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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 Monday, August 18, 2025.

KINGSTON – Today is Nomination Day for the September 3 general election in Jamaica.

GEORGETOWN –  Both the ruling People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) and the main opposition coalition, A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) outline new “goodies”  for voters ahead of the  September1 general and regional  elections

MIAMI – A weakening Hurricane Erin is expected to pass to the east of the southeastern Bahamas on Monday and move between Bermuda and the east coast of the

United States by the middle of the week.

ROSEAU -National Security Minister Rayburn Blackmoore says it seems Dominicans have made a “rational decision” to keep  their illegal firearms after only four weapons were turned in to the police during a one month amnesty.

PORT-AU- PRINCE – The leader of one of the most notorious gangs in Haiti, Jimmy Chérizier, says he is prepared to cooperate with the Federal  Bureau of Investigation (FBI) even after American law officials described him as a foreign terrorist in May this year.

SPORTS:

GEORGETOWN – The horse racing community is in mourning after 19-year-old jockey Kishawn Pereira suffered fatal injuries during a race at the Guyana Cup meet on Sunday evening.

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