BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – The following is the CANANews and SPORTS Schedule for Tuesday, August 6, 2024.
ST. JOHN’S -The newly formed LIAT 2020 made its inaugural flight to St. Lucia on Tuesday, signaling the return to the skies of the inter-regional airline, whose previous owners, LIAT (1974) Limited went bankrupt in January this year.
KINGSTON – Jamaica is celebrating its 62nd anniversary of political independence from Britain with its main political leaders expressing different position regarding the future direction of the country.
HAMILTON – Premier David Burt has confirmed that two senior members of his cabinet, including the Attorney-General and Minister of Legal Affairs and Constitutional Reform, Kathy-Lynn Simmons, have stepped down from their positions.
GEORGETOWN –Guyana has started legal proceedings in a bid to recover more than US$34 million dollars from the Trinidad-based CLICO Investment Bank (CIB) Limited, which has been in compulsory liquidation.
BELMOPAN – The Belize government has defended the decision to impose a limited state of emergency (SOE)in the country saying that the measure has allowed law enforcement authorities to seize weapons from criminal gang members.
SPORTS:
PARIS – Anderson Peters of Grenada and Trinidad and Tobago’s Keshorn Walcott produced contrasting performances, but both are into the final of the men’s javelin at the Paris Olympics.
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