BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – The following is the CANANews Schedule for Monday, December 29, 2025.
BRUSSELS – The European Commission has adopted its eighth report under the Visa Suspension Mechanism, covering developments related to visa policy alignment, migration, security and citizenship in several countries including those in the Eastern Caribbean that operate citizenship by investment (CBI) programmes.
PARAMARIBO – Police say Dennis Aroma, 43, the man who stabbed nine people to death in the Commewijne district on Sunday, has committed suicide while in custody.
PORT OF SPAIN – Opposition Leader Pennelope Beckles has called on the Trinidad and Tobago government to “immediately reconsider and reverse these unjustified” taxes as announced “quietly” on Christmas Day, saying government is engaged in a “new policy of bleeding the pockets of the population in order to obtain revenue to run the country”.
PORT AU PRINCE – Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aimé, says Haiti will not negotiate with criminal gangs that are seeking to overthrow the provisional government in the French-speaking Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country.
KINGSTOWN – The St. Vincent and the Grenadines government says it will provide housing on Union Island for citizens who are still living in rented accommodation on the mainland as a result of the passage of Hurricane Beryl on July 1, 2024.
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