BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – The following is the CANANews and SPORTS Schedule for Monday, December 1, 2025.
CASTRIES -St. Lucians are voting to elect a new government.
KINGSTOWN – Prime Minister Dr. Godwin Friday says he expects to name his cabinet on Tuesday, following last weeks general election in which his ruling New Democratic Party (NDP) won a crushing 14-1 victory at the polls.
PORT OF SPAIN –Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister, Kamla Persad-Bissessar, Monday accused the main opposition People’s National Movement (PNM) of being financed by the “local drug mafia” of fuelling an anti-United States “narrative” as concerns continue to be raised here over the installation of radar systems by the United States military here.
GEORGETOWN – The Director of the Pan Caribbean Partnership Against HIV/AIDS (PANCAP) Coordinating Unit (PCU), Dr Wendy Telgt Emanuelson, Monday promised an “AIDS-free Caribbean for generations to come” even as she acknowledged that the path towards ending AIDS by 2030 “was never meant to be easy”.
WASHINGTON – Jamaica has secured a comprehensive package of up to US$6.7 billion over a three year period to strengthen the country’s recovery and reconstruction efforts following the passage of Hurricane Melissa in October.
PARAMARIBO – King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands, arrived here at the state of a three-day state visit that officials here signal efforts to improve the socio-economic and political relationship with the Dutch-speaking Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country.
SPORTS:
LEON – Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago finished ninth and 10th respectively when the 2025 FIBA 3×3 AmeriCup concluded here over the weekend.
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