BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – The following is the CANANews and SPORTS Schedule for Wednesday, October 21, 2026
CASTRIES – Caribbean Community (CARICOM) chairman, Prime Minister Phillip J. Pierre says “Haiti is bleeding” and is “a sad situation” as he defended the decision of the United Nations Security Council to send foreign troops into the French-speaking CARICOM country.
ST. JOHN’S – Prime Minister Gaston Browne has called on “all criminals” in Antigua and Barbuda to “put down their guns” as he urged no “reprisal” in Tuesday’s double killing of tw members of the Rastafari Community.
SANTIAGO – The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) says in an international landscape in which technological capacities are taking on increasing weight for competitiveness and development, Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) must move forward with taking ownership of artificial intelligence to meet its main challenges.
KINGSTON – A preliminary hearing date has been set in March next year, for the hearing of a petition before the United Kingdom- based Privy Council filed on behalf of the people of Jamaica on the legality of chattel slavery and the transatlantic slave trade.
CALIFORNIA – Belizean national is among11 foreign nationals living in the United States who are among a total of 28 people charged with federal crimes, including that they fraudulently registered to vote in US elections.
SPORTS:
DHAKA – West Indies batting coach Floyd Reifer has declared the team’s two-week Test preparation camp in Chennai a resounding success, rating it a perfect 10 out of 10 as the Caribbean side prepares to face a Bangladesh Cricket Board XI in a two-day warm-up match starting Thursday.
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