One can understand why so many disabled youths spend their lives in frustration having to depend on a system that does not recognize the depth of their struggle to be empowered citizens, writes Tamara McKayle 22, a television journalist and Jamaican Youth Ambassador for Disabilities at the National Center For Youth Development. Vanessa is your …

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Jamaica’s children do not have the luxury of dressing up in costume, trick or treating, watching horror films and being scared one day out of the year. They face scary realities daily, writes Alexis Goffe, 26. With Halloween (31 October) and Universal Children’s Day (November 20) having just passed, I encourage all Jamaicans to reflect …

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Jamaica’s children do not have the luxury of dressing up in costume, trick or treating, watching horror films and being scared one day out of the year. They face scary realities daily, writes Alexis Goffe, 26. With Halloween (31 October) and Universal Children’s Day (November 20) having just passed, I encourage all Jamaicans to reflect …

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Many people around the world shy away from accessing HIV testing and treatment because they fear that if their status is known, they will be ostracized. Keresa Arnold, 25, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Kingston, Jamaica, recently helped produce two documentaries that dispel myths about HIV and Aids. In a 2008 article in the Washington Times, …

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Many people around the world shy away from accessing HIV testing and treatment because they fear that if their status is known, they will be ostracized. Keresa Arnold, 25, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Kingston, Jamaica, recently helped produce two documentaries that dispel myths about HIV and Aids. In a 2008 article in the Washington Times, …

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The development of the internet affords people everywhere, and especially women, the opportunity to easily learn from and understand each other, writes Ruth Howard, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Jamaica. A thunderstorm starts with just one drop of water. Once upon a time, information was a luxury owned by a privileged few. Once upon a time, …

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The development of the internet affords people everywhere, and especially women, the opportunity to easily learn from and understand each other, writes Ruth Howard, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Jamaica. A thunderstorm starts with just one drop of water. Once upon a time, information was a luxury owned by a privileged few. Once upon a time, …

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Some observers say the world will struggle to support its ballooning population. However the world abounds with waste and hypocrisy, according to Ruth Howard, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Jamaica. Seven billion. That’s the new buzz number. That’s how many people the United Nations Population Fund tells us are now on the planet Earth. 7 billion! …

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Some observers say the world will struggle to support its ballooning population. However the world abounds with waste and hypocrisy, according to Ruth Howard, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Jamaica. Seven billion. That’s the new buzz number. That’s how many people the United Nations Population Fund tells us are now on the planet Earth. 7 billion! …

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As Jamaicans prepare to go to the polls on 29 December, Commonwealth Correspondent Meeckel Beecher, 25, urges his countrymen and women to consider how important human rights are to the nation. As the world celebrated International Human Rights day on 10 December, I couldn’t help but reflect on the progress that Jamaica has made as it …

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