good afternoon of ashlynn brown with the
midday news a special welcome if you're
watching on one spot Mediacom general
secretary of the Jamaica Labour Party
dr. Horace Chiang and the Jamaica Labour
Party women's parliamentary caucus have
added their voices to the matter
concerning comments made by Justice
Minister del rock last week during a
Joint Select Committee meeting on the
sexual harassment bill during the
discussion on an appropriate time period
for the reporting of sexual harassment
mr. Chuck said he did not want to see
persons making sexual harassment
complaints years after the incident as
has been happening in the me2 movement
this statement has drawn strong
condemnation from members of the public
in the joint statement from the jlpt
today dr. Chang said the groups strongly
condemn any statement which diminishes
the importance of the issue of sexual
harassment or the broader issue of
sexual violence he said mr. Chuck's
apology is welcomed the GOP general
secretary added that going forward he
expressed he expects mr. Chuck's conduct
in the committee will reflect the
seriousness with which such matters
should be addressed meanwhile the
Justice Minister has issued another
apology in his statement on the weekend
mr. Chuck apologized that to anyone who
found this remark he made at the
parliamentary committee in appropriate
within 12 months please now in a
statement issued today mr. Chuck said he
deeply regrets what upon reflection was
insensitive behavior on his part and
unreserved today and sincerely
apologizes he says he acknowledges and
sympathizes with the hurt and the trauma
experienced by persons who are victims
of harassment or any form of sexual
abuse for which there is no statute of
limitation sure everyone who has been
concerned by my utterance that my
conduct in committee meetings and
otherwise will reflect
the fact that I do not seek to diminish
the importance of this issue I always
advocate for women to be treated with
dignity and respect and I believe in a
society where women are never
objectified or exploited I asked for the
public's forgiveness and commit the
championing the cause and concerns of
over woman and to be an ally and an
advocate representing fully and fairly
the women of Jameel unto other news now
the Kingston and st. Andrew Municipal
Corporation case AMC has called in
auditors to assess its operation and
management systems the auditors from the
Minister of Local Government started
their assessment today in a media
release the KMC said the overall aim of
the audit is to review the operational
effectiveness of the municipality the
purchasing functions of the cooperation
and assess the collections and the
management of its markets and arcades
chairman of the case AMC senator del Rae
Williams stated that the audit will
assess to the council in establishing
and improving effective internal control
systems and to design and implement
controls to prevent and detect fraud
senator Williams says the case AMC has
undertaken upgrades of the papen red
rose and Jubilee markets which are all
nearing completion their plans to embark
on renovation of the Pernell Charles
arcade constant spring arcade and
coronation market soon mr. Williams says
before the next phase of works commenced
the KMC must review the operation of the
markets the opposition spokesman our
national security Fitz Jackson says the
time has come for the government to
implement measures to deal with crime
he says the country can no longer wait
while criminals roam free details in
this report the opposition is yet again
making a call for the government to
address the rampant acts of criminality
taking place on and wide the call comes
from opposition spokesman a national
security Fitz Jackson he was speaking
with TVJ news on Sunday while visiting
the mother of corporal Dan Binks one of
two officers who was shot dead a few
weeks ago in Horizon parks and Catherine
on each occasion I can feel the grief
that both parents experienced I also had
the opportunity to meet with officer
Biggs wife since its passing and it's
very very sad not a fellow Jamaican in
service to their country had to lose
their life their lives in the way that
they did families and Rahul has also
visited the family members of corporal
Binks and consular Takara Hilton in
Spanish town all our presence here one
to grieve in you commiserate
as for consumer Hilton's family he will
forever be a hero but the pain of losing
their only child we made all the
necessary preparation in the event that
you should pass he knows about she
doesn't know what to do it was a
thinking of these incidents the
opposition says should be a driver for
the government to speed up the process
attack a crime once and for all mr.
Jackson says the PNP is willing to
cooperate so far as the legislative
changes are concerned we stand ready to
work with the government but they must
step up to the table last week during a
crime summit Prime Minister Andrew
Holness said it could take ten years to
build the nation's anti crime-fighting
infrastructure to the level needed to
properly control crime or Shane masters
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welcome back continuing the news now one
small business operator at the man of a
taxi park in Manchester is this
afternoon questioning the circumstances
which led to the closure of her shop by
the Municipal Corporation as a Shan
masters now reports the operator says
everything from her standpoint was in
order
meet Rose Ellis she operates this cook
shop in demand of a taxi Park in
Manchester who says her livelihood has
been disrupted because a Manchester
Municipal Corporation has closed her
cook shop she says she has been
operating the shop for few months as a
previous operator went home after the
government issued a stay at home order
for the elderly
due to the corona virus pandemic but she
says since the end of me the corporation
has been threatening to evict her from
the shop
she says the previous owner had rented
the Municipal Corporation to indicate
that she miss Ellis would be operating
the shop she told the TVJ news that a
letter was rejected by the corporation
came and I went they came to me and say
I must take all my things after come out
and I said you can't come and tell me to
come out like that because miss doors
leave in a teashop
they come on the third time they clearly
from periscopes come to me and say with
those Carol even I shop chef Mehta
called meetings of America mode I know
miss dole shop a parish constituent
meetings amount come on let me say this
is not doing other things miss Ellis
says from that encounter
she took her copy from the previous
owner to the corporation miss Ellis said
following dialogue with representatives
at the corporation it was determined
that rent was old for the shop something
she dismissed I gave them the receipt
that pay for the shop and I gave them
the letter from Miss dose and they
photocopy it and give me a letter with
the receipt she says on Sunday morning
the Metropolitan Police returned and
threw away her food items and utensils
from the shop in the shop Sedona the
police the police officer unlimited him
come and then come pull Alisha under
statically things Mr put him outside she
says she'll be seeking an audience with
a local government
mr. coyote and estimators short people
things like that and I'm already
starting within the parish cones I've
already saw it in the first quarter for
over seven years and they are collecting
my money every day an allele elimination
in this control meeting go track the
issue was further compounded as Miss
Ellie says the authorities changed the
locks on the doors making it difficult
for her to have any access to the cook
shop efforts to get a comment from May
of man David Donovan Mitchell since
Sunday proved futile machine masters TV
news
residents of Stewart Onan centromere
resumed their protest to this morning
over the killing of a community member
by the police two weeks ago
Savion Hinds was fatally shot by the
police in his home on June 15 the
residents blocked the roads again
demanding justice for Savion I mean you
said everybody I will know I'll get tea
so if I block it I want justice we're
you know we all go to always throw block
the road if when I get justice or help
another roadblock caused the traffic
pile up and forced commuters to walk
despite the inconvenience some motorists
and commuters say they did not have a
problem with the protest when I don't
believe the people him I don't blame
them you know with coming just like
America this is our problem out here
yeah Mon I don't blame them at all what
can I say
all right then Berto right no I'm just
killing that better so do all right
forget justice brother call we need
justice with a soft meow real ting my
nominee no mind me yes or no
away fer me I know so Liat no problem
with that I still don't feel good you
know cause I don't know anything you
know Italian also I can you know you
feel bad you know for something else
come up you know one people after the
residents maintained that save Ian Hines
was killed in cold blood
in become is investigating the matter
and as a report it is not the first time
the residents are blocking
the roads no help no vote that
declaration from residents of Kitson
town in st. Catherine
bad road no potable water and a constant
prey for criminals our challenges they
have been faced with and they are
appealing to their political
representative for urgent assistance
it's a hard road to travel for residents
of Kitson tonin's and Catherina this is
what the Catamount road which runs from
Kitson tone to the top mountain district
it looks like residents complained that
of the road has been a deplorable state
for several years and they're frustrated
but what has triggered their anger is
the fact that no effort is being made to
fix the road they claim that their
political representatives have been made
aware of their plight however their
cries are yet to be answered so many
would be like oh that's a time and
finally led to this running left to this
come to this nobody on every month same
I come every day and I'm coming every
day I'm coming right mister dr. Tufton
and mr. McCoy
every day I'm coming this road need to
be fixed because every time wood coming
out we drop the other damage upon spring
me on right here because Tammy the same
time I'll tell him and say then coming
to get it
fix me talk to him up to yesterday he's
there for weeks time so I don't really
know due to the poor condition of the
road taxi operators refused to go into
the community leaving residents to walk
long distances to get home then go wrong
AFRICOM now we have to pay more money
300 350 400 3k we eat we got doctor I
mean lick me head cosmic Fiat joke you
show me that jerk sir yes kasi to add to
their stress
residents are regularly targeted by
criminals on the road
dr. tough tell my time not we're not
going on a 40 McAteer Easter
have we not get forward when we avoid
then take care of a company Africa
but them no she said we want rewarded
it's like them take it in Punjab
I wanna more say no what no what no
would people that are in Ted it won't
come on it with him about the eternal by
water by water by watering can buy food
that's water it survived there is also
no potable water in the community the
residents claim they have to buy the
commodity which is costly they're
appealing to their Member of Parliament
dr. Christopher Tufton for urgent
assistance sports now there is concern
that athletes could decide not to
compete over fears of contracting the
coronavirus when Jamaica's governing
body for track and field gets the
go-ahead to resume live sports renato
brown reports president of the jamaica
athletics Administrative Association dr.
Warren bleak revealed that the
Association is anticipating a return of
live sports locally and plans are being
put in place
I have track and field quickly following
horse racing in returning to the track
but Blake feels there might be athletes
who will stay away due to fear of the
virus that that is a possibility man
this is the reason why we are drafting
some protocols so we can say two daddies
if you follow these protocols the risk
of you catching our chance we didn't
cover 19 corner virus with it would be
minimized because we can't absolutely
protect everybody against getting it
what we can certainly take steps to
minimize the transmission of corner
virus I mean simple steps like the word
of a mask and maintaining social
distancing do go a long way in
preventing the transmission of this
virus meanwhile with talks of increasing
the cost to use the facilities at
Independence Park Blake was asked if a
return to track and field without
spectators would be financially viable I
think at first when we do come back to
compete we if we have funds it may be
just a limited amount of funds in the
grandstand for the if you are going to
practice social distancing which I don't
see how it's going to be possible
without some social distancing among the
fans in the stadium F we're we're to
maintain good medical protocols until as
I said minimize the risk of transmission
of over 19
then the fun with the funds attending
events will be drastically reduced so
that when to reduce result in a cotton
income the j-3 is boss that says there
are other options being discussed that
should they not get the go-ahead for
fans to attend we'll have to look at
other avenues to try get in come with us
one of the things that we were providing
content and we hope that we can increase
our revenues from the sale of this
content there is still uncertainty
surrounding the return of track and
field with three months to go before the
end of the current season
renard abroad for TVJ sports and that's
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