BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – The following is the CANANews and SPORTS Schedule for Tuesday, September 15, 2026
PORT OF SPAIN –Former prime minister Stuart Young Tuesday said he is “certain” that a number of innocent people had been detained under the state of emergency (SoE) due to expire on Wednesday and called for opposition to the government’s plans to reintroduce Zones of Special Operations (ZOSOs) legislation after the previous attempt to pass the controversial crime-fighting measure failed in the Senate earlier this year.
GEORGETOWN – Less than 24 hours after President Irfaan Ali said he had invited the two major opposition parties in the Parliament to a meeting, tone has responded by rejecting the invitation outright, while the other said its participation will depend on the agenda.
PORT OF SPAIN -The Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS) and the Office of the Attorney General have withdrawn their legal battle against 69 year-old Star Sabga, who had been placed under house arrest after she spent several weeks within the prison system under a Preventive Detention Order (PDO) during the state of emergency (SoE) that is due to expire on Wednesday.
HAMILTON -The Bermuda government says the economy has expanded by an estimated 0.5 per cent in the first quarter of this year building on “good momentum and strong growth” in 2025.
UNITED NATIONS – The United Nations International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) says migrants sent an estimated US$728.6 billion home to families in low and middle-income countries, including the Caribbean last year, nearly double the amount recorded a decade earlier.
SPORTS:
SURF CITY- Barbados emerged as the Caribbean’s top performer at the 2026 Surf City El Salvador ISA World Junior Surfing Championship (WJSC), finishing 30th overall with 1,788 points as the event came to a thrilling conclusion this past weekend in El Salvador.
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