University is a great avenue for education, however there are many other opportunities for learning, writes Althea Charles, a 28-year-old from Bridgetown, Barbados. A while back I was having a conversation with a friend, who was telling me of his love for cooking. He was beginning to despise the very thing he loves. He then …

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No one is born confident. You acquire self-confidence through years of practice and learning, writes Kyle Reneau, a 17-year-old Belizean from Belize City. In the highly competitive world we live in the importance of self confidence cannot be exaggerated enough. Ordinary men and women who were once stuck in minimum wage jobs have today become multimillion …

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Schoolchildren need a solid foundation in financial literacy to equip them with life’s challenges, writes Undwye Jean-Baptiste, a 25-year-old from Bridgetown, Barbados. An article I read in my local newspaper a few days ago sparked my interest. It stated that a UNESCO official had criticsed the educational system in the Caribbean as being prehistoric and …

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Young people in Guyana unhappy with national youth policy held talks this week with government officials. Mark Ross, a 27-year-old from Georgetown, reports. Two Guyanese youths – Abbas Hamid and Tamika Elious – this week gathered outside the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports on the capital’s Main Street to raise their concerns over National …

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Young people, as well as professionals, have offered their support and assistance to the victims of the New Zealand earthquake, reports Alisha Lewis, a 19-year-old student from Auckland. As Canterbury reels from the after effects (and continuing aftershocks) of last week’s devastating earthquake, people around New Zealand have swung into action. Aside from contacting the …

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Trinidad and Tobago’s government will have to go back to the drawing board following the defeat of a bill to reintroduce hanging, writes 21-year-old Commonwealth Correspondent Ryan Bachoo. In a time when the world is experiencing all manner of challenges, Trinidad and Tobago, a little country in the Caribbean, finds itself battling the common threat of …

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Fresh from training with former US vice-president Al Gore at the Asia Pacific Summit in Indonesia, Sean O’Rourke, a 26-year-old from Melbourne, Australia, urges action on climate change. Selected from hundreds of applicants to be trained by former US Vice President Al Gore at The Climate Project – Australia Asia Pacific Summit (A-P Summit) in Jakarta, …

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Fresh from training with former US vice-president Al Gore at the Asia Pacific Summit in Indonesia, Sean O’Rourke, a 26-year-old from Melbourne, Australia, urges action on climate change. Selected from hundreds of applicants to be trained by former US Vice President Al Gore at The Climate Project – Australia Asia Pacific Summit (A-P Summit) in Jakarta, …

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March 20 marks a new day of activism designed to put an end to the sexual harassment endured by hundreds of millions of women. Leigh-Ann Worrell, a 23-year-old Barbadian, reports on the ambitions of one inspirational woman. “Hey there sexy.” “If you know the things I wanna do to do you in that dress.” “You …

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