by Chaneil Imhoff Each October, the world pauses to acknowledge Mental Health Awareness Month, yet too often, the conversation remains confined to awareness rather than action. In truth, mental well-being is not just a health issue but an economic necessity. A country’s ability to grow, innovate, and sustain development depends on the mental wellness of …
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“Solutions to climate change rest in collective stewardship of land, resources”
August 28In examining the impacts of climate change in her homeland of Antigua and Barbuda, Ariana Joseph, 17 …
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Sasha Middleton is one of 20 finalists for this year’s Commonwealth Youth Awards. She is the CEO of Antigua and Barbuda Marine Ecosystems Protected Area Trust Inc., one of several National Conservation Trust Funds in the Caribbean. The project’s mission is to actively fundraise and work with multi-sectoral partners to support the protection, recovery, and …
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The vote for Brexit continues to have repercussions for Britain and beyond. Ariana Joseph, 16, a Correspondent from Antigua and Barbuda now studying in Canada, looks at how Brexit could affect the English-speaking Caribbean. In 2016 a new word entered the English lexicon. The term Brexit was coined to commemorate the anticipated withdrawal of the …
In examining the impacts of climate change in her homeland of Antigua and Barbuda, Ariana Joseph, 17, a Correspondent now studying in Canada, writes about some of the initiatives being undertaken to help save the planet. While climate change has received much attention for its increasingly-visible manifestations, it is not an issue, or topic of …
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The unique opportunity to set big goal creates the framework for what Ariana Joseph, 17, a Correspondent from Antigua and Barbuda now studying in Canada, describes as the audacity of youth. In my previous article I focussed on the initiatives of the young people of the Potters Seventh Day Adventist Church Youth Group as they …
The ferocity of September’s hurricanes points to a trend of storms that quickly grow to devastating hurricanes, writes Ariana Joseph, 17, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Antigua and Barbuda now studying in Canada. She argues the impact of climate change can no longer be denied. We knew Irma was a monster days before she started to …
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Ariana Joseph, 17, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Antigua and Barbuda, now studying in Canada, writes that a recent policy change that requires a visa for her country’s residents to travel to Canada should act as a wake-up call for citizens to pay closer attention to diplomatic and political affairs. On Monday 26th June 2017 the …
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Hurricane Irma brought destruction that displaced Caribbean residents, writes Ariana Joseph, 18, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Antigua and Barbuda, but also highlighted an ongoing controversy over land ownership. Hurricane Irma did not just destroy the homes on some Caribbean islands. It shattered the hopes and dreams of their people and left some residents in a …
The recent marriage of Prince Henry to Meghan Markle in some ways represented the mosaic that is the British Commonwealth, writes Ariana Joseph, 18, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Antigua and Barbuda. Harry, sixth in line to the British throne, married his betrothed on Saturday 19th May, 2018 in a wedding ceremony aptly fit for the Prince …
Last month, the University of West Indies opened a campus in Antigua and Barbuda, the first UWI campus located in the Eastern Caribbean. Ariana Joseph, 19, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Antigua and Barbuda, says for many years, the notion of a university campus for Antigua and Barbuda had been proposed by the major political parties. …
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