Jamaican youths shun polls - Absence could influence election outcome
Unable to find work and becoming more disillusioned by the day, young electors between the ages of 18-24 are less inclined to participate in the upcoming general election, according to a Gleaner-commissioned Bill Johnson poll.
Public entities guilty of unlawful payments
More than half a million dollars on car rental for a Cabinet minister and close to $4 million, or about $140,000 per month, for renting a house for an executive director, who is part owner of the same property, are among a string of unauthorised expenditures red-flagged by Adrian Strachan, auditor general, in his latest report.
Jamaican Government must act on overspending
Montego Bay businessman, Mark Kerr-Jarrett is calling on Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller to act on her word and ensure thatthose responsible for the unlawful spending of the public purse are criminally investigated.
'Forced Ripe' - Poor Jamaican youths being exploited
Herbert Gayle, lecturer in the Department of Sociology, Psychology and Social Work at the University of the West Indies, is contending that parents of youths in poor communities, as well as community organisations, are involved in the exploitation of young Jamaicans.
Nab those human traffickers, Justice Minister tells police
Justice Minister A.J. Nicholson has issued a challenge to the police to increase the number of prosecutions for human trafficking in the coming year.
Help for fathers
For the struggling Jamaican father, who is having domestic challenges, he's not alone, if only he forgets his silly idiosyncrasies and seeks help. It is available through Fathers in Action and Fathers Crisis, two organisations set up to address the psychological and emotional needs of men.
Waive visa longer, says Caribbean tourism group
Reeling from a marked decrease in United States visitors to the region, the Caribbean Tourism Organisation (CTO) wants an extension to the temporary relaxation of the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI) announced by the American government last week.
Poverty linked to teenage pregnancy in St Thomas
Fourteen-year-old Stacey-Anneis from a poor community in the parish of St.Thomas. She is five months pregnant. Her mother is unemployed and Stacey-Anne rarely sees her father because he is abroad on the farm-work programme.
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