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CANANEWS AND SPORTS SCHEDULE AT 1200 ECT

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BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC –  The following is the CANANews and Sports Schedule for Friday, July 31, 2026.

KINGSTOWN – Lawyers representing Prime Minister Dr. Godwin Friday and his Foreign Affairs Minister Fitzgerald Bramble are expected to lay provide their legal arguments when the election petition case involving the two senior government ministers resume here on  August 31.

BELMOPAN – The Belize government says eight individuals have been transferred to the country following as it implements the Examination of Protection Requests agreement reached with the United States.

CASTRIES –  The St. Lucia government says it is strengthening its national framework to combat money laundering, terrorist financing and proliferation financing, as officials review the findings of the 2025 National Risk Assessment.

SAN DIEGO -The California-based Haitian Bridge Alliance (HBA) has strongly denounced a new asylum rule by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), warning that the policy will accelerate deportations and deny vulnerable Caribbean and other immigrants a fair opportunity to seek protection.

ST.  JOHN’S -The Antigua and Barbuda Coast Guard says it has suspended its active search for three fishermen who have been missing at sea since July 16.

SPORTS:

GLASGOW -Caribbean athletes sparkle at the 23rd Commonwealth Games.

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