BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – The following is the CANANews and SPORTS SChedule for Friday, September 6, 2024.
GEORGETOWN – President Irfaan Ali says the poor performance of Caribbean students in mathematics is a matter of concern for regional leaders and that the matter needs to be fully ventilated.
BELMOPAN – Belize has signed a US$125 million Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) agreement with the United States intended to achieve better outcomes in the country’s secondary education and technical and vocational education training (TVET) sector.
PARAMARIBO -Trinidad and Tobago will be the venue for a two-day training course for women in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) contesting or hoping to contest general elections in their countries.
PORT AU PRINCE – The United States Secretary of State, Antony J. Blinken, says it is necessary to provide a “strong” security foundation in violence-wracked Haiti, where a United Nations sanctioned Multinational Security Support (MSS) mission is spearheading efforts to restore peace and security in the French-speaking Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country.
WASHINGTON -The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) has expressed concern over Jamaica’s continued use of states of public emergency (SOEs) and calls on Andrew Holness government to ensure that measures used to prevent and combat crime are implemented in accordance with international human rights standards.
BRIDGETOWN – Drug trafficking, firearms smuggling, and gang violence are all widely acknowledged by government leaders as a serious and growing problem in the Caribbean. (CMCFeature)
SPORTS:
NORTH SOUND – The Antigua & Barbuda Falcons held their nerves to register a last over win over the Trinbago Knight Riders and record their first victory in this year’s Caribbean Premier League here on Thursday night.
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