The president of the Mexican Senate says that the influence of the United States is to blame for the failure of laws on the criminalization of marijuana in her country. Lawmakers are now scrambling to reverse those policies, with lawmakers due to vote on a bill to regulate cannabis in a matter of weeks, another […]
Month: May 2018
Launch of three public social protection schemes in Rajasthan
On May 13, 2018, President Ram Nath Kovind, during his first two-day head of state visit to Rajasthan, launched three social protection programs. The President launched Sundar Singh Bhandari EBC Swarozgar Yojana, Bhairon Singh Shekhawat Antyodaya Swarozgar Yojana and a loan and interest waiver program for SC / ST / OBC, sanitation workers and people […]
Paulding’s first public community garden leasing space to budding growers | Community
A whole new world awaits those willing to get their hands dirty and walk a short distance behind the brand new Paulding Park. The county’s first community garden is now accepting requests for grow space from the public. The Mulberry Rock Park Community Garden Council, headed by Mike Pope, is opening the area to interested […]
Paul Farmer receives NAS Public Welfare Medal
Image: Cécile Joan Avila / PIH The National Academy of Sciences awarded its 2018 Public Welfare Medal to a doctor, anthropologist and humanitarian Paul Farmer. The award recognizes Farmer’s work as pioneering sustainable, community-based treatment strategies that demonstrate the delivery of high-quality health care in resource-poor settings in the United States and other countries. Get […]