BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – The following is the CANANews and SPORTS Schedule for Monday, May 26, 2025
ROSEAU – Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit Monday said talks should be held with the gang leaders in Haiti as efforts continue to end the security and political crisis in the French-speaking Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country.
GEORGETOWN – Guyana is maintaining its sovereignty over the Essequibo region, even as Venezuela announced that officials, including a governor, had been elected on Sunday for the first time in the an oil-rich territory.
GEORGETOWN – President Irfaan Ali Sunday night announced that September 1, this year as the date fort the general and regional elections in Guyana.
Addressing the 59th Independence Flag Raising Ceremony in Berbice, he said he would soon issue the proclamation for the dissolution of Parliament.
PARAMAIBO – President Chandrikapersad “Chan” Santokhi says he will only consider entering into talks for a new coalition government after the official results of Sunday’s general elections are know.
PORT OF SPAIN – Acting Commissioner of Police, Junior Benjamin, says the police is adopting a no-tolerance stance against people making threats to government ministers or people in public life after media reports Monday indicated that a cutlass-wielding man appeared at the home of the Finance Minister Davendranath Tancoo in Fyzabad in south western Trinidad with a message for him and Homeland Security Minister, Roger Alexander.
SPORTS:
CHELMSFORD – England Women reached 144 for five in their 20 overs against West Indies Women in the third and final T20I here at the Essex County Cricket Ground on Monday.
DUBLIN – West Indies white-ball captain Shai Hope has praised his troops’ performance against Ireland in the third and final One Day International (ODI) on Sunday, which helped them level the three-match series and avoid losing valuable points.
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