BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – The following is the CANANews and SPORTS Schedule for Friday, September 20, 2024.
ST. JOHN’S – Less than a week after Prime Minister Gaston Browne called on the Antigua and Barbuda Layer Farmers Association (ABLFA) to reverse its decision to increase the price of eggs, his adminiistration Friday announced that the egg market will be liberalised.
CASTRIES – The Department of Labour has embarked upon a sensitisation campaign amid reports that some employers were mving to dismiss workers ahead of the planned October 1 implementation of the National Minimum Livable Wage.
GEORGETOWN – The Guyana government will announce soon the date for the Commission of Inquiry (COI) which is expected to investigate claims of extrajudicial killings and other crimes during the into the early 2000 period, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo has said.
BRIDGETOWN – Prime Minister Mia Mottley has announced the establishment of a National Advisory Council on Citizen Security as her administration moves towards dealing with an upsurge in gun and gun-related violence.
BELMOP -The Belize government says it has been working very closely with the United States government, after Washington earlier this week named it and three other Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries among a list of countries designated as a major drug transit or major illicit drug producing countries for the fiscal year 2025.
SPORTS:
PORT OF SPAIN – A rare, disciplined effort by the Antigua & Barbuda Falcons saw them register a surprise six wicket victory over the Trinbago Knight Riders in the Caribbean Premier League here Thursday night.
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