Michelle Nurse

Saint Lucia has slapped a temporary ban on the importation of all poultry and poultry products from the United Kingdom, as a result of an outbreak of bird flu there. The Ministry of Agriculture said the ban was imposed in light of…
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IF a natural disaster were to ‘wipe-out’ crops in any Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Member State, farmers would be able to “build back the source of plant material in a year or so” with the help of seed banks operated by the Caribbean…
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The Jamaica Parliament is to begin debating, this afternoon, whether to replace the London-based Privy Council with the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) as Jamaica’s highest court. The Houses of Parliament issued a statement yesterday,…
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The Ambassador of Japan to Jamaica, HE Yasuo Takase, will this evening make a presentation dubbed ‘A lecture on Japan’s Foreign Policy: Japan’s policy towards Jamaica and CARICOM’, at the Kiwanis Club of Kingston meeting in the New Kingston…
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An infectious disease originating in the wildlife in the deep jungles on the continent of Africa can find its way clear across the globe to the North American continent in a matter of hours, thanks to the convenient, easy, continuous flow…
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