Teen-parenting manual launched
With hundreds of the nation's young people engaging in illicit sexual practices, crime and violence and drugs, Jamaica's Solution to Youth Lifestyle and Empowerment (JASTYLE) on Tuesday launched the parenting intervention package for parents with adolescent children....
Motorists' role in protecting children raises questions
The death of four-year-old Kadian Montgomery on Sunday afternoon has raised several questions about the role motorists play in the protection of children. Young Kadian was run over when the driver of a Toyota Lite Ace van lost control of the vehicle, which crashed into an embankment...
Youngsters travelling alone at risk
Parents who allow their children to roam the streets alone or walk to school by themselves are putting the lives of their charges at risk. Scientific data show that children under eight years old are unable to gauge speeds properly and are not fully...
Three sons dead in one year
TO SAY it has been a traumatic year for Karlene Haughton would be an understatement.In January 2007, she watched as divers pulled the bodies of her two young sons from the Rio Cobre in St Catherine.On Sunday, Haughton will attend the funeral for Kwesi Cunningham, the second...
Campaign for peace launched
With Jamaica's crime rate maintaining its infamous trend, with over 150 persons killed since the start of the year, the Violence Prevention Alliance (VPA) has launched a campaign for peace with the aim of spreading its theme 'Peace for Prosperity'....
McCalla takes time to consider Vaz case
Chief Justice Zaila McCalla reserved her decision yesterday in the election petition brought by People's National Party (PNP) candidate Abe Dabdoub, who is seeking to unseat Member of Parliament Daryl Vaz. The chief justice has promised to give her decision at the earliest possible time....
Davies takes reins of Public Accounts Committee (PAC)
Dr Omar Davies, the man who held the reins at the ministry of finance for 14 years, on Tuesday started his duties as chairman of Parliament's Public Accounts Committee (PAC). The Opposition is required to name one of its members to chair the PAC, according to the Standing Orders...
New boards for Energy Ministry
Cabinet has approved a new board of directors for Jamaica Bauxite Mining Limited; new members for the Natural Conservation Authority; new members for Board of Examiners under the Electric Lighting Regulations, as well as new Quarries Advisory Committee.
Romney drops out
WASHINGTON (AP):Republican Mitt Romney suspended his faltering presidential bid yesterday, effectively handing his party's nomination to John McCain and sealing an exceptional comeback for a politician whose campaign was on the verge of collapse less...
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