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BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – The following is the CANANews Schedule for Wednesday, August 13, 2025.

GEORGETOWN -The Presidential candidate of the newly formed We Invest in Nationhood (WIN) political party, Azruddin Mohamed, Wednesday denied that he had been frequenting the Venezuelan embassy and that he is seeking a visa to visit the South American country.

KINGSTON – The main opposition People’s National Party (PNP) has unveiled a 60 page manifesto ahead of the September 1 general election promising to make the Trinidad-based Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ)  the country’s final appellate court.

UNITED NATIONS – The outgoing resident and humanitarian coordinator for Haiti,  Ulrika Richardson,  says she often felt unable to describe the situation in the French-speaking Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country where criminal gangs are seeking to overthrow the government and where people, including women and children are killed and displaced.

GEORGETOWN – The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) grouping Wednesday said it remain” deeply distressed” by the escalating violence and humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza.

MIAMI -Tropical Storm Erin is expected to become a hurricane in a “couple of days” as it continues to move westward and approximately 1, 400 miles east of the Northern Leeward Islands.

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