The following is the CANANews and SPORTS Schedule for Wednesday, August 26, 2026.
KINGSTOWN – The Searchlight newspaper Wednesday said it will cease publication on September 25 this year, after ’31 years of continuous publication’.
UNITED NATIONS -The United Nations says the massacre that occurred last Sunday in Kenscoff overlooking the capital, Port-au-Prince is one of the deadliest recent attacks on the once relatively peaceful area, which has increasingly become a target for armed groups seeking to expand beyond the capital.
GEORGETOWN – Guyana police say a ‘go-fast’ vessel with the Opposition Leader Azruddin Mohamed among several people on board, had been intercepted on Tuesday night after it allegedly failed to stop when asked to do so by law enforcement personnel.
BRIDGETOWN – The Barbados government says it is advancing a major programme of battery energy storage, grid modernisation and regulatory reform as the country works towards achieving 50 per cent renewable energy penetration by the end of 2027.
ST. JOHN’S – Amid reports that more than 200 cases of physical and sexual abuse involving children have been recorded in Antigua and Barbuda so far this year, Minister of Social and Urban Trans formation Rawdon Turner is advocating stringent measures including a minimum 15-year prison sentence for anyone convicted of sexually abusing a child.
SPORTS:
NORTH SOUND – The Antigua and Barbuda Falcons soared to the top of the Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League with an emphatic 30-run victory over the Barbados Tridents on the back of a superb performance by their bowlers here on Tuesday night.