BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC The following is the CANANews and SPORTS Schedule for Wednesday, July 10, 2024
GEORGETOWN – The first legal conference on criminal justice reform got underway here on Wednesday, with President Irfaan Ali warning that a “one size fits all” system is not the be it all for solving the problems facing the judicial system in the Caribbean.
KINGSTOWN – Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves says it will cost the government an estimated EC$300 million (One EC dollar=US$0.37 cents) to repair and rebuild houses damaged or destroyed by Hurricane Beryl, when it hit the Southern Grenadines last week Monday.
PORT AU PRINCE – Haiti’s international recording artiste, Wyclef Jean, has called on the armed groups in the French-speaking Caribbean Community CARICOM) country to lay down their weapons, urging all stakeholders to engage in a constructive dialogue to ensure peace and security.
ROSEAU – Dominica’s Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit has downplayed suggestions that the island faces a crisis after the President “no elected member” on he opposition bench is qualified to be sworn in as Leader of the Opposition.
GEORGETOWN – Police have arrested a woman who had attempted to kill her nine-year-old daughter and herself after her boyfriend said he wanted to end the relationship.
SPORTS:
LONDON-Opening day of the first test match between the West Indies and England at Lord’s.
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