BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – The following is the CANANews and SPORTS Schedule for Friday, April 25, 2025.
PORT OF SPAIN – The Elections and Boundaries Commission (the Commission) says it has been made aware of a falsified document currently in circulation that inaccurately claims affiliations between its chief election officer (CEO) and several Returning Officers with a political party.
WASHINGTON – St. Vincent and the Grenadines Minister of Finance, Camillo Gonsalves, says the government is looking to broaden its tourism base to reduce the impact of the tariffs announced recently by the United States President Donald Trump.
ST. JOHN’S – Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries operating a Citizenship by Investment (CBI) programme have underscored the importance of the initiative to their socio-economic development.
NASSAU -The Bahamas government says documents leaked by a US-based human rights group purporting to show that Cuban medical professionals in The Bahamas receive a small fraction of their contracted wages, could be part of a broader effort to influence the Bahamian public policy and undermine the country’s sovereignty.
GEORGETOWN – The Guyana government has denied reports that the US-based oil company Hess, is to return 94 per cent of its net undeveloped acreage in Guyana and Suriname within the next thee years, as a significant relinquishment of Stabroek Block is now seven months behind schedule.
WASHINGTON – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) is calling for urgent action to address gaps in immunization coverage as countries in the Americas, including the Caribbean, confront outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases such as measles and yellow fever.
SPORTS:
TORUBA-West Indies Breakout League gets underway on Friday at the Brian Lara Cricket Academy.