BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – The following is the CANANews and SPORTS Schedule fr Friday, November 1, 2024.
ST. JOHN’S -Antigua and Barbuda is celebrating its 43rd anniversary of political independence from Britain, with Prime Minister Gaston Browne saying the country has a “good reason for a deep sense of pride and gratitude.
GEORGE TOWN – Governor Jane Owen is urging the public to “remain tuned in to official channels,” as the British Overseas Territory deals with the second collapse of a coalition government here within a four-year period.
PORT OF SPAIN – Finance Minister Colm Imbert Froday said he will look “very carefully” at request by businesses to regulate access to foreig exchange (forex) distributed by commercial banks.
KINGSTOWN – The British High Commissioner to Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean, Scott Furssedonn-Wood, says the United Kingdom is keen to find a more sophisticated way of determining how developing countries can access concessional financing.
ST. GEORGE’S – Prime Minister Dickon Mitchell says he is unable to comment on the arrangement that Global Petroleum Group recently signed with Nigeria’s Oceangate Oil and Gas Engineering company to develop the island’s oil and gas reserves.
SPORTS:
PORT OF SPAIN – In an exciting development for Trinidad and Tobago football, Dwight Yorke is expected to be announced as the new head coach for the Soca Warriors in the coming days.
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