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BRIDGETOWN, Barbados,  CMC –  The following is the CANANews and SPORTS Schedule for Wednesday, June 24, 2026.

SANTIAGO – The  Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) says Latin America and the Caribbean received US$194.2 billion in foreign direct investment (FDI) last year, or 1.7 per cent  more than in 2024.

BRIDGETOWN – Less than two weeks before Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders gather in St. Lucia for their summit, a legal opinion has surfaced laying doubts as to the correctness regarding the re-appointment of Dr. Carla Barnett as the grouping’s  secretary general.

LONDON -The United Kingdom government says more than 180 gangs with various sizes and reaches operate throughout Trinidad and Tobago with the most prominent of which are the Muslims and Rasta City.

NEW YORK -Caribbean-American Democratic Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke easily won re-election in the New York Democratic Primary, as other Caribbean politicans won  in Tuesday’s polls.

CASTRIES – The telecommunication regulators in Dominica and St. Lucia say they hae requested a “detailed report”  from Flow telecommunications following the  “severe service” outage experienced by Flow customers over the last weekend.

SPORTS:

LONDON – West Indies Women’s captain Hayley Matthews is counting on her batters to break out of their slump and produce the goods when they face England in their crucial top-of-the-table clash in the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup on Wednesday at Lord’s.

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