BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC- The following is the CANANews and SPORTS Schedule for Wednesday, May 13, 2026.
NASSAU – Prime Minister Phillip Davis guided his ruling Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) to a record second consecutive term in office after it swept Tuesday’s general election he had called ahead of the constitutional deadline.
ST. JOHN’S – Chairman of the Antigua and Barbuda Electoral Commission (ABEC), Arthur Thomas, has denied suggestions that the electoral body had been compromised during the April 30 general election.
PORT OF SPAIN – Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar says Trinidad and Tobago will not recognise Dr. Carla Barnett as the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretary General after August when her first five year term ends, even as regional countries maintained that she had been reappointed to the position for another five year term.
BRIDGETOWN – St. Kitts and Nevis Prime Minister Dr. Terrance Drew will later this month host a meeting with United Nations officials to discuss a diagnostic and action plan that is being developed to address crime as a systemic regional challenge, a senior United nations Development Programme (UNDP) official has said here.
KINGSTON – The Jamaica government says it will establish a one billion dollar )One Jamaica dollar=US$0.008 cents) health infrastructure maintenance fund (HIMF) amid ongoing complaints about the state of infrastructure in the health sector.
SPORTS:
ST JOHN’S -Barbados Pride and Trinidad and Tobago Red Force in mouthwatering final day of their West Indies Championship playoff here at the Coolidge Cricket Ground.
BRIDGETOWN- The Barbados Tridents are officially back. The Royals Sports Group (RSG), in a historic three-year deal with the Government of Barbados, has confirmed that the beloved franchise will return to the Caribbean Premier League (CPL), trading the Royals’ colours for the nation’s iconic blue and yellow.
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