BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – The following is the CANANews Schedule for Wednesday, July 24, 2024.
HAMILTON – Premier David Burt says his administration will present a mid-year national budget review in September promising no new taxes and cuts in essential services for Bermudians.
KINGSTON -Science, Energy, Telecommunications and Transport Minister, Daryl Vaz, says while the government will do everything legally possible to reinforce the ability of the Jamaica Public Service (JPS) to restore power across the island, nearly three after the passage of Hurricane Beryl, he is urging the company to “pull out all stops” to do so.
PORT OF SPAIN – Police Commissioner Erla Christopher-Harewood, says any act of violence against any member of the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS) “is absolutely unacceptable and will not be taken lightly” after a police officer was shot and injured while in a marked police vehicle.
CASTRIES – Police say they are taking seriously, death threats being made against law enforcement officials, iin the wake of recent police action in the fight against crime.
PORT OF SPAIN – The Court of Appeal says there is neither a right to a speedy trial or a right to a trial within a reasonable time, even as it acknowledged that Trinidad and Tobago had ratified two international conventions on the matter.
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