More in SA seek debt counselling
The number of South Africans receiving debt counselling is expected to surge five-fold to 150 000 by June this year, says a debt management expert.

Rural students need career counselling to ensure entry into universities
KOTA BELUD : The absence of proper career counselling was one of several factors that hindered rural students from being accepted in Institutions of Higher Learning despite achieving the required grades to qualify.

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SAINT JOHN - With the current recession many people are looking for help managing their finances and debt. The provincial government and Credit Counselling Services of Atlantic Canada are teaming up and launching a series of workshops.

Record Number of People Looking for Help with Debt
The province's Credit Counselling Service says the number of people looking for help with financial problems since the start of the new year is the highest they've seen since the last recession. In the first three business days, the organization saw twenty new cases come across their desks.

Cost No Barrier to Relationship Counselling
New Zealanders need to know that free counselling is available for people facing relationship issues.

Money grabbing banks have no mercy on debtors
Others under debt counselling complain of banks doing "money grabs". "Penny" is under debt counselling. All her creditors have been advised, and her debit orders cancelled. She makes sure she has R5 000 in her account every month to be distributed among her creditors.

Private lives: My life is blighted by misfortune
I am a 38-year-old man who, two years ago, was made redundant. Shortly after, my parents suffered severe deteriorations in health; one died six months ago and the surviving one has been left with dementia and mobility problems. I have no siblings, so am solely responsible for managing the care needs of my surviving parent.

Vacany sign out at RFDS
WHILE some Mount Isa counselling providers struggle to cope with the demand for their services, others are on the lookout for more clients.

Web coach
COMMENT ON THIS ! Your Views! Scores of people are now registering on websites for nutrition and exercise advice. Like Anjan Banerjee, a 34-year-old pilot with a commercial airline, who needed to lose weight before the mandatory bi-annual health and fitness check up conducted by the airline.

Commitment serum
Love potions have long been the stuff of fairy tales, but a U.S. scientist who studies the brain chemistry of social relationships says real-life versions may not be far off

Retired, but want to work? Help is at hand
A job portal is a good way to locate one?s dream job. It provide job-seekers and headhunters with a platform to interact and form relationships. Most people think that a job portal would necessarily be frequented by working professionals wanting a change of job or a change in profile.

Mines Dept investigates super pit death
The West Australian mines department is investigating the death of a dump truck driver at the nation?s biggest gold mine at Kalgoorlie. A 53-year-old woman died in hospital in Perth on Wednesday afte

Couple's baby apprehended at birth
It was less than an hour after midnight on Nov. 16 when Annaliese Gwendolyn Postma entered the world. She arrived weighing 7 lbs.15 oz. and was 51 cm. long with a full head of brown hair.

Bhopal, Jan 8:
The striking oil PSU executives have intensified their strike and decided to stop supply of aviation fuel from Friday. This would affect the services of all aircraft to the city.

TSX, Dow down on falling oil and negative jobs reports
The Toronto stock market plunged more than 300 points Wednesday, erasing a huge chunk of its New Year's rally amid a steady drip of negative corporate and economic news.

Routine traffic stop ends in tragedy
WINNIPEG ? A man is dead after he shot himself in front of a group of Winnipeg police officers in the West End early Wednesday. Sources say the man shot himself in the head.

Jail term spells end of career for ABC reporter
THE journalist Peter Lloyd has lost his job at the ABC after pleading guilty yesterday to three drugs charges, including the possession of "ice". He will spend up to 10 months in a communal cell in Singapore's Changi prison, sleeping on a straw mat on a concrete floor.

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the public-health branch of the US Department of Health and Human Services, have identified 18 more HIV prevention programmes whose efficacy stands up to scientific scrutiny well enough for them to be recommended.

Help to butt out offered
Quitting smoking is one of the most popular New Year's resolutions. The Chatham- Kent Public Health Unit hopes to help people trying to butt out [...]

Violence prevention
THE Family Violence Prevention Legal Service (FVPLS) is trialling its Outreach visits to Mt Barker this month. Visits to the town will be on the second and fourth Tuesdays.