BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – The following is the CANANews and SPORTS Schedule for Monday, May 4, 2026.
HAGUE – Guyana Monday told the International Court of Justice (ICJ) that its case with Guyana over the ownership of the Essequibo region, “has an existential quality” for the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country and that it “respectfully submits that this case is as straightforward as it is consequential”.
ST. JOHN’S – A senior advisor to the leader of the main opposition United Progressive Party (UPP), Dr. McChesney McEmanuel, says the party had its own data that showed it would have lost the May 30 general election.
HAGUE – Guyana has told the International Court of Justice (ICJ) that neither Spain nor Venezuela ever administered the Essequibo region being claimed by the South American country.
CASTRIES -The St. Lucia Electricity Services Limited (LUCELEC) said that an island wide blackout over the last weekend was due to an “unexpected fault” that occurred on an 11 kilovolt (11kV) breaker within its Cul-de-Sac electricity network.
KINGSTOWN – The acting Director of the state-owned Agency for Public Information (API), Nadia Slater, has been sent on leave, days after saying she made “a genuine error with malicious intent” when she referred to Opposition Leader Dr. Ralph Gonsalves as prime minister, five months after he was voted out of office
SPORTS:
KINGSTON – The Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) has delayed the appointment of its new head coach, opting instead to extend the timeline to find a suitable candidate.
LAHORE – Former West Indies head coach Ottis Gibson captured his first-ever Pakistan Super League (PSL) title when he led Peshawar Zalmi to a five-wicket victory over Hyderabad Kingsmen here in Sunday’s final.
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