A triathlon, consisting of swimming, sprinting and cycling endurance feats, will test the body to the limit, discovers Arianne St Louis, 24, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Trinidad & Tobago, who competed in a major event earlier this month in Grenada. On May 6th I participated in the Grenada Tri de Spice International Triathlon in the …

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A triathlon, consisting of swimming, sprinting and cycling endurance feats, will test the body to the limit, discovers Arianne St Louis, 24, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Trinidad & Tobago, who competed in a major event earlier this month in Grenada. On May 6th I participated in the Grenada Tri de Spice International Triathlon in the …

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It is three years since a devastating fire rocked Jamaica’s juvenile justice system. Yet the real lessons of the incident, which claimed the lives of five girls, are still not fully understood, writes Commonwealth Correspondent Alexis Goffe.  The fire at Armadale Juvenile Correctional Centre on May 22, 2009, should have transformed Jamaica’s Juvenile Justice System. It …

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It is three years since a devastating fire rocked Jamaica’s juvenile justice system. Yet the real lessons of the incident, which claimed the lives of five girls, are still not fully understood, writes Commonwealth Correspondent Alexis Goffe.  The fire at Armadale Juvenile Correctional Centre on May 22, 2009, should have transformed Jamaica’s Juvenile Justice System. It …

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Voluntary work can help a young person get ahead, however all too often the motivation seems to lie in competition for jobs rather than a spirit of true altruism, argues Zain Haider Awan, 18, a Briton of Pakistani descent. It increasingly seems that young people are being lured into youth activism, volunteering and community development as a ‘check-box’ procedure, or as I …

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Voluntary work can help a young person get ahead, however all too often the motivation seems to lie in competition for jobs rather than a spirit of true altruism, argues Zain Haider Awan, 18, a Briton of Pakistani descent. It increasingly seems that young people are being lured into youth activism, volunteering and community development as a ‘check-box’ procedure, or as I …

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A language centre in north-eastern Australia is trying to reinvigorate indigenous Aboriginal languages smothered following European colonisation. Pak Wayne Yiu, 19, a journalism student from the city of Brisbane, reports. Language, often taken for granted, is a form of communication, a symbol of who we are. Most importantly, it is what keeps a culture alive. …

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A language centre in north-eastern Australia is trying to reinvigorate indigenous Aboriginal languages smothered following European colonisation. Pak Wayne Yiu, 19, a journalism student from the city of Brisbane, reports. Language, often taken for granted, is a form of communication, a symbol of who we are. Most importantly, it is what keeps a culture alive. …

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The UK government is backsliding on the human rights of migrant domestic workers with its proposed changes to visa rules, claims Aishah Namukasa, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Uganda now living in Germany. Women are engaged in all sorts of employment today to make ends meet and sustain their families. These women include those engaged in the domestic …

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The UK government is backsliding on the human rights of migrant domestic workers with its proposed changes to visa rules, claims Aishah Namukasa, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Uganda now living in Germany. Women are engaged in all sorts of employment today to make ends meet and sustain their families. These women include those engaged in the domestic …

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