BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – The following is the CANANews and SPORTS Schedule for Saturday, April 5, 2025.
GEORGETOWN – Caribbean Community (CARICOM) chair, Prime Minister Mia Mottley says there is a need to “urgently” re-engage the United States directly as the region comes to grips with the impact of the global crises and in particular Washington’s new trade regime.
SANTIAGO – The eighth meeting of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development, ended here on Friday, with delegates agreeing that five years before the deadline for fulfilling the 2030 Agenda, the region must step up its efforts to move towards achieving the sustainable development goals (SDGs), through collaboration between multiple stakeholders and a focus on managing the transformations.
UNITED NATIONS – The World Food Programme (WFP) says it is responding to the needs of the people in Haiti following the attacks earlier this week in the town of Mirebalais, in the Centre Department that left several people, including two Roman Catholic nuns dead.
GEORGETOWN – Government has described as “ intellectually dishonest” and “politically motivated” a statement issued this week by the Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA) that come out in defence of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and their important social responsibility which includes being the conscience of society.
BRIDGETOWN – The roof was collapsing. Water poured in from every direction. As Hurricane Beryl’s 150 miles per hour (mph) winds tore through Carriacou, Kisha McFarlene huddled with others in a building that was coming apart around them. (CMCFeature by Chalsey Gill Anthony).
SPORTS:
ST. JOHN’S -Fourth and final day of the sixth round of matches in the West Indies Championship at various venues.
KINGSTON – The American quartet of Kenneth Bednarek, Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, Gabby Thomas and Christopher Bailey all won their respective events when the inaugural Grand Slam Track Series got underway on Friday at the National Stadium in Kingston.
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