BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – The following is the CANANews and SPORTS Schedule for Sunday , September 29, 2024.
LONDON– Guyana’s President Dr. Irfaan li has launched a new publication titled “Achieving Global Food Security: The Caribbean Experience and Beyond”; and it is aimed at providing a holistic overview of the causes and challenges surrounding food security in the Caribbean and the wider global community.
KINGSTOWN -Police are investigating the death of a 37-year-old farmer, who was shot in Petit Bordel on Sunday, bringing to two, the number of people killed in that North Leeward village in as many days.
BELMOPAN– Police in Belize say they are continuing investigations into the discovery of a quantity of “suspected” cocaine that had been discovered on a boat belonging to the Minister of Cabinet, with responsibility for the portfolios of Blue Economy and Disaster Risk Management, Andre Perez.
UNITED NATIONS– Belize, a member of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS), has blamed industrialized nations for the climate change crisis, saying that its “genesis” lies with them. Addressing the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) Debate, Foreign Affairs Minister Francis Fonseca said the “perpetuation and acceleration” of the climate crisis also rest with the wider membership of the Group of 20 (G20) of the world’s industrialized powers.
SPORTS
PORT-OF-SPAIN– West Indies’ prolific wicketkeeper/batsman Nicholas Pooran has broken the three-year old record for the most T20 runs set in a calendar year. The 28-year-old set the new mark on Friday when he scored 27 for the Trinbago Knight Riders against the Barbados Royals in the Caribbean Premier League, to surpass the previous record of 2036 runs set by Pakistan’s Mohammad Rizwan in 2021.
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