium for the first time ever will
host two matches in the CONCACAF Gold Cup two time finalists Jamaica and
Honduras were confirmed to do battle in the second game of a doubleheader on
June 17 but today it was confirmed that El Salvador and Curacao will play in the
first game after the opening games in Kingston the reggae boys will fly to
Houston to play El Salvador on June 21 and end their group stage campaign
against Curacao on June 25 in Los Angeles
Jamaica will be familiar with the here as they played El Salvador and
Curacao in the 2017 group stage much to the satisfaction of head coach Theodore
at upper Whitmore who witnessed the jaw first and foremost it's good to get over
the job looking forward for a good competitive to a mentor now we see what
the group stage is is like the first game is at home so we just have to take
care of what we need to take care of at home the reggae boys were runners-up in
the previous two editions of the tournament losing 3-1 to Mexico in the
2015 edition before going down 2-1 to the United States in 2017 Daniel Blake
TVJ sports and that's the midday news primetime news is at 7:00 on behalf of
the entire team I'm Herman green good afternoon
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