BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – The following is the CANANews and SPORTS Schedule for Friday, August 9, 2024.
GEORGETOWN – The Guyana government says it has completed the model for Silica City, described as the country’s first smart and sustainable city project.
KINGSTOWN – An opposition legislator has expressed his disappointment at the delay by the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court for not handling down a verdict in the COVID-19 vaccine case, having heard the appeal in May this year.
ROSEAU – National Security Minister Rayburn Blackmoore wants the courts here to impose stiffer penalties on persons found guilty of committing crimes with illegal weapons.
LONDON – Britain’s Minister for the Overseas Territories, Stephen Doughty, has held discussions with leaders of the British Overseas Territories (BOT) in the Caribbean, discussing a wide range of issues including self-determination, devolution and autonomy.
PARAMARIBO – The National Party of Suriname (NPS) is calling on the government to honour the various ruling by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR) as the Dutch-speaking Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country observes International Indigenous Peoples Day on Friday.
SPORTS:
PORT OF SPAIN-Third day of the first test match between the West Indies and South Africa at the Queen’s Park Oval.
PARIS -Caribbean athletes seeking glory at the Paris Olympics.
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