BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – The following is the CANANews and SPORTS Schedule for Tuesday, May 19, 2026.
GEORGETOWN – The CARICOM Eminent Persons Group (EPG) Tuesday said that “it is not in any way involved” in a political initiative called ‘Washington-Haiti-CARICOM Socio-Political Relief Solution”.
ROSEAU – Cuba’s Ambassador to Dominica, Miguel Manuel Fraga Gonzalez, has brushed aside a United States offer of US$100 million humanitarian aid package, reiterating Havana’s decades’ old call for Washington to lift the trde and economic embargo on the Caribbean island.
WASHINGTON -The Trump administration says it is imposing more sanctions on Cuban officials in order to “protect US national security and deprive Cuba’s communist regime and military of access to illicit assets”.
PORT AU PRINCE – The United Nations Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict, (CAAC), Vanessa Frazier, says children living in Haiti are under “constant fear” amid displacement, intimidation and trauma caused by gang violence.
BRASILIA – Record-breaking heat, persistent drought, extreme rainfall and devastating tropical cyclones impacted communities and economies throughout Latin America and the Caribbean in 2025.
SPORTS:
ST. JOHN’S – Third day of the final of the West Indies Championship between defending champions Guyana Harpy Eagles and the Trinidad and Tobago Red Force at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium
LONDON – Manchester City’s Khadija ‘Bunny’ Shaw captured another coveted award when she was named WSL Football’s Player of the Season following an impressive showing in the just concluded Women’s Super League (WSL).
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