Practice English Speaking&Listening with: TVJ News: Race for East Portland Seat Intensifies - March 26 2019
good afternoon I am Andrea Chisom with the midday news
a special welcome if you're watching on one spot mediacom the parliamentary
opposition is reiterating calls for Prime Minister Andrew Holness to tell
the nation what he knows about the scandal brewing at the Education
Ministry rural Reed was fired from the cabinet last week following allegations
of corruption nepotism and cronyism involving the cabin maritime university
hard trust NTA and the National Education Trust opposition spokesman on
education made another appeal at a press conference yesterday did no justice to
himself or to the former minister when he spoke of spoke vaguely of the reasons
why he had asked for his his resignation he is obliged to tell the this is a
public office and he is a very important one he's obliged to explain the reasons
why he took this this this action and made resume not in a national address
but in a place where he himself can be asked questions we would want to within
the course of this week and next week I don't think it needs any longer than
that provide to the public preferably within Parliament or one of its
committees the answers to all of the questions that we have asked and any
others might arise meanwhile Parliament's public administration and
Appropriations Committee PA AC says it will invite the Education Ministry to
speak at a sitting at this morning's meeting PA AC chairman dr. Wickham
McNeil said the committee has a responsibility to probe the matter he
says it will determine whether there are systemic inefficiencies at the ministry
and the PA AC is requesting a full list of consultants and advisors in various
ministries this follows reports that the number of consultants engaged at the
Education Ministry could be higher than previously stated by former minister
rural Reid there's a view this afternoon that opposition People's Party PNP is in
crisis following the latest results from the
rgr cleaner group Don Anderson polls only 12% of the 1000 people interviewed
had a positive performance rating for PNP leader dr. Peter Phillips 37% rated
his performance as average and 51% negative assistant lecturer in the
Department of Government at the University of the West Indies Moana
diamond Gordon gave his opinion on the matter that have been conducted since
the last general election up sure that his favorability is
significantly lower none of the prime minister so clearly as
a popularity or favorability issue and that are serious indications are easily
as Prime Minister and also electability of the party arm in the next general
election will be in Jamaican voters they don't separate party leadership from
party persons who most political party may consider the leadership I can often
determine inaudible consequently business problematic for the People's
National Party and a political party exist to win elections you have no value
in a political arena unable to win election political commentator Nadine
Spence says the party has to rehab strategy you don't people associate them
with too much negativity right now I think that they ought to present some
more viable alternatives for governance by the alternative for economic in
growth for social order and for security so we don't here strong enough the
message that they are pushing if it is that they are pushing a message the race
for the Portland eastern seat has intensified as candidates make their
final attempts to garner support for the by-elections on Thursday April 4 of
paramount importance addressing concerns about roads and water
TV jeiza Shane masters reports GOP meeting in Jerez Portland on Sunday
finance minister dr. Nigel Clarke says in the upcoming fiscal year a number of
issues facing the residents of Portland Eastern will be addressed chief among
them the deplorable road conditions we have announced the start
of a hundred and ten kilometer highway from Harbor View right Road to Port
Antonio nine billion dollars in this budget for that when the work start on
that road hundreds of people will get jobs on that road and if you don't get
no job at least you will know somebody who will get that job on that road no
punches were saved as a GOP blast at the People's National Party his management
of the constituency I was walking Ron with action on today and I hear that
when you turn on the pipe in East Portland all salt water come through the
pipe after 30 years after 30 years you imagine that I know that the owner is
beside the sea but that is no reason for saltwater to be coming to the pipe when
you turn it on we have the most rainfall in the parish in in Jamaica but none is
in our pipes because some homes don't even have pipes and this is 2019 dr.
Clark says that issue will be addressed through the 800 million dollars which
was allocated to the rural water supply in the meantime Member of Parliament for
since Mary Western Roberta Montague is questioning the recent actions which
were taken by the political ombudsman Donna parchment Brown
completing that action on must move our sign and that the people who are
volunteering to fix Road and to improve water supply they must stop it they live
apart they had no problem in complying and dealing with the political ombudsman
and the office of the political ombudsman and a question I want to throw
tonight home the other side going up on Donovan healthier PA lawyer and doctor
and having healthier and legal fear are we know here
coming from the Ombudsman office dr. must stop it
Bacardi's vort nine machine masters TVJ news meanwhile the People's National
Party's candidate for Portland Eastern Damon Crawford continues to tout his
independents planned for the constituency he says apart from
education he's looking to empower the youth but you will never because he
speaking at a meeting in Windsor mr. Crawford says while he will fight
for water and better roads changing the mindset of people is equally important
but at the same time I said but I teach people to shit if you don't teach me
things obviously land religion we will make sure that with all the things that
we impure our children have a better chance of leaking PNP president dr.
Peter Phillips used the conference to lash out at the jail piece candidate Ann
Marie Vaz he said based on his observations she will not be able to
speak on behalf of constituents
they're not love give interviews if somebody actively interview the next one
then they are filthy and breathe
at least one member of the international community is reacting to the 2019 2020
budget as if Ahmad the British High Commissioner to Jamaica gave his
thoughts at the Jamaica employers Federation ceremony more from TV J's
Dwayne Anderson the budget tabled by Finance Minister dr. Nigel Clarke has
not gone unnoticed by the international community
Asif Ahmed who is the British High Commissioner to Jamaica labelled the
budget brave and a gamble especially given the sluggishness of the Jamaican
economy that said he feels the country will reap real benefits to give money
back when you're still tackling with reducing but still high debt to GDP and
all the other factors and the fact that economic growth is still uncomfortably
below that magic 2% barrier that really is a take-off point but the gamble I
think is the right one and I don't think it's really an open-ended gamble I think
the trickle-down effect will ensure that actually the the tax take will increase
rather than decrease because there'll be more enterprising activity people will
be encouraged to do more and some of the anomalies are going to be removed the
diplomat reasoned the tax giveback came about because of the sacrifices made on
agreements with the International Monetary Fund IMF since 2013 programs he
praised both administrations who are sticking with for him the partnership
with the IMF is proof Jamaica needs the world's help to succeed and those
reaffirmed Britain's commitment to maintaining the rules of free trade so
that Jamaica's economic journey isn't stopped by artificially raised barriers
no one area in the budget which word the High Commissioner was this sums the
government dedicated to national security in the upcoming fiscal year
more than twenty billion dollars has been allocated to the national security
ministry to help crime-fighting in the high commissioners view this spend is
tantamount to the Jamaican people robbing themselves we spend more on
security than the pay bill jamaican staff now we can always spend
some money on security but let's say for argument's sake that the environment
changes so dramatically that we can maybe spend a third of that on security
that means I would have a huge amount of resource at my disposal to do more to
employ more people and improve productivity and make a bigger impact
than I'm able to that is the real cost of of of crime that we are paying which
is we are robbing ourselves the opportunity to create more wealth do we
in understand TVJ news motorists experienced delays along a section of
the constant spring road in st. Andrew this morning due to a broken water main
head of operations at the police safety and traffic enforcement branch piece tab
superintendent Courtney Cooper says swift action reduced traffic
good find alternate routes and in sports the ISA boys and girls championship set
is set to get going at one o'clock this afternoon with the preliminaries of the
class one boys long jump and the class for girls 70 meter hurdles we continue
or build up with the final installment in our series of analysts predictions so
less than 24 hours no to go before the five-day it's a grace Kennedy boys and
girls championships everyone would like to know the events and athletes to look
out for and who will walk away champions so of course we've been seeking the
opinions of the experts RJR greener group track and field analysts
Hubert Laurence gives his athletes and events to watch on top of everybody's
list of course is Taylor Eden Bennett boy at 800 meters that whole event is
stepping up every week we see that the track meets the season for him to go 148
five with someone right beside em Tyra streets but valley 140 a 3-0 and there's
another boy kimura Farkas and caliber up until Saturday even the favorite for the
gold medal at 149 77 that's a big event as for the girls side Giovanna Davis has
to be her she's back in great form again after a gradual working into this season
but at twenty two point eight two she's nearing as good as she's ever been no
hanja yet so that's a question and the central 100 champion Jacques Steel is
approaching great farm again she's a former classroom class for champion I
wants to do a collection with class to Goldman as in it in the hundred meters
but at 22 eight to kevanna looks like she's back in the top gear again as for
the big question on everybody's lips who will win the championships edenal has
managed to get through this season ahead of the field generally speaking they
didn't do too many doubles at central championships and I think go in with a
little bit of a margin three really good teams chasing them Heidi we've seen them
one that is their Grand Prix fantastic job by Cory Bennett I didn't think he
would be able to do that with the departure of salmon and green from last
year and the departure of Matthews to Queens this year but he has brought
about another good squad Holmwood have some injuries haven't seen Allison
there hurdler for a while nor me she Harriet and 400 and Saturday
trying to come back I think from an injury and Cindy who has a very good
squad boys side though he says it's tougher to call close closer than close
to really good teams Casey feeling good won the money cup
after 32 years understand that if they win next week is 1/32 boys title so
there's some numerology that the case he finds out to me about but caliber is
good TV jtv jsn and one spot Mediacom will have live and exclusive coverage of
the five-day championships from March 26 to 30 while hits 92 FM we'll have live
and extensive radio coverage and that's the midday news Amanda Chisolm join us
at 7:00 for the prime time news package on behalf of the news of sports and
production teams good afternoon you
