BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – The following is the CANANews and SPORTS Schedule for Monday, September 23, 2024
UNITED NATIONS – United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres has congratulated Haiti on the establishment of governance arrangements to oversee the political transition in the French-speaking Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country.
PORT AU PRINCE -The President of the Transitional Presidential Council (TPC), Edgard Leblanc Fils,is due to travel to the United States to attend the opening of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on Tuesday, after Washington had expressed it regrets in “the delays” in approving his security arrangements “due to the complexity of our internal procedures”.
NEW YORK – Bahamas Prime Minister Phillip Davis says it is time to move past business as usual and urged the international community to rethink their current position regarding climate change, noting that for too long, the global response has been defined by inertia.
ROSEAU – The Dominica government says it remains confident that the 10 megawatt geothermal energy power plant will be commissioned by 2O26, after signing a contract worth almost US$40 million with an Indian company.
WASHINGTON – Democratic Congresswoman, Yvette D. Clarke, has joined lawmakers in introducing legislation in the House of Representatives condemning “the racism and bigotry Haitian immigrant communities have faced” following remarks made by the former president Donald Trump and his running mate, JD Vance in the campaign for the November 4 presidential elections in the United States.
SPORTS:
TAROUBA – Nicholas Pooran rode his luck to hit a swashbuckling, unbeaten 93 from just 43 balls and the Trinbago Knight Riders ousted the St Kitts & Nevis Patriots from the Caribbean Premier League with a comprehensive seven-wicket victory here Sunday night.
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