BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – The following is the CANANews and SPORS Schedule for Tuesday, February 17 2026.
GEORGETOWN – The Guyana government Tuesday said it is leveraging its expanding oil and gas sectors for socio-economic development as well as investing in what that will optimise long term opportunities for the country.
ST. JOHN’S – Antigua and Barbuda’s Trade Minister, E.P Chet Greene, say 16 years after the Caribbean signed an Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with Europe, “the promise of that partnership remains largely unfulfilled for many of us”.
KINGSTON – The Jamaica government is renegotiating its medical cooperation programme with Cuba even as the United States ramped up pressure on Caribbean countries to end their relationship with Havana.
PARAMARIBO – The Court of Justice has awarded the Speaker of the National Assembly, Ashwin Adhin, more than SRD400,000 (One SRD=US$0.02 cents) in compensation in a matter dating back to his arrest in November 2020.
KINGSTON – Jamaica’s Prime Minister Andrew Holness Tuesday described the death of the renowned United States civil rights leader, Reverend Jesse Jackson as “a significant moment in history.
SPORTS:
ST. GEORGE’S – After a frustrating eight-month layoff due to a shoulder injury, West Indies captain Hayley Matthews is declared fit and ready to lead her side in the upcoming One-Day International series against Sri Lanka, beginning here on Friday.
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