BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – The following is thew CANANews and SPORTS Schedule for Monday, August 25, 2025.
ST. JOHN’S – Prime Minister Gaston Browne Monday made an impassioned plea for Caribbean countries to acquire a greater interest in the ownership of businesses, as he defended his administration’s decision to allow the National Social Security Scheme (NSSS) to invest in the Jolly Beach Hotel.
GEORGETOWN Guyana’s two main political organisations have hinted at the possibility of violence marring the September 1 general and regional elections amid concerns of possible voting irregularities.
PORT OF SPAIN – Former attorney general, Garvin Nicholas, says Trinidad and Tobago government should not readily abandon its closest allies to appease “those who would easily discard us” as he questioned Port of Spain’s announcement that it fully supports the decision of the United States to deploy “military assets” into the Caribbean region to destroy what it described as “the terrorist drug cartels”.
NASSAU -The Bahamas’ two main political parties are at odds over which of them has a better crime plan for the country amid the unofficial start of campaigning for the next general election constitutionally due by September 2026, but widely expected to be held before that date.
ST. GEORGE’S – Prime Minister Dickon Mitchell has extended “heartfelt condolences “ to the family of Neilon Franklyn, one of Grenada’s youngest legislators, who died at the General Hospital after collapsing on Sunday.
SPORTS:
PORT OF SPAIN – The Windward Islands have taken an early lead in the CWI Rising Stars Under-17 Men’s 50-over Championship, which bowled off here on Sunday.
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