Kindergarten owners warned of responsibilities in wake of runaway toddlers
The social welfare services on Thursday warned owners and managers of kindergartens that it is their personal responsibility to ensure the health and safety of...
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Restructuring of social welfare on the cards, minister says
Social welfare services are set to be reformed and modernised based on three pillars, as this year alone they have dealt with thousands of abuse...
Parents of abused child forbidden from seeing him
A couple from Limassol accused of abusing their 19-month-old son have been forbidden from seeing their child pending court proceedings against them for exposing a...
Numerous reports had been made about abuse of hospitalised toddler (Updated)
Authorities were in the spotlight again on Wednesday after it emerged that both the police and welfare services were informed several times over the abuse...
Around 6,000 people to be helped by benefit reforms
Around 6,000 people will benefit from the increase of €4.2m in the budget allocated for the provision of aid to persons with disabilities and chronic...
Audit office identifies string of welfare shortcomings
The audit office on Thursday called on the labour ministry to upgrade without delay the software programme used by the service paying out allowances to...
Arrest of migrant mother for allegedly stealing food ‘beyond the pale’
By Peter Michael Migrant support group Kisa said on Saturday that police exceeded all limits of discrimination when they arrested and detained a migrant woman,...
Top cop scathing of welfare dept’s attitudes to trafficking victims
A damning letter by the deputy police chief has accused social welfare services of neglecting trafficking victims, spending little time with them and taking too...
Desperate mother to hand over 29-year-old son to the state (Updated)
The mother of a 29-year-old autistic man threatened on Thursday to hand over her son to the state after the social welfare services slashed state...
Cabinet green-lights spending spree for vulnerable groups
More than 60,000 people considered vulnerable will receive Christmas bonuses amounting to €20m in total, Labour Minister Zeta Emilianidou said on Wednesday after the cabinet...
