BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – The following is the CANANews Schedule for Tuesday, August 20, 2024.
GENEVA – The World Health Organization (WHO) said Tuesday that mpox is “not the ‘new COVID’” and European governments need to show strong political commitment to eliminate it.
PORT OF SPAIN – The Trinidad and Tobago government Tuesday said that the efforts to refloat the vessel that overturned off the Coast of Cove in Tobago had been successfully completed late on Monday night.
GUAYAQUIL – Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries are expected to indicate their willingness to be part of the the Alliance for Security, Justice, and Development that is intended to coordinate the implementation of public policies and resource mobilization to address, with a new approach, the challenges to economic and social development posed by organized crime in Latin America and the Caribbean.
NASSAU – A senior government minister has warned that Parliament may be asked to intervene to deal with the increasing fees and services of commercial banks in The Bahamas.
BRIDGETOWN – The main opposition Democratic Labour Party (DLP) says it remains “singularly focused” on preparations its annual general conference this weekend and is doing “everything possible to have a productive and peaceful” event.
KINGSTON -Jamaica police have formally charged five people, including a 72-year-old person, in connection with the biggest cocaine bust in the country’s history.
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