BRIDGETOWN,Barbados, CMC – The following is the CANANews and SPORTS Schedule for Thursday, Aug 1, 2024
ST GEORGE’S – CMC Prime Minister Dickon Mitchell Thursday defended the decision to dismiss Youth and Sports Minister Jonathan LaCrette from his cabinet, saying he had lost confidence in him.
GEORGETOWN- Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo says he has no doubt that the high profile elections fraud case may end up before the Trinidad-based Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ).
BELMOPAN – Attorneys have criticised the authorities for incarcerating a 13-year-old child at the Wagner’s Youth Facility within the Belize Central Prison, who has not been convicted of the allegations made against him.
PORT OF SPAIN – The High Court has ordered the state to compensate three Venezuelan children who were held in in a facility where there were no provisions for their recreational or educational welfare.
GEORGETOW -The Guyana government is unlikely to extend the exploration license granted to two Canadian-based oil and gas exploration company, CGX Energy Inc. and Frontera Energy Corporation, who joint venture partners in the Corentyne Block offshore Guyana.
SPORTS:
NOTTINGHAM – Barbadian Jacob Bethell flourished but West Indies Twenty20 captain Rovman Powell sparkled only briefly, as Birmingham Phoenix beat Trent Rockets by six runs in the Men’s Hundred.
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