BRIDGETOWN, barbados, CMC – The following is the CANANews and SPORTS Schedule for Thursday, August 15, 2024
FORT LAUDERDALE – The Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA) has called on the region to embrace sports development and sports tourism following the outstanding performance of Caribbean athletes at the recent Paris Olympic Games.
KINGSTON – The Andrew Holness led administration is seeking to meet its objectives under the Natural Resources Conservation Authority (NRCA) Act.
GEORGETOWN – The government is improving surveillance in the interior locations of the country in a bid to tighten the slack ends related to gold smuggling.
PARAMARIBO – Finance Minister Stanley Raghoebarsing, says the country’s programme with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is in danger of being stopped, as the government has not yet paid off the national debt of approximately SRD$8 billion (US$ 275 million) at the Central Bank of Suriname (CBvS) and the Energy Companies Suriname (EBS) is still being subsidized too heavily.
SPORTS
PROVIDENCE– South Africa won the toss and will take the first strike against the West Indies on Thursday’s opening day of the second Test at the Providence Stadium.
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