The following is the CANANews and SPORTS Schedule for Wednesday, October 22, 2025.
ST. GEORGES – Prime Minister Dickon Mitchell says he welcomes the ongoing ‘raging’ public debate regarding a request by the United States to temporarily install a radar at the Maurice Bishop International Airport (MBIA) and the deployment of US military assets on or near Grenada.
MIAMI – A hurricane watch is in effect for Haiti on Wednesday as Tropical Storm Melissa moves slowly across the region bringing heavy rainfall and flooding over portions of Hispaniola and Jamaica over the remainder of this week.
KINGSTON – The Speaker of the Jamaica Parliament, Juliet Holness, says it is ‘regrettable’ that Opposition Leader Mark Golding led a walk out of opposition legislators on Tuesday, insisting that ‘the business before the House must always be conducted strictly in accordance with the Standing Orders.
PARAMARIBO – The general manager of the state-owned oil company, Staatsolie, Annand Jagesar, says the GranMorgu project in Block 58 is ‘on schedule and within budget’
KINGSTON – Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) countries have adopted a decisive new strategic roadmap and workplan aimed at protecting the Caribbean Sea, the economic lifeblood of the region from the compounding threats of marine pollution and marine biodiversity loss.
SPORTS:
KINGSTON- In a sobering and brutally honest assessment, two former West Indies and Jamaica cricketers have declared that the road to redemption for the region’s cricket will be a long one, with one stating it could take ‘a generation or two’ to restore its former glory.
MIRPUR -In a match that defied belief and pushed tension to the absolute limit, Captain Shai Hope, with a dogged unbeaten half-century and spinner Akeal Hosein combined to pull off a stunning, last-gasp victory for the West Indies over Bangladesh in the second One Day International here on Tuesday.