BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – The following is the CANANews and SPORTS Schedule for Tuesday, August 12, 2025.
PORT OF SPAIN – The Trinidad and Tobago government says it will sign a multi-billion dollar contract with the United States-based oil and gas giant, ExxonMobil, which is expected to resume business operations here since it left in 2003
MIAMI -Tropical Storm Erin is expected to begin strengthening soon and likely to become a hurricane later this week, the Miami-based National Hurricane Center (NHC) said on Tuesday.
KINGSTOWN – Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves has told supporters of the ruling Unity Labour Party (ULP) to prepare for the general electionswidely expected this year, ahead of the February 2026 constitutional deadline.
LONDON – Guyana is the lone Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country named in 15 new countries under the United Kingdom’s “deport now, appeal later” scheme as the European country seeks to send foreigners who commit crimes in the UK back to their home countries before they can appeal against the decision.
ROSEAU – Attorney General Levi Peter is calling for the strenghtening of Dominica’s firearm laws with a pastor also urging the population to take advantage of the current gun amnesty.
PORT OF SPAIN – One of the lawyers representing some of the people who have been moved from the Maximum Security Prison (MSP) to another location under the state of emergeny (SoE), has denied police reports of attempts to murder him and other lawyers by some of their clients.
SPORTS:
TAROUBA – Pakistan won the toss and elected to field against West Indies in the third and decisive final ODI here at the Brian Lara Cricket Academy.
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