BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – The following is the CANANews Schedule for Tuesday, August 13, 2024
BRIDGETOWN – Tropical Storm Ernesto, which is expected to become a hurricane by Wednesday, is gaining strength as it passes just south of St. Kitts-Nevis on Tuesday, the Miami-based National Hurricane Center (NHC) has said.
HAMILTON -Voters in the Sandys North constituency will go to the polls in a by-election on October 4 to elect a parliamentary representative after former attorney general and minister of legal affairs and constitutional reform, Kathy-Lynn Simmons, announced her resignation last week.
ST. JOHN’S – Former attorney general, Justin L. Simon, K.C. has described as “misguided” as well as “factually incorrect” recent statements made by Prime Minister Gaston Browne, criticising the judiciary for failing the Antigua and Barbuda society.
GEORGETOWN – Guyana has formally asked the United States for assistance in implementing a series of charges against New York-based Guyanese political activist, Rickford Burke.
BRIDGETOWN – The Employment Rights Tribunal (ERT) has dismissed a case in which a transgender woman challenged her “unfair” dismissal against a legal firm because the laws of Barbados are silent on transgender identity.
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