BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – The following is the CANANews and SPORTS Schedule for Friday, April 4, 2025.
PORT OF SPAIN – Today is Nomination Day for the April 28 general elections.
ROSEAU – An International Monetary Fund (IMF) delegation has ended a 10 day visit to Dominica indicating that the island’s economy grew by 3.5 per cent last year and is expected to grow by more than four per cent this year.
PARAMARIBO – Suriname says it will use the funds being made available by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to meet the repayment of foreign debts over the months of April and May.
LONDON — Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley Friday held talks with the United Kingdom’s Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer, saying it was important for the two countries to find common “things that are necessary for us to have a healthy global commons that can benefit all of us”.
KINGSTOWN – The St. Vincent and the Grenadines says it has formed a task force in response to the decision by United States President Donald Trump t impose a 10 per cent tariff on goods entering the North American country from from the Caribbean country.
PORT AU PRINCE – Two nuns were were among several people killed when an armed gang ran riot near Haitian capital Port au Prince on Monday, the Metropolitan Archbishop of Port au Prince, Max Leroy Mésidor, has confirmed.
SPORTS:
ST. JOHN’S – Third day of the sixth round of matches in the West Indies Championship.
ST GEORGE’S – Defending champions in the WINLOTT Inc Windwards Under-19 Super 50 cricket competition, Grenada will open their title defence on Sunday against Saint Lucia
BRIDGETOWN – Barbados will once again host one of the biggest international bodybuilding events with the IFBB Pro World Cup and the Roger Boyce Classic set to take place on May 10 and 11.
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