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CANANEWS AND SPORTS SCHEDULE AT 1200 ECT

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BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – The following is the CANANews and SPORTS Schedule for Sunday, July 28, 2024.

ST.  GEORGE’S – Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders open three day summit on Sunday (Late story).

PORT OF SPAIN – TT IRON Steel Co Ltd (TT Iron) says it has taken over the ownership of the iron and steel plant in the Point Lisas Industrial Estate, Couva in west central Trinidad that had been placed in liquidation following its closure in 2016 by the  Luxembourg based ArcelorMittal, the second largest steel producer in the world.

GEORGETOWN –  A war of words has broken out between the  Attorney General Chambers and a sitting High Court judge, with the Attorney General, Anil Nandlall saying his failure to respond to “such infelicitous remarks on the public record without repudiation is simply not an option”.

GEORGE TOWN – Chairman of the Barbados-based Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO), Kenneth Bryan, says the annual CTO’s State of the Tourism Industry Conference (SOTIC) 2024 will be held in the Cayman Islands in September.

ST.GEORGE’S – Britain’s High Commissioner to Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean, Scott Furssedonn-Wood, has reiterated the United Kingdom’s support for the Caribbean following the devastation caused by the passage of Hurricane Beryl earlier this month.

SPORTS:

BIRMINGHAM – England complete a series whitewash against West Indies after winning third and final test by 10 wickets at Edgbaston on Sunday.

CMC/2024