BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – The following is the CANANews and SPORTS Schedule for Monday, August 11, 2025.
MIAMI – Residents in the northern Leeward Islands are monitoring the passage of Tropical Storm Erin formed Monday west of the Cabo Verde Islands and could strengthen to become the Atlantic’s first hurricane of the 2025 season.
KINGSTON – The main opposition People’s National Party (PNP) has welcomed the announcement by Prime Minister Andrew Holness that the general elections will be held on September 3, saying that “we have been waiting for this moment for a very long time”.
KINGSTOWN – Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves has been selected as the candidate of the ruling Unity Labour Party (ULP) to contest the North Central Windward constituency in the next general elections, widely expected this year, ahead of the February 2026 constitutional deadline.
NASSAU – Prime Minister Phillip Davis saying that there “remain a few individuals determined to terrorise our streets” as The Bahamas recorded more murders over the past 48 hours.
PORT OF SPAIN -The Energy Chamber of Trinidad and Tobago says while the energy sector is the major contributor to national income, contributing on average 30-40 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP), it only employs on average two percent of the national workforce or around 12,700 people.
SPORTS:
TAROUBA – With not only their series against Pakistan on the line but automatic qualification for the 2027 World Cup, West Indies all-rounder Roston Chase says it’s important that they get maximum points from every ODI they play going forward.
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