Belafonte joins fight against AIDS - Children in crisis

SPECIAL ENVOY for the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), Harry Belafonte, yesterday added his voice to growing appeals for increased multi-sectoral and inter-governmental co-operation to fight the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Ambassador Belafonte, who was...

Six protesters arrested in St Ann
WESTERN BUREAU: SIX PEOPLE were arrested yesterday following a violent protest and roadblock by residents of Harrison Town and Great Pond near Ocho Rios, St. Ann.

Income disparity highest in Ja
JAMAICA HAS the highest level of income disparity in Latin American and the Caribbean, according to data from the World Bank and United Nations Development Project (UNDP). In Jamaica, 83.7 per cent of the wealth is held by 20 per cent of the population..

'Half-registrations' a burning issue
COUNTRIES THAT allow mothers to deliberately omit the names of their children's father from the registration of birth, are guilty of institutionalised violence against the children. This was one of the touchy issues raised during the Workshop on Child...

Horrors of teenage pregnancy highlighted

PREGNANCY MAY be a killer for teenagers, particularly those younger than 16. According to data from the United Nations Population Fund, serious complications, among them pelvic disproportion lay in store for teenage mothers-to-be. The risk for serious...