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Jamaica gives insights into effects of legalised weed

If CARICOM countries follow the advice of the marijuana commission and legalise marijuana for all purposes, they would not be doing so without any evidence of the effect that this…

25 Jul 2018 11:44PM

CARICOM Marijuana Report

Justice of the Peace Renwick Baynes leaves the Kingstown Magistrate’s Court after testifying. (iWN photo)

JP grabbed gun during squabble that left college student stabbed

24 Jul 2018 5:48AM

Addressing the CCJ in Kingstown, on Friday, Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves said he doesn't know "any politician who is foolish enough" to try to intervene in the court. (iWN photo)

PM willing to pass law to make CCJ SVG’s final court

22 Jul 2018 4:51PM

Justice Adrian Saunders speaks at the ceremonial sitting of the Caribbean Court of Justice, of which he is president, in Kingstown, on Friday. (iWN photo)

Will SVG also reject CCJ with its national at the helm?

22 Jul 2018 4:46PM

Parnell Campbell, QC, said on Friday that he took it personal when voter rejected proposed changes to the constitution in 2009.
He is seen here returning to his seat, after speaking at Friday's ceremonial sitting, in Kingstown, of the Caribbean Court of Justice. (iWN photo).

Campbell felt personally wronged by rejection of new constitution

22 Jul 2018 4:41PM

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