Talebula Kate
2 May, 2021, 10:09 am
Ministry of Health and Medical Services permanent secretary, Dr. James Fong speaks to the media on the latest cases of COVID-19 during a press conference at the Ministry of Health headquarters conference room at Dinem House in Toorak, Suva on Saturday, May 1, 2021. Picture: JOVESA NAISUA
Call the National Domestic Violence Helpline number 1560, or the child helpline at 1325 if you’re experiencing domestic violence.
During yesterday’s COVID-19 daily press briefing, Ministry of Health and Medical Services permanent secretary Dr James Fong when it comes to COVID, staying at home is the safest course for all of us – but in Fiji and around the world, we know there is an ugly side to lockdown measures.
Owen Alan Ackers, 23 and of Lineside in Burton A POLICE detective has described the attack in which a Christchurch man bit his own mother in the face and stamped on his pregnant girlfriend s head as truly horrific and terrifying . Owen Alan Ackers, 23 and of Lineside in Burton, was jailed for eight and a half years following the violent assault which left one of the victim s with life-changing injuries. He was also made subject to an extended licence period of a further 18 months. During the afternoon of Tuesday, April 21, during the first national lockdown, Ackers was socialising and drinking at his home address with mother, Diane Ackers, and then-girlfriend Sapphire Bassett.
Lloyds Banking Group is launching a new tool that will help to identify economic abuse, verify evidence of coerced debt and prevent such incidences from escalating further.
The Economic Abuse Evidence Form has been developed together with Surviving Economic Abuse, a charity trying to tackle the problem.
It comes as three in five domestic abuse victims have been forced into debt by their partners, according to data from SEA.
The average debt per domestic abuse victim is £4,600 with a typical person being indebted to an average of five creditors.
Money control: According to Surviving Economic Abuse 60% of domestic abuse victims have been forced into debt (picture posed by models)