Rohee strikes back at America

did you say 6 ounce gold chain i think somebody make a mistake there

Reminds you of your days when you choke and rob. You must have had to choke and rob quite a few to get the 6 ounces.

1,015 reports of child abuse in 1st quarter - seen as fraction of real figure
By Zoisa Fraser | June 14, 2010 in Local News

Child abuse reports totalled 1015 for the first quarter this year but that number is seen as just a fraction of the real figure, according to the Childcare and Protection Agency (CPA). It argued that to effectively tackle this issue, communities need to get onboard and start identifying vulnerable victims.The 1015 figure for January to March is around the tally for the whole of last year.

The Agency’s Deputy Director of Operations, Diana Swan-Lawrence during an interview released some of the findings of the quarterly report (from January to March 2010). The report provided stats on cases involving sexual, physical and verbal abuse along with those where children were abandoned and neglected. She told Stabroek News that the cases recorded for this period represent both sexes up to 16 years.

Of the 1015, 20% were physically abused, 15% sexually abused, 9.4% verbally abused, 50% were cases of neglect and 2.9% were of child abandonment. Lawrence noted that in88% of the cases, close relatives were living in the same home with the abused while in the others the perpetrators are listed as either other persons or unknown.

The report notes that 27% of the abused children were between the ages of 3 years 9 months and 11 or 12 years old while 19% were at secondary level. Since the establishment of the child abuse hotline, the Agency has seen an upsurge in reports. Reports are also made on the office number. “I must hasten to say that there has been an increase in child abuse reports. People seem to be more confident” Lawrence told this newspaper.

According to the quarterly report, out of cases reported in Region Four 55% turned out to be abuse; in Region Six, 21%; in Region Three, 10%; in Region 10, 4.2% and in Region One, 0.8%.

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