BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – The following is the CANANews and SPORTS Schedule for Tuesday, June 17, 2025
NASSAU – The Bahamas government says it is pausing the recruitment of nurses from Cuba and will also cancel its existing contracts with a Cuban recruitment agency.
ST. JOHN’S – The Antigua and Barbuda government has defended its Citizenship by Investment Programme (CBI) amid reports that the Donald Trump administration is reviewing potential visa bans or other restrictions for nationals of 36 countries, including four in the Caribbean.
CASTRIES – The St. Lucia government says it has “successful” signed collective bargaining agreements (CBAs) with seven of the nine public sector unions and staff associations, that will result in public sector workers receiving salary increases of two per cent annually within the 2022–2025 period.
ROSEAU – Education Minister Octavia Alfred has confirmed that no one was injured when the concrete roof structure for the auditorium of the Dominica Grammar School (DGS) collapsed on Monday.
PORT OF SPAIN – The Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS) Tuesday said that the threat level identified by a family “did not satisfy the threshold for full protection” under the witness protection programme”.
SPORTS:
CAVE HILL – West Indies Women won the toss and elected to field first against South Africa Women in the third and final Women’s One Day International here at the 3 W’s Oval on Tuesday.
CALIFORNIA – Reggae Boys head coach Steve McClaren is urging his players to be more aggressive and show more fight after Guatemala claimed a hard-fought 1-0 victory over Jamaica in their 2025 Concacaf Gold Cup Group C matchup here on Monday night at Dignity Health Sports Park.
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