good afternoon I am Andrea Chism with
the midday news a special welcome if
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there were chaotic scenes in some
sections of a port more st. Catherine as
residents refused to obey physical
distancing rules in some areas while
waiting in long lines at business
establishments st. Catherine remains on
the lockdown
to contain the spread of Kovach 19 but
residents got additional days to do
business TV J's Andrew lady was in the
area and gave us this update I'm
standing at the port Henderson Plaza in
Port Morrison Catherine where there's a
chaotic scene of residents trying to get
into a money transfer and remittance
establishment behind me now I wanted to
pay attention to hope closely the
residents are standing to each other
they aren't standing six feet apart
which is the order which was handed down
by the government and which comes into
effect today now I also want you to pay
attention to the fact that the police
are on the ground I spoke with one of
the officers who told me that he has
tried to enforce the law but the people
aren't moving
so I also spoke with some of the
residents to find out why they aren't
moving one of them said that hey sir
we're simply too hungry we can't wait
any longer
this is a very tedious process and we
simply just want to get the money so
that we can get our groceries or to need
more time and if we don't have food in
our also have more debt piling on
because no people don't have it no
people don't have any smiling I be a cop
I don't have any car again I call me
complicated my liquor money and CA and a
four o'clock then when we're each other
and I'm ago say don't so owe me a go
manage with me a myself imagine when I
my grand pickney them we need more time
and a conscious sharing someone and I
smile in the country of oh we a burger
shop when I have nowhere food one more
time oh speaking of guys who said I want
background in a few boats
we need more prep time Prime Minister
please I'm asking you that report from
Andrew Lloyd Lee in st.
Catherine meanwhile it was a similar
situations in some section in some
sections of Lin stood Saint Catherine
but more residents were wearing masks TV
Jay's Kirk right is in the area and now
joins us live with what least it now
looks like everybody completely not seen
here from 6:00 in the morning and not
believed to get to a lady noticed
earlier on that he was here last week
one of the agreements in service and she
had to go home because the lines were
long and discipline akela is another
part of the problem people are told to
maintain distance and what other people
are keeping their eyes and make or
trying to be orderly
that's what is it me to probably have
enlisted people who are trying to get
surprised Brett is in a Pentagon here
since it's a lady for legislators was
free over $200 for better and she said
that was clear price closing as a woman
Tony's over on their fall by people who
are just incredible and they can't
regard to what the police officers and
understood we found it fit for them to
say that they taking new instructions at
assignment and you want to pay forward
you know success vomiting that's more
orderly
yes police outside and they're
maintaining the source of difference
inside both overall
well stone safety queen thank you thank
you very much or reporter Kirk right in
Lynn stood Saint Catherine and as
restrictions tightened due to the spread
of the corona virus the business
community remains apprehensive about a
total lockdown of the country we have
details in this report of commerce and
the micro small and medium enterprises
Alliance are predicting grave
consequences if a total lockdown over
country is done president of a chamber
lloyd distant argues that the economy is
unique so this approach cannot be
adopted as in other countries we hear
the discussions on both sides we need to
lock them we need to lock down and on
the other side we hear person having the
conversation I think that sees that
don't can't work for the kind of society
and economy that we have we are not in
our Denmark that can provide what the
figure they're providing 5,000 each
citizen every month or whatever the
figures are bring that's not where we
are so we just have to be very mindful
of how do we retain our society at one
level and then ensure that as weak
remote on the end of this that we have
not lost all the business opportunities
that that way no business is closed
that we can actually get them restarted
and get the current going for president
of the MSME alliance Donovan Wignall
there will be devastating economic
consequences if a lockdown is ordered
our kind of ikana for that there there
what happened no reflected here are shut
down and the curfew always and with the
public reason their own distancing and
how does one conduct themselves in their
businesses and in public in terms of
we're in the requisite masks etc I think
it it is working so far and there are
several theories out there about you
know the hurt theory when the entire
herd getting just injected then
everybody becomes a new one I don't
subscribe to that I think what Lisa M is
a collaborative approach the government
has resisted implementing a total
lockdown as a measure to be used to
contain the sparta of the corner virus
in Jamaica machine masters TV genius
Prime Minister Andrew Holness has sought
to explain why his administration
decided to use its powers under the
Disaster Risk Management Act
to contain the spread of the corona
virus he was responding to calls by
opposition leader dr. Peter Phillips for
an island-wide state of emergency to
adequately respond to the Cova 19 crisis
mr. Hoonah says the cabinet discussed
this matter extensively when pandemic
was declared and the cabinet
contemplated how should we proceed
should we proceed under the emergency
Powers Act or do we proceed under the
Disaster Risk Management Act we have
decided to go under the disaster risk
management at your first tool to use
would be the disaster risk management
act and then if the situation escalated
to where you needed to bring in stricter
powers and the suspension of Rights in a
formal way
then then you would go to the the powers
reserved under the emergency powers act
bonus added that the crisis requires an
immediate response says the Attorney
General and the Minister of Justice
we'll be doing a review of some critical
pieces of legislation
what we have discovered is that the
legislation under the health element of
the response the quarantine act and
other pieces of legislation this act and
the emergency Powers Act need to be
thoroughly reviewed to make sure that
they are all in line that the penalties
and offenses are properly codified in
law so that you don't face any
constitutional challenge which you know
in our democracy somebody will probably
test it just for testing it see so we
recognize that this is something that we
have to do and we have actually started
to work on that and mr. Hollis was
speaking in Parliament last night and
it's now time for a break here on the
midday news but stay with us we'll be
right back
welcome back and we're continuing the
news business process outsourcing
company allarakha is insisting that it
has been complying with directive set
out by the government to curb the spread
of the corona virus in a statement the
company said it implemented measures
early last month to further protect and
guide team members despite best efforts
it received news that there was a
confirmed case of Kobe 19 at its sport
more campus on April 9 the call center
says it is confident that its facilities
and operations met and exceeded
government requirements the company
highlights that recent health inspection
conducted on April 1 by the Ministry of
Health confirmed that its sport more
facility was fit for operation at the
Kingston branch it was voluntarily
closed when news came that a member of
the Portmore branch tested positive for
Kobe 19 meanwhile a lorica says it has
taken note of malicious rumors and
misstatements circulating in social
media about the company it says those
statements put the safety and security
of our team members at risk with the
country's focus on the corona virus
pandemic some residents in Islington
Portland are appealing to the
authorities to pay attention to the
drought conditions wreaking havoc in the
area TV Jays prints Moore has details
water tanks everywhere but there is no
water inside them instead residents of
Israel turn in Portland have to Trek
miles to the nearest well to get the
precious commodity but even that is
running low and drink it at the same
time and if this the quality health
system that we live in to reallys
decades mid-60s and me back home it
dision condition so image in 100 years
if the situation we live in in Islington
the problem centers around the fact that
there is
no piped water in the area and so the
residents have to rely on community
water tanks or purchase tanks residents
tell us it hasn't rained in the parish
for nearly two months but that's not
unusual at this time of the year as it's
the dry season what the people are
disappointed with is the level of
preparedness or lack thereof they're
advocating for water to be trucked to
the community on a regular basis
particularly given the Cove in nineteen
threat so far the parish has seven cases
and with a heavy emphasis on hygiene
without water the people say their lives
are at great risk
never mind
sixty seven-year-old every deer roam
dancing was good taught every Western
and I won't remote no no water a bit of
a variety captaining on so we but even
with the water distribution there are
concerns sometimes when they do come at
random and fill the tank them one person
Philip six Burton Kota mean Pierre had a
guy fulfilling them so very few so it
still but I believe they wanna come
again we made attempts to contact the
Member of Parliament for East Portland
and Marie Vaz to no avail
a few days after we interviewed the
residents however she posted pictures on
her social media pages of water being
trucked to the community Prince more TVJ
news in other news there was some
concern about the Public Accounts
Committee PA sees online meeting on
Tuesday as no government members
participated while the meeting was in
progress opposition member Lisa Hanna
announced that a government member
effort Warmington had emailed his
disapproval of the meeting and
questioned its validity I'm seeing
coming from member Warmington says he's
waiting on the meeting anything done in
this matter will be null and void and he
will deal with it in Parliament today so
I'm not sure if somebody can call him
because it would really be all waste Oh
Oh check your email ito because how can
somebody call him to tell him that we're
in the meeting PSC chairman mark Golding
expressed surprise at the email
suggesting that all members including
those on the government side the house
had agreed that we can proceed this way
special Select Committee has been
proceeding in this way so for him to
raise this you know during our meeting
his character yeah quite in character
and highly destructive highly
destructive but the absence of the
government members is significant
mr. Warmington raised the matter in
Parliament Tuesday afternoon there is no
standing order for any committees to be
meeting virtually over the quality or on
zoom' all right the last week there was
some discussion between the oscillator
and the leader position business as to
deal with some virtual that committee
met today to make recommendation to the
house to be sent to this Standing Orders
Committee mr. Warmington insists that
Parliament Standing Orders would have to
be amended before the committee meetings
can be held online the PSE discussed the
Auditor General's report on the carbon
maritime university residents of yellow
st. Thomas are calling on authorities to
do more speed checks in the area this
after a two-week er collision
along the main road
today it supported that around 7:45 in
the morning a van which was traveling
from the yellows main area crashed into
a car while it was making a u-turn it's
understood that the driver of the van
was speeding one resident said because
schools are out the situation has got
there were no reports of injuries and
time now for a preview of what's coming
up in this evenings health report in the
next edition of the health report we'll
look at pregnant women and cupid 19 a
lot of the questions that I get from the
pregnant women and what do we do
is there any sub special precaution for
us unfortunately as I said before the
pregnant women are Joseph's at risk a
general population there's no added risk
right a bit that we recognize at this
time and so is the same general
principles that have been totaled by the
governments on the social media
platforms that's the health report this
evening in primetime news and to know
for today's healthy living tip if you
contract kovat 19 call your midwife or
antenatal care provider and inform them
about your illness and request
instructions on how to proceed with
antenatal care appointments and deliver
plans during the course of your illness
in news from the region saint lucia is
reporting that the 15 persons confirmed
with Kovac 19 have a fully recovered
this now places st. Lucia
at a 100 percent recovery of all Cobie
19 cases among the 15 cases st. Lucia
recorded were individuals who fell in
the high-risk category
covered with no complications or need
for critical care
however the st. Lucian government says
the laboratory is testing with for Kobe
19 and it will be getting help from the
carbon public health agency according to
the country's government it has modified
its testing strategy by testing an
increased number of samples in news
overseas some states are preparing to
move forward despite the ongoing threat
of the corona virus this while health
officials say a second wave of Kobe 19
cases in the US could be even worse than
the first details from the CNN kovat 19
might give new meaning to the phrase
home for the holidays the concern is
that in the fall both coronavirus and
flu might hit at the same time dr.
Robert Redfield the head of the Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention tells
The Washington Post a second wave of the
corona virus later this year could be
more difficult than the current strand
are there gonna be enough hospital beds
are there gonna be enough ventilators is
there gonna be enough PPE as for the
here and now protests in several states
over the past few days calling for an
end to stay at home restrictions these
young people trying to support their
families and you've decided no you're
fit you're non-essential last week
President Trump unveiled suggested
benchmarks for states to start easing
social distancing measures but Redfield
called for state officials to continue
promoting social distancing and to
increase contact tracing and testing we
are one of the states with the lowest
testing capacity so is this okay no but
we're gonna have to be creative and
innovative in terms of how we look for
solutions because it is really clear
that we cannot rely on the federal
government to help us out right now and
that's the midday news I'm Andrea
Chisholm join us at seven for the prime
time news package on behalf of the news
sports and production teams good
afternoon
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