good afternoon and Vashon brown with the
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watching on one spot media.com counselor
for the Trafalgar VIII division Carrie
Douglass has been charged for breaching
the curfew order which was imposed to
limit the spread of the corona virus the
counselor confirmed that she was last
night charged under the Disaster Risk
Management Act and with disorderly
conduct the council explains that she
was stopped on her way home after
attending to the needs of some
vulnerable persons in her division she
said she left the constituency sometime
before 9 o'clock I was pulled over by
members of the GPS ordered north of my
vehicles which I complied ah meaning the
reason I was on the road and whether or
not I was aware of the curfew I told
them I was aware of the curfew however I
was exempt as a councilor of a Municipal
Corporation they asked me to provide my
identification I told him that I had my
driver's license on me as identification
he said he did not want to see that he
wanted to see a cafe MP issued ID which
I did not have on that sense I told him
that it was no secret being a public
elected representative that I was indeed
a counsellor and that he could not make
a collar to verify also I received a
call from the tone Clark and the mayor
when I call them actually and having
done that they tried to also help in
terms of identifying me to no avail
meanwhile four persons were arrested in
San Tomas between Monday and last night
for failing to comply with a curfew
order the police say a man and a woman
were arrested in Hampstead while another
man was arrested in poor man's corner
the fourth individual was arrested in
yellow square several other persons were
warned for prosecution and the prime
minister Andrew Holness has announced
that the government will extend the
current island-wide nightly curfew other
measures to address the kovat 19
pandemic including work from home
closures of the islands borders and
others will also be extended in
accordance with the relevant orders now
the prime minister will give details
the measures during an update to the
nation later today
head of the Mona geo-informatics
Institute at the University of the West
Indies Moana campus dr. Paris Li ye says
communities in Kingston are more
susceptible to the transmission of kovat
19 he was speaking at a virtual special
select committee meeting on Tuesday the
details in this report director of the
Moana geo-informatics Institute at the
University of the West Indies dr. Paris
vo I II disclosed that communities
located below halfway tree are more at
risk to the spread of The Cove in
nineteen in the country dr. Leo I II
alongside Howard Mitchell and Gordon
Shirley conducted a risk analysis study
which revealed that there are more than
40 vulnerable communities in Kingston
most below half of entry and that tells
us that these are the most at-risk areas
in Jamaica in Kingston as for
communities outside of the Kingston
metropolitan region the study revealed
that Port Antonio Spanish stone and
Montego Bay are hotspot areas
Westmoreland and Saint Elizabeth were
found to have some vulnerable
communities however according to the
study the distribution of vulnerable
groups are on even vulnerable groups are
people with underlying health issues
seventy-five years and over and persons
with little disposable income dr. Lior
IE noted that it is difficult to
implement physical distancing quarantine
and curfews in urban areas he explained
that areas with high population density
would increase the likelihood of Cove in
nineteen and when we begin to combine
population population densities looking
at poverty condition looking at the only
age concentration looking at diabetic
hypertensive we begin to see very
interesting patterns no book may have
certain a high level of of a proportion
of all people and medical inhabitants
but it doesn't have a very highly dense
population and it does not
she doesn't have a very high level of
poverty so the common little risk in
those areas are different from other
parts of Kingston and other parts of of
Jamaica burns more TVJ news businesses
and residents in MAPE and Clarendon are
in the firing line from authorities for
failing to observe the physical
distancing measures but while they
disobey one Scene a parliamentarian is
ensuring that he takes steps to stay
safe more in the support from doing
Anderson an order has been in place
since March 25 for Jamaicans 75 and
older to stay home the measure was put
in place by the government to prevent
senior citizens from contracting kovat
19 there were exemptions including for
politicians but questions remain about
how these representatives of the people
would function well at least one of the
older politicians and his team have been
taking steps to keep safe Mike Henry the
member of parliament for central
Clarendon was noticeably absent from a
handover exercise in May pen on Tuesday
it was the second public event of this
nature covered by our news team in
recent days in my pen where the 84 year
old MP was not among the politicians
present mr. Henry was represented at
Tuesday's event by the younger Joanne
Williams who explained the position of
MP during this time it worked some time
from his home in may pen here but of
course we as the executive of the
constituency we also are aware of what
could happen as it relates to this virus
so indeed we are we tried to make sure
that we don't expose him while those
safeguards have been put in place for
the MP the people he represents are not
as careful especially in the parish
capital may pain the police and
political Directorate blamed the
businesspeople for some of the breaches
especially in failing to get the people
to space out we're still having
challenges with that especially in our
Township especially for the tone of knee
pain where we have a number of
businesses still going on
the banks and those eras of observe that
purse is not maintained in a social
distancing which is a concern for us and
we have our Tony enforcement unit that
will go through from time to time to try
remind the citizens that it's important
at this time that they do so on here no
I'm disappointed with the banks I'm
expecting that the banks should be one
institution not be able to manage this
this this situation and a better way I'm
not I'm not happy with what I'm seeing
at low assess those institution they
were speaking Tuesday following the
handover of five million dollars worth
of goods to the police and hospitals but
the map and business community do in
Anderson TVJ news at least one group is
requiring special attention from the
government in the fight against the
covert 19 pandemic craft vendors say
some persons within the sector are not
paying taxes hence they fall outside the
bracket for financial help for the
sector but finance minister dr. Nigel
Clark says there will be some special
requests which will be granted he made
the announcement this morning during TV
Jay's smile Jamaica
we're providing for the people who are
selling in the market and remember what
the program is focused on uh are the
vulnerable the people at the bottom of
the income scale so the prof end is at a
different level of income from the
crafts producer okay
and so our first intervention is at the
person in the market the person who is
at the bottom of the earning scale and
we are providing an intervention for
them once we've done that we can look
and say alright you know look at the
producer yes we have something for the
small business who is registered and who
is paying taxes and if the craft would
use our falls in that category then they
can they can apply to the small business
grant but otherwise we're focused at the
persons who are at the bottom of the
income scale that's what we have to do
at this time to provide a cushion for
those who are less likely to have the
resources saved and and that sort of but
that's not to say that the person who
was asked this question we won't be able
to find something for them but allow us
to deal with the hundreds of thousands
first dr. Clark also maintains that the
financial downturn during being
experienced across most sectors due to
the kovat nineteen pandemic will be
temporary he says the government is
ensuring that the country is in a
position to make a quick recovery in the
meantime dr. Clark says jamaicans will
be able to apply under the covert
nineteen a location of resources for
employees care program for benefits when
the website goes live online tomorrow
now the website is www.seannal.com for
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welcome back continuing the news now in
less than three months the same
Catherine ponal instead we'll have a
drop-in center to help cater to the many
homeless persons especially those who
are mentally challenged councilor
Herbert Greeks says after much lobbying
the Municipal Corporation has finally
donated lands to host over 200 people
living on the streets of the city the
nurses quarters behind what used to be a
thriving linstedt hospital are being
rehabilitated to house the drop-in
center he says having a formal
establishment for the homeless will
encourage more persons to help to feed
and give other assistance to this often
overlooked group of people they will
come here
when the building is finished to get
medication and of course to be fed so
what I hopefully in a while more for
mentally challenged people go back to
normal life and the building will have
like two rooms one for me one for female
that overnight
you'll have a doctor's office it will
have two bathrooms are three bathrooms
one per star went from you and the
female if I work a recreational area
concerns are being raised about the lack
of physical distancing among Jamaicans
when waiting outside business
establishments nor newsteam visited
several locations across the island on
Monday where we observed a common sight
large gatherings and no physical
distancing the government recommended
that all citizens remain at least three
feet apart but as we observed no one was
following those guidelines while the tax
office in Port Antonio Portland had a
queue persons were still tightly lined
up to collect path benefits even the
elderly and at this ncb ABM next door
there was no orderly conduct the similar
site outside the NCP financial
institution we have four cases on when
together that means the value that we
are for more
the line of something never lands of
Ramadi
now eventually the police showed up so
are you guys we're up here and see we're
doing up here until the time you'll be
real then you can come
so in for a wonderful tale of a weirdo
here we can't do it
now we also visited yellow since in
Thomas this was the crowd outside the
post office and at the crossroads a tax
office in Santander a similar site
however there was one location we
observed some persons practicing
physical distancing this was the line
outside the post office in st. Elizabeth
although persons persons hands were
sanitized before they were allowed entry
and some people were observed wearing
masks and gloves the large crowds are
observing are raising concerns about the
health and safety of citizens questions
this afternoon about whether the
opposition leader dr. Peter Phillips
should have released information about
his medical status in a release
yesterday it was revealed that dr.
Phillips has been diagnosed with stage 3
colon cancer the revelation by dr.
Philips has ignited discussion about
whether this information should have
been made public at least one member of
academia believes the public had a right
to know
assistant lecturer of public policy at
the University of the West Indies Moana
campus Damian Gordon argues that the
post of opposition leader requires
public involvement to a certain level
the public should because the opposition
is very important to the balance of
power you know II dr. Peter Phyllis is a
Lommy kai is a member of parliament
yes serving several ministerial
capacities is currently the leader of
the army parliamentary opposition is
also the president of the People's
National Party therefore II assumes very
important public function and as such I
think it is imperative to know that
people to know that your public servants
are to know what of these developments
that can impact the ability or capacity
of your public servants to properly
discharge your duties on to other news
now
the Kingston West Police have carried
out raids in downtown Kingston
targeting persons behind the recent
flare-up of violence in the division
three persons have been killed and
several others injured
sunday as gunman traded bullets the
latest victim is 47 year old Morris
McPherson a resident of Rosaleen mr.
McPherson was fatally shot in the
community on Monday head of the Kingston
West Police Superintendent Leighton gray
told our new center that the violence
stemmed from a gang feud he said since
Sunday there have been reprisal attacks
in several communities including Oxford
Street Rosaleen chestnut lane and West
Street superintendent - gray said the
police have increased foot and mobile
patrols and conducted raids in the
communities a murder suspect was
arrested on Monday following a shootout
between the police and gunmen on pink
lane in Denham town actress Lloyd Kelly
Miller died this morning she was born
October 1917 mrs. Kelly Miller was a
close friend of Lewis Bennett Covelli
she also lived in Gordon tone sent
Andrew Lloyd Kelly Miller appeared in
several pantomimes and other plays she
was also a former piano teacher in her
70s she appeared in the movie meet Joe
Black
Lloyd Kelly Miller was 102 years old and
here's a preview of what's coming up in
this evenings health report in the next
edition of the health report we look at
how persons should sanitize their hands
properly especially during the school
with 19 pandemic ideally it would be
better if you maybe like the ladies and
have your little stash of tissues or
hand towels paper towels and then as you
use one it is better to discard because
the more times that you use it the
wetter it is and the more chance that as
you sneeze or cough into it you're
actually forcing droplets out of it so
it's better to not reuse or store used
contaminated items that's the health
report this evening in primetime news
and to know for today's healthy living
tip squirt some sanitizer into the palm
of one hand and rub hands together and
thoroughly rub sanitizer into both hands
let
hands air-dry don't wipe them and use a
sanitizer even when your hands are not
visibly dirty such as when you have
sneezed or coughed or you have been near
a sick person and the pandava sports for
the first time in its 37 year history
the World Athletics Championships will
be held before August as organizers of
the 2022 edition in the United States
have agreed to stage the event three
weeks earlier than planned to avoid a
clash with the Birmingham Commonwealth
Games the championships in Eugene Oregon
had already been pushed back a year
after the postponement of the summer's
Tokyo 2020 Olympics to 2021 because of
the corona virus pandemic after a week
of negotiations a compromise has been
and that's the midday news on Vashon
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