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A man smokes a marijuana cigarette in St. Vincent. (IWN file photo)

Weed encourages but doesnt cause criminal behaviour — report

The use of marijuana encourages but does not cause criminal behaviour, says the CARICOM Marijuana Commission, which, in its report earlier this month, recommended that heads of government legalise the…

22 Jul 2018 4:35PM

CARICOM Marijuana Report

A marijuana plant in St. Vincent. (iWN file photo)

Weed laws deny CARICOM region substantial economic benefits

22 Jul 2018 4:32PM

Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves addresses the historic sitting of the CCJ in Kingstown on Friday. (iWN photo)

PM wants Vincentian MPs to surprise everybody with CCJ vote

22 Jul 2018 4:28PM

Judges of the CCJ along with the Chief Justices of Jamaica and the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court during a ceremonial sitting in St Vincent and the Grenadines in July 2018.

Justice Saunders returns home to SVG for ceremonial sitting of CCJ

21 Jul 2018 5:08AM

Lorenzo Gould, left, was shot and killed in Vermont Wednesday night, while Marcus Sandy was shot and killed in Arnos Vale Thursday night. (Internet photos)

Two shot dead, 2 injured in 2 days in SVG

20 Jul 2018 8:26AM

From left: SVG’s Deputy Prime Minister Sir Louis Straker, South Africa’s High Commissioner to SVG, Xoliswa N. Ngwevela, and Prime Minister of SVG, Ralph Gonsalves at the naming ceremony on Thursday. (iWN photo)

South African envoy urges SVG to defend Mandela’s legacy

The South Leeward Highway was, on Thursday, officially renamed the Nelson Mandela Highway during a ceremony in which the Xoliswa N. Ngwevela, high commissioner of South Africa to St. Vincent and the…

20 Jul 2018 7:01AM

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