Michelle Nurse

(JIS) – Science, Energy and Technology Minister, Dr Andrew Wheatley, says the country must stake its claim on all local strains of marijuana for research and development. Jamaica, it is said, has some of the best or finest marijuana…
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Cartagena, Colombia – The deadly 2017 hurricanes in the Caribbean posed huge challenges but they also offer opportunities to build better disaster preparedness and response systems, a conference heard. With the region now bracing for the…
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World heritage body UNESCO has removed the Belize Barrier Reef from its list of endangered World Heritage Sites after nine years. It said the government of the Central American country had taken "visionary" steps to preserve it. The…
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(CMC) – Prime Minister Dr Keith Mitchell believes the time has come for Grenada to reconsider decriminalising the use of marijuana and other forms of recreational drugs. “More and more we are hearing about countries who are placing less…
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NASSAU, Bahamas (CMC) – The Central Bank of The Bahamas has announced plans to introduce a pilot digital currency for the country. This is according to Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance K Peter Turnquest, who made the…
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