BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – The following is the CANANews and SPORTSS Schedule for Friday, October 11, 2024
PORT AU PRINCE -Less than a week after gunmen killed more than 100 people in Pont-Sondé in the central Artibonite region north-west of the capital, Port-au-Prince, media reports say another gang has attacked another town, killing people and setting homes on fire.
NAIROBI – Kenya Friday announced that it would be sending an additional 600 officers to Haiti, where criminal gangs continue to wreck efforts aimed at bringing security to the French-speaking Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country.
LONDON – The London-based human rights group, Amnesty International, has expressed “deep concern” over gang-related violence, particularly against children, perpetrated in what it describes as “total impunity” in Haiti.
HAMILTON – The British government has extended the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD) as it relates to Bermuda in a move London said marked “a significant milestone” in the island’s path towards a more inclusive society for disabled people.
GENEVA – Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley has welcomed her country’s inclusion in this year’s Global Innovation Index (GII), eight years after it had been listed in the publication that ranks world economies accordng to their innovation capabilities.
SPORTS:
MIAMI-Wins Jamaica and Montserrat in the latest round of matches in the Concacaf Nations League tournament.
MARYLAN -– Dominica’s first-ever Olympic gold medalist Thea Lafond-Gadson will be honoured by the University of Maryland for her historic achievement.
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