Come with the evidence, EAC head tells Shaw
THE ELECTORAL Advisory Committee (EAC) is challenging Shadow Minister of Finance, Audley Shaw, to provide evidence that its residence reverification exercise was a scam. In a statement, chairman of the EAC, Professor Errol Miller, said...

Tree-planting project launched in St Ann
ST. ANN Jamaica Bauxite Partners has launched a tree-planting project aimed at replanting trees that have been displaced as a result of its mining operations in St. Ann. The project, which is being implemented mainly through 4-H clubs in schools...

Girls' day at Holy Family
YESTERDAY WAS Girls' Day at the Holy Family Primary and Infant School, which is situated on Laws Street in the volatile central Kingston area. It was a day when the girls dressed like professionals; some as nurses, others as police officers...

Nurses Week activities
THE NURSES Association of Jamaica (NAJ) will celebrate 60 years of service to the nation, under the theme, 'Celebrating the Past, Charting the future' during National Nurses Week, July 16 to 22. The association's advocacy has won for Jamaican nurses...

Insurance firm joins anti-drug bike ride
NEM INSURANCE Company (Ja.) Limited has pledged its support to Sandals Resorts International in the Bike Ride Against Drug Abuse (BRADA). BRADA, scheduled for June 22 to 25, ties in closely with Road Safety and the need to drive responsibly.

Reform laws to safeguard women's rights, says Amnesty
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL wants the Jamaican government to fast-track plans to fight discrimination and sexual violence against women and young girls. The watchdog organisation has also appealed to the Portia Simpson Miller-led administration to move...

Top cop urges De la Vega residents to speak up
OCHO RIOS, St. Ann: COMMISSIONER OF Police Lucius Thomas is appealing to people of De la Vega City in Spanish Town, who witnessed the recent brutal gun slaying of Police Corporal Lincoln Parker, not to withhold evidence from the police.

Family sponsorship in Canada
REUNITING FAMILIES in Canada was high priority among the objectives of Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, which came into effect on June 28, 2002. Unlike the economy class, which includes independent applications such as, skilled workers...

Registering with father's particulars
If the parents are unmarried at the time the child is born, ideally, the father must accompany the mother to the local district registrar, give his particulars and sign the registration form as father. If he does not do this...

What is human trafficking?
TRAFFICKING IN persons is modern-day slavery, involving victims who are forced, defrauded or coerced into labour or sexual exploitation. Annually, about 600,000 to 800,000 people, mostly women and children, are trafficked within their own countries.

Sexual abuse alert
Some signs to look out for to know when your child is being sexually abused. Nightmares, trouble sleeping, fear of the dark, or other sleeping problems. Extreme fear of 'monsters'. Spacing out at odd times. Loss of appetite, or trouble eating...