April is Child Protection Month, with “Working Together to Stop Child Abuse” as this year’s theme. Our guests – Julia Meadows, Senior Welfare Officer with the Community Counseling & Assessment Centre, Pastor Gil Maycock, Chairman, National Child Protection Council, and Lorraine Duvalier, Assistant Director of Child Services, Child Protection Unit, Ministry of Social Services & Community Development – discuss all aspects of child abuse – neglect (physical, medical, emotional, educational) physical abuse, sexual abuse, verbal abuse, and even financial and spiritual abuse and neglect.
Contact the Child Abuse Hotlines at 322-2763 or 422-2763, or call the Child Protection Unit at 397-2550, and the SCAN (Suspected Child Abuse and Neglect) Unit at 322-5823.

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The govt. is set to place value-added tax on insurance premiums beginning July 1. This excludes life insurance but includes health insurance and general insurance (home, commercial, auto, marine, contents, etc.). We talk with members of the Bahamas Insurance Association – Lyrone Burrows, President, Family Guardian; Timothy Ingraham, General Manager & Director, Summit Insurance; and Chairman of the Bahamas Insurance Association, Howard Knowles, President & Director, Shield Insurance – about the impact this will have on the insurance sector and on their customers.We also talk briefly about the government’s proposed National Health Insurance plan, and the ongoing CLICO debacle.

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