BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – The following is the CANANews and SPORTS Schedule for Wednesday, September 16, 2026
ST. GEORGE’S – Prime Minister Dickon Mitchell makes a pitch for re-election.
ST. JOHN’S – Antigua and Barbuda’s Foreign Affairs Minister, E.P Chet Greene, has defended the country’s diplomatic relations with China, saying the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country is continuing a policy adopted since its independence in 1981 of being “friends of all; enemies of none”.
PARAMARIBO -The Suriname government has described as a fake, an appeal circulating on social media calling for a government subsidy of SRD50,000 (One SRD=US$0.02 cents) for families and young people.
KINGSTON – Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett says the Tourism Workers Pension Scheme (TWPS) has accumulated more than six billion dollars (One Jamaica dollar=US$0.008 cents) in savings, with over 10,800 workers registered.
PORT AU PRINCE – When UNICEF’s Representative in Haiti Geetanjali Narayan stepped into a classroom in Port-au-Prince at the start of the new school year, she asked the children a simple question: What did they most need from the UN children’s agency? (CMCFeature)
SPORTS:
BRIDGETOWN – The stage is set at Kensington Oval for a high-stakes Caribbean Premier League (CPL) eliminator on Wednesday night, as the Barbados Tridents host the Jamaica Kingsmen at 7:00 pm local time.
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