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CANANEWS AND SPORTS SCHEDULE AT 1200 ECT

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BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – The following is the CANANews and SPORTS Schedule for Thursday, June 19, 2025.

WASHINGTON  – The Organization of American States (OAS) says the new Permanent Representative of Jamaica, Antony Anderson, on Wednesday presented his credentials to OAS Secretary General Albert Ramdin.

BRIDGETOWN – Barbados is receiving a US$54 million loan from the World Bank to fund the repair of vital infrastructure and safeguard vulnerable communities in the wake of Hurricane Beryl.

KINGSTON – Tourism Minister, Edmund Bartlett, has announced the commencement of training for the first cohort of executive sous-chefs enrolled at Jamaica’s Gastronomy Academy.

NEW YORK – Caribbean-American New York State Assemblymember Brian Cunningham has welcomed the finalization of US $1billion investment in SUNY Downstate Hospital, a major hospital in the epic center of the Caribbean community in Brooklyn, New York.

SPORTS

TEXAS – Following a demoralising 5-0 defeat to the USA in their Concacaf Gold Cup opener, Trinidad and Tobago’s senior men’s football team must regroup quickly as they take on Haiti in a pivotal Group D encounter today at 6:45 pm (TT time).

 

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