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Avid reading offers not only mental stimulation but can ensure freedom from poverty, superstition, loneliness and ignorance, writes 23-year-old Commonwealth Correspondent Craig Dixon from Jamaica. There are numerous objects of demarcation between people who read, reason and write and those who do not.  Oftentimes these objects distinguish between those who live in residential areas and …

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Avid reading offers not only mental stimulation but can ensure freedom from poverty, superstition, loneliness and ignorance, writes 23-year-old Commonwealth Correspondent Craig Dixon from Jamaica. There are numerous objects of demarcation between people who read, reason and write and those who do not.  Oftentimes these objects distinguish between those who live in residential areas and …

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Life as a teenager was a testing and sometimes sad experience for Craig Dixon – until he experienced a ‘transcendental’ moment whilst sitting beneath a mango tree. Read this poetic tale from the 23-year-old Jamaican Commonwealth Correspondent. My memory of the Graham-mango tree in the boondocks behind my cottage-home in Pellriver will live on ad infinitum. …

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Life as a teenager was a testing and sometimes sad experience for Craig Dixon – until he experienced a ‘transcendental’ moment whilst sitting beneath a mango tree. Read this poetic tale from the 23-year-old Jamaican Commonwealth Correspondent. My memory of the Graham-mango tree in the boondocks behind my cottage-home in Pellriver will live on ad infinitum. …

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China, the USA, Japan and India should be held accountable for consuming most of the world’s finite resources. But young people around the world can also take responsibility for eliminating over-consumption, writes Meeckel Beecher, a 24-year-old Commonwealth Correspondent from Jamaica. No, I am not about to use the mega phone and bellow, the world is ending! …

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China, the USA, Japan and India should be held accountable for consuming most of the world’s finite resources. But young people around the world can also take responsibility for eliminating over-consumption, writes Meeckel Beecher, a 24-year-old Commonwealth Correspondent from Jamaica. No, I am not about to use the mega phone and bellow, the world is ending! …

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Sometimes it is better to walk away, relax and cool down before a confrontation escalates into something more, writes 26-year-old Commonwealth Correspondent Jennawade Pratt from Nassau in the Bahamas. Elizabeth Kenny, an Australian army nurse once said: “He who angers you controls you”.  Although these words were spoken years ago, they hold a truth so …

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Sometimes it is better to walk away, relax and cool down before a confrontation escalates into something more, writes 26-year-old Commonwealth Correspondent Jennawade Pratt from Nassau in the Bahamas. Elizabeth Kenny, an Australian army nurse once said: “He who angers you controls you”.  Although these words were spoken years ago, they hold a truth so …

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Despite record literacy rates and increases in education spending, youth unemployment remains a serious problem, writes Joshua Hamlet, a 23-year-old Commonwealth Correspondent from San Fernando in Trinidad and Tobago. A recent graduate commonly has two thoughts once examinations are complete. First they realize that leisure activities can begin, and then they ask: ‘What to do now?’ …

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Despite record literacy rates and increases in education spending, youth unemployment remains a serious problem, writes Joshua Hamlet, a 23-year-old Commonwealth Correspondent from San Fernando in Trinidad and Tobago. A recent graduate commonly has two thoughts once examinations are complete. First they realize that leisure activities can begin, and then they ask: ‘What to do now?’ …

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