BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – The following is the CANANews and SPORTS Schedule for Wednesday, August 7,2024
BELMOPAN – Opposition Leader Shyne Barrow says he has “always kept my door open” as infighting within the main opposition United Democratic Party (UDP) spilled into the public domain.
HAMILTON – Less than 24 hours after Premier David Burt confirmed that two senior members of his cabinet, including the Attorney-General and Minister of Legal Affairs and Constitutional Reform, Kathy-Lynn Simmons, had stepped down from their positions, Simmons has announced her resignation as the parliamentary representative for Sandys North.
GEORGETOWN – The trial of nine people, including the former chief elections officer of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), Keith Lowenfield, accused of electoral fraud in the 2020 general and regional elections, has been adjourned to September after the magistrate hearing the matter has been sent on sick leave.
KINGSTOWN – A High Court judge has sentenced a 56-year-old man to nearly 34 years in jail afer he was found guilty of raping his seven year old daughter.
NEW YORK – Caribbean nationals in the diaspora are pushing ahead with plans to have Kamala Harris, the daughter of a Jamaican national, elected as the next president of the United States (CMCFeature by Nelson King).
SPORTS:
PORT OF SPAIN – South Africa won the toss and elected to bat on the opening day of the first Test against the West Indies at Queen’s Park Oval on Wednesday.
PARIS-Caribbean athletes seek Olympic glory .
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