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A Supreme Court judge in The Bahamas is calling on the Caribbean financial services sector to urgently and continuously strengthen resilient systems capable of combatting evolving financial crimes and other global threats.

‘The era of defensive tick-the-box compliance is officially over. Caribbean financial systems can no longer afford the illusion of safety,’ said Justice Cheryl Bazard, KC told the 15th Annual Anti-Money Laundering, Counter-Financing of Terrorism and Counter-Proliferation Financing (AML/CFT/CPF) Conference, which ends here on Thursday, ‘We are entering the era of demonstration, a profound non-negotiable paradigm shift that demands we move relentlessly from mere technical compliance to active, demonstrable, operational effectiveness. Laws must be operational and able to stand up to scrutiny,’ she added.

The Jamaica Institute of Financial Services (JIFS) event is being held under the theme ‘Beyond Compliance: Building Confidence in an Evolving Risk Landscape’.

Justice Bazard told the conference that this transformation is not a theoretical choice, noting that it is an economic survival mandate reshaping the legal and regulatory frameworks of every island nation in the region.

‘As the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFATF) draws the curtain on the fourth round of mutual evaluations, having finalised the remaining reviews for jurisdictions like Curaçao and Saint-Martin, the region is moving into the CFATF fifth mutual round of assessments.

‘The rules of engagement have fundamentally changed. The message coming out of global standard setters is unyielding. Having an immaculate paper policy will no longer save a Caribbean jurisdiction from being grey-listed,’ Justice Bazard said.

The judge noted that under the Financial Action Task Force’s fifth round of mutual evaluations, utilising the updated 2022-2025 assessment methodology, regulators assess whether financial institutions and national systems are delivering tangible criminal justice and risk-mitigation outcomes, rather than merely determining whether written policies exist.

Justice Bazard maintained that these systems must be calibrated to foster financial inclusion by lowering barriers to entry for low-risk, unbanked domestic populations, thereby keeping money within the regulated financial system, while aggressively raising barriers against high-risk non-resident flows.

‘We cannot fight 21st century financial crime with 20th century legacy platforms. Let us build programmes that do not just look immaculate on a piece of paper. Paper accepts whatever words you put on it without judgment, argument, or refusal.

‘We must instead build programmes that work relentlessly in practice. We must build environments where compliance is not a checkbox but our strongest competitive advantage. The rules are changing. The world is watching. The responsibility is ours,’ she said.

Justice Bazard said further that, ‘the global landscape will not pause for us to catch up’, adding ‘our role is no longer just to enforce the rules of yesterday but to anticipate the challenges of tomorrow.

‘Compliance is often viewed as a barrier… but in an unpredictable world, you are the architects of stability. By evolving your frameworks today, you ensure your organisations can withstand the shocks of tomorrow,’ she told the delegates

The conference explores developments in anti-money laundering, counter-financing of terrorism and counter-proliferation financing (AML/CFT/CPF), with a focus on practical approaches to managing risk, strengthening institutional resilience and demonstrating the effectiveness of financial crime-prevention frameworks.

The Electoral Commission says it has taken a decision that the confirmation period or voters will not be be extended and that the exercise ends on Wednesday.

Chief Elections Officer, Anthea Joseph, said that th Commission at its last meeting had adopted the position but that the continuous registration will continue at the same centres until further notice.

‘ From Friday morning we will reopen and registration will take place,’ she said, adding that ‘so after Wednesday there will be no confirmation taking place at any centre. However, registration continues and persons will be able to access the same centres on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays during the week’.

The announcement by the Electoral Commission comes even as eight civic society organisations, including the Dominica Association of Evangelical Churches (DAEC) the Dominica Bar Association (DBA) the Dominica Employers Federation (DEF) and the Dominica Hotel and Tourism Association (DHTA) sent a joint letter to the Electoral Commission on the issue.

‘We, the undersigned civic organisations, respectfully and urgently appeal for a three-month extension of the current voter confirmation period in the Commonwealth of Dominica,’ they said in the letter, which was also copied by President Sylvanie Burton.

‘Given the well-known and documented administrative and implementation challenges experienced throughout the process, and the resulting concerns regarding public confidence and participation, we believe that additional time is both reasonable and necessary,’ said the group which also included the Dominica Manufacturers Association (DMA), the. Dominica Public Service Union (DPSU) and the Dominica Business Forum Inc.

The group said that the current registration figures ‘clearly demonstrate the scale of the challenge’ noting that in the 2019 general election the voter turnout was 39,702 and the current confirmation count showed that 33,591 persons had been confirmed or newly registered.

‘This total represents approximately 85 per cent of the total number of citizens who voted in the 2019 general election,’ they said in the letter, adding that ‘in practical terms, if an election were held based on that number, even if every confirmed and newly registered voter turned out to vote, the total number of votes cast would amount to only about 85 per cent of the number who voted in 2019.’

The group said that considerable effort has been made to reform the electoral system and rebuild confidence in the electoral institutions and democracy.

‘Given the present level of participation, we believe that allowing the additional three months provided for under the legislation would strengthen that effort and provide a fair opportunity for more eligible citizens to participate.’

The Chief Elections Officer said that voter confirmation is likely to be ‘busy’ on Wednesday’s final day, noting that ‘as of Monday evening’, there were 34,375 combined registration and confirmation.

She said that the confirmation numbers were 30,997 and registration 3,378, adding ‘we expect an increase today at the end of today’.

She said that when the confirmation exercise started ‘there was a bit of rush …but that slowed down for a while, for a number of months and towards the end we are seeing a lot of persons now gravitating and rushing to get confirmed and we are still encouraging persons who have not yet been confirmed voters who are eligible for confirmation.

‘We are still encouraging those persons to get to your confirmation centre before 5.30 p.m. in the afternoon and to get confirmed. You still have the rest of today for confirmation,’ she said, adding ‘if you did not get the opportunity to get confirmed, you still have an opportunity to get onto the voters list and that is to get registered.

‘So, if you have not been confirmed after the 14th of October, you can still get onto the list by getting re-registered. So, persons have the opportunity. If you did not get the opportunity to get confirmed, then you can re-register at the same confirmation centre,’ she added.

Anguilla will host the Caribbean Tourism Organization’s first-ever Sports Tourism Summit from Aug. 12-14, 2027, the CTO announced during its State of the Tourism Industry Conference (SOTIC) in Georgetown, Guyana.

The announcement gives the Caribbean a dedicated regional platform to examine the fast-growing intersection of sports, tourism and economic development.

The summit will bring together tourism and sports officials, event organisers, athletes, sports organisations, destination marketers, private-sector partners and other stakeholders. Under the SOTIC theme ‘Tourism Futures: Smart, Sustainable and Inclusive,’ Caribbean tourism leaders said the new event will focus on how destinations can use sports to attract visitors, stimulate economic activity, strengthen destination brands and create opportunities for local communities.

‘Sports is one of the most powerful connectors we have in the Caribbean, and its potential as a driver of tourism deserves greater regional attention,’ said Dona Regis-Prosper, CTO secretary-general and CEO.

‘This summit will create a dedicated space for destinations to share ideas, build partnerships and look more strategically at how sporting events and experiences can contribute to tourism growth while generating meaningful benefits for our people. Anguilla is an excellent destination in which to begin that conversation.’

For Anguilla, hosting the inaugural summit is a chance to build on its growing sports-tourism focus while showcasing its wider tourism product and its capabilities in the meetings, incentives, conferences and events market.

Cardigan Connor, Anguilla’s minister of health, tourism and sports and a former first-class cricketer, said the role reflects the island’s ambition to play a larger part in Caribbean sports tourism.

‘Having spent much of my life in sports, I have seen firsthand the doors it can open,’ Connor said. ‘Anguilla sees tremendous potential at the intersection of sports and tourism, not only to attract visitors and generate economic activity, but also to provide pathways to training, international exposure, scholarships and careers for young Anguillians and Caribbean nationals.’

Connor pointed to Anguilla’s expanding sports ecosystem, including its established tennis culture and growing golf reputation, as a strong foundation.

‘Sports bring people together and generate reasons to travel,’ he said. ‘With our tennis facilities, championship golf offerings and deep sporting traditions, we have an opportunity to position Anguilla more deliberately in this market. Hosting the first CTO Sports Tourism Summit allows us to showcase our strengths while helping to advance a regional conversation around this burgeoning market.’

He also highlighted the link between sports, tourism and health, including the possibility of using sporting initiatives to raise funds for people affected by cancer.

Reflecting on the disease’s impact on the Caribbean cricketing community and families across the region, Connor said sports can bring people together in support of a shared cause.

Anguilla has long included sports tourism in its destination development strategy, with sporting events and activities complementing its strength in luxury leisure travel, culinary experiences, wellness and other niche markets.

Jameel Rochester, director of tourism for the Anguilla Tourist Board, said the summit will introduce more tourism professionals and industry partners to the full Anguilla experience.

‘For Anguilla, sports tourism is about much more than staging an event. It is about creating another compelling reason to visit the destination and then connecting those visitors with our accommodations, restaurants, beaches, culture, experiences and, most important, our people,’ Rochester said.

‘The summit allows us to demonstrate that a small destination can develop distinctive experiences, build smart partnerships and deliver the high level of hospitality for which Anguilla is known.’

Additional details on the CTO Sports Tourism Summit, including venue, program, speakers and registration information, will be announced in the coming months.

Jamaica Wednesday confirmed that it has received the first group of Third Country Nationals (TCNs), under an agreement with the United States that is seeking to deal with the problem of illegal migration.

National Security Minister Dr. Horace Chang told a news conference that the 22 migrants, including seven women, arrived here on Tuesday afternoon and that there were no children involved.

He said that the pre-confirmation of identity was undertaken subsequent to arrival and that they were received by officials from the International Organization of Migration (IOM) and taken to a location which he could not disclose. ‘There were four on-site translators, two virtually, to ensure that all the members would have easy communication with the team on the ground, and it went very well,’ Chang said, adding ‘the operation was incident-free.

‘They were subsequently transferred to a prescribed accommodation determined by the International Organization for Migration…and that went successfully and without any controversy’. Watch video

Chang said that the migrants, none of home had a criminal record were ‘provided a visa status by the Passport Immigration Centre and during that time, they’ll be hosted by the IOM…a trusted international organisation.’

Chang said the IOM operates across the globe, ‘in conditions far more difficult than they are in Jamaica’ and that in accordance with the established arrangements, ‘IOM now assumes full responsibility for their care and will facilitate their return to their respective countries’.

Chang said that the reception of these individuals is being undertaken in accordance with the agreed framework including the relevant immigration and security requirements, as well as for the protection and security of Jamaicans at all times.

‘We can assure our country, the citizens listening, that we have taken all necessary steps to protect the well-being of Jamaicans, while ensuring that there’s a human transition of a number of fellow citizens from across the globe who are experiencing some challenges,’ Chang told reporters.

Chang without going into details of the agreement with Washington said ‘we have signed an MOU in which we will receive a number of third country nationals once we have settled our operational agreement with the International Organization for Migration and that process started yesterday with 22 nationals.

‘In terms of financing, we have received no funding from the United States. Funding goes to the International Organization for Migration who has host responsibility for them while they are here and will make arrangements for them to transit to their home country.’

The National Security Minister said that the ‘individuals from different cultures’ are free to move about in Jamaica, adding ‘they are here as visitors and they are working closely with the IOM in terms of conveying relevant information.

‘The IOM will extract the information they require to prepare them for transit to their home country. They are free to do as they are otherwise, like any visitor to ‘ he said, adding that he is not aware of any one of the visitors having applied for asylum status.

‘I wouldn’t be able to give you that answer today. There are transition to the IOM only yesterday afternoon, which is less than 24 hours. The IOM will interrogate and not only make arraignment for the movement, if they seek other alternative arraignment, then the IOM will inform us and we take it from there.’

Chang said he could not also disclose when the island would receive another batch of migrants under the TCN agreement.

‘I cannot tell you when others arrive. We have a 14 day gap, they’re indicating that we can get another trip after 14 days, but there’s no guarantee that, you know, it’s not like, these are designated numbers …that we receive, our own citizens, where every two weeks, we know we get a batch, a flight from anywhere from 50 to 75 individuals.

‘The TCNs depend on the number, which might penetrate the barrier getting into the United States, …and what the State Department will decide, or the ICE will decide where they’re sending them and to which country.’

Chang said that there are 30 countries involved in the TCN agreements with the United States government.

‘In the Caribbean, you have Belize, Costa Rica, Paraguay, Panama, Latin America, Dominican Republic, Antigua and Barbuda is still in some discussion, Dominica, St. Kitts and Nevis in this region, and there are additional well over 20 in the wider community.

‘So when they have a batch, a number of cities to move as transition, they decide based on where those cities are from,’ Chang said, adding ‘minimum time is 14 days.’

West Indies defeated India by 24 runs in the fourth T20I at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium here on Wednesday.

WEST INDIES 247-3 in 20 overs (Shai Hope 102 not out, Sherfane Rutherford 49 not out, Shimron Hetmyer 33, Rovman Powell 24, Jewel Andrew 21; Prince Yadav 1-36, Axar Patel 1-45)

INDIA 223 in 19.3 overs (Sanju Sampson 56, Tilak Varma 43, Nitish Kumar Reddy 41; Keemo Paul 5-41, Gudakesh Motie 2-13)

Prime Minister Philip Davis says the Anti-Terrorism (Amendment) Bill, closes a gap between what The Bahamas has committed to internationally and what the domestic law is able to deliver.

Davis told legislators that the international order that small states rely on is under real strain and that major powers are more willing to act alone.

He said that trade, finance and technology are increasingly used as instruments of pressure and that institutions that once seemed permanent are being tested.

‘For a country like ours, the strategic conclusion is clear. We cannot shape the choices of great powers. We can make sure that the rules that still hold are upheld consistently, and above all, by those who depend on them most.’

Prime Minister Davis said that The Bahamas joined the United Nations in September 1973, weeks after independence and in accepting the Charter, Nassau accepted Article 25, under which member states agree to carry out the decisions of the Security Council.

He said Article 41 allows the Council to impose measures short of armed force, including the interruption of economic and financial relations.

Prime Minister Davis said that targeted financial sanctions are such measures, adopted under Chapter VII, they bind every member state equally.

But he said ‘there is a practical dimension to this.

‘Our legal system is dualist. A Council decision has no force in our courts until Parliament gives it effect. The credibility of our commitment is therefore only as strong as the legislation behind it.’

Prime Minister Davis said that UN Security Council Resolution 1737, adopted unanimously in December 2006, requires all states to freeze the funds, financial assets and economic resources of persons and entities designated in connection with nuclear and ballistic missile programmes of proliferation concern.

He said it requires states to ensure that no funds are made available to them. It established a sanctions committee to maintain the list, with procedures permitting the release of frozen funds for basic expenses such as food, rent and legal fees, following notification to that committee.

He sad resolution 2231, adopted in July 2015, replaced much of that framework, maintained its own list of individuals and entities subject to asset freezes, and included a mechanism for reapplying the earlier measures.

‘That mechanism was used in September 2025, and the measures first imposed under resolution 1737 were restored. Our law must capture designations under both resolutions and be able to follow the regime as it evolves,’ Prime Minister Davis said, adding that ‘the architecture of our sanctions regime under the Anti-Terrorism Act, 2018 rests on a single definition that of a ‘designated person or entity’.

Prime Minister Davis said the obligations flow from it and that funds and assets held for a designated person must be frozen without delay and without prior notice.

‘No person in The Bahamas may make funds, assets or financial services available to them, directly or indirectly. Holdings and attempted transactions must be reported to the competent authorities, and breaches carry criminal liability. ‘

Davis said that those obligations extend to every individual and business in The Bahamas, not only to licensed banks, acknowledging that he recognises that some legislators will ask whether this cedes too much to the Council.

‘It does not. Parliament sets the policy, and it does so in this Bill: The Bahamas will freeze the assets of those the Council designates in this field. The Council identifies the targets. That division of labour is an operational necessity.

‘The Financial Action Task Force defines ‘without delay’ as, ideally, within hours. A regime that required new legislation for each designation would fail that standard by months,’ Prime Minister Davis said, noting that ‘retrospective provisions deserve scrutiny, and this one withstands it.

‘It creates no offence for past conduct. It provides legal certainty for freezing and reporting actions taken in good faith by our authorities and institutions since that date. Sound regulation should never penalise those who complied early.’

Prime Minister Davis said that the first purpose of the Bill is straightforward insisting that The Bahamas is fulfilling its international obligations and commitments.

He said as a member of the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force, The Bahamas will be assessed saying that ‘we know the cost of such findings.

‘After The Bahamas was grey-listed in 2018, correspondent banks reassessed their exposure, compliance costs rose across the sector, and those costs were ultimately borne by Bahamian households and businesses,’ Prime Minister Davis said, adding that it took sustained effort across administrations to secure the country’s removal in December 2020.

‘Financial services remain one of the two pillars of our economy. Protecting the credibility of the sector protects the jobs and incomes that depend on it. The second purpose responds to a changed environment. There is no doubt that we are living in an era of new threats and evolved threats.

‘We should be clear-eyed about what has changed. Proliferation financing is structurally different from terrorist financing. Transactions are often commercial in appearance. Values vary widely. ‘

Prime Minister Davis said that the objective is procurement of materials and technology over time.

‘Networks operate through front companies with ownership layered across multiple jurisdictions. Dual-use components are acquired in fragments and assembled elsewhere. National authorities and United Nations experts have documented state-linked actors stealing digital assets on a very large scale to finance weapons programmes.’

He said that the maritime dimension has evolved in parallel and that vessels disable their automatic identification systems, change names and flags in rapid succession, register with fraudulent documentation and transfer cargo between ships at sea, beyond the reach of port inspection.

‘That has direct implications for The Bahamas. We operate one of the largest ship registries in the world. We regulate digital asset businesses under the DARE Act, 2024. Our international financial centre supports trust companies, investment funds and corporate service providers with clients worldwide.

‘These are national strengths, built over decades. Their resilience depends on our law keeping pace with the Council’s designations, so that no part of our system is available to those seeking to evade them.’

Prime Minister Davis said the legislation delivers that alignment and that every designation the Council makes in this field will carry immediate legal effect here.

He said The Bahamas Maritime Authority, the Securities Commission, the Central Bank, the Financial Intelligence Unit and every reporting institution will work from one clear and current definition.

Caribbean Community stakeholders Wednesday ended a three-day meeting here coordinating the region’s negotiating priorities ahead of the 31st Session of the Conference of the Parties (COP31) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), which takes place in Trkiye, next month.

The Second Meeting of CARICOM Negotiators and Ministers Preparatory to COP31, was convened by the Belize-based Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC), following the first meeting in Guyana in March his year in preparation for the November 9-20 COP meeting.

CARICOM negotiators will head to COP31 carrying the lived realities of the region’s people

‘CARICOM negotiators will head to COP31 carrying the lived realities of the region’s people, whose vulnerability to climate change is underscored by the latest scientific findings,’ according to a statement issued at the end of the meeting.

It said that the United Nations Environment Programme’s Emissions Gap Report 2025: Off Target, warns that global warming will exceed 1.5°C, at least temporarily, and that even full implementation of current national climate pledges would put the world on course for 2.3-2.5°C of warming this century. .

CARICOM Assistant Secretary General, Dr. Wendell Samue,l emphasised the urgency of maintaining ambitious global climate action.

‘For CARICOM, climate change remains the defining sustainable development challenge of our generation. Our people do not experience climate negotiations; they experience climate impacts. They experience stronger storms, damaged infrastructure, and disrupted livelihoods..

‘We must continue to defend the 1.5-degree temperature goal at a time when some may be tempted to lower ambition in response to domestic economic and geopolitical pressures, CARICOM must continue to advocate for science-based action. For our region, 1.5 is the line between manageable risk and irreversible loss and damage,’ he added.

The statement noted that for the Caribbean, every fraction of a degree of overshoot increases the risk of extreme weather events and accelerating environmental and ecological degradation, with farreaching consequences for public health, livelihoods, economic stability and security.

It said that these are not distant projections and that for the region’s small island and low-lying coastal developing states, these existential threats are already unfolding.

‘The strength of the Caribbean and our negotiators have never been in the size of our emissions; it has always been in the clarity of our cause and the discipline of our common position,’ said CCCCC’s executive director, Dr. Colin Young.

‘ We have proof of what a united region and a united AOSIS can deliver in these negotiations. The best outcomes will not be handed to us. We have to demand it, defend it with courage and unity.’

The statement said that through strengthened coordination, CARICOM’s delegation concretised the regional position ahead of COP 31 ‘and will carry a shared understanding of the region’s priorities, ensuring Caribbean voices are well represented, unified and heard’.

The Trinidad and Tobago government has signalled its intention to sell off a number of state-owned enterprises (SOE) as it turned the sod on the construction of the 200 room TT$500 million (One TT dollar=US$0.16 cents) Marriott resort here.

Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar, addressing the ceremony fo the four-star, 200-room hotel, villas, townhouses and a range of recreational amenities, said that among the SOEs to be divested include the National Quarries Limited, Trinidad Hilton, the Magdalena Grand Beach and Golf Resort and the La Brea Industrial Development Company Ltd (LABIDCO).

‘Government running National Quarries to the ground. They prepare aggregate. It costs them TT$350 and then they sell it for TT$150. That’s making any sense?’ she said, adding that that investors should consider acquiring LABIDCO as part of the government’s divestment drive.

‘Any person interested, we want to divest LABIDCO. Talk to your friends and families. A government cannot succeed by spending all the money, creating businesses, creating entities and dust to bust,’ she said.

Persad-Bissessar said the state has a poor track record of operating commercial enterprises and that her administration had taken the decision to divest its hotel assets.

The resort, being developed by the Trinidad-based Superior Hotels and is expected to be completed by 2029.

Persad-Bissessar said private-sector projects are critical to stimulating economic activity and creating development opportunities.

‘The business of government is not in running hotels, and this is where private-sector investment is vital. Why is a government running a hotel?’ she asked, adding that expressions of interest will soon be invited for the divestment of both the Magdalena Grand Beach and Golf Resort and the Trinidad Hilton.

Persad-Bissessar was critical of the performance of several SOEs, telling the ceremony that government resources are often not managed efficiently.

‘Most things that the government invests in, they bust. True or not true?’ she asked reiterating ‘why is the government running a hotel and running it into the dust?’ in reference to the Magdalena hotel, which recently furloughed more than 50 workers for at least one month, citing low occupancy levels and reduced business activity.

Tobago’s Chief Secretary Farley Augustine commended Superior Hotels for taking into account the THA’s recommendations, as well as concerns raised by stakeholders during the planning process.

He assured the public that a beach access pathway would be maintained, there would be no construction on the beach itself and environmentally responsible practices would be observed throughout the project.

‘This has to complement the new airport terminal that opened (Tuesday). Thank you very much for choosing Tobago, and we hope your investment will bring returns,’ Augustine said.

Superior Hotels chairman John Aboud said that the company would adhere to all conditions outlined by the Environmental Management Authority (EMA) in its Certificate of Environmental Clearance (CEC).

Aboud said that IDB Invest, the private-sector arm of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), has expressed strong interest in participating in the project.

Scoreboard of the fourth T20I between India and West Indies at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium here on Wednesday.

WEST INDIES

*+Shai Hope not out 102

Jewel Andrew lbw Patel 21

Shimron Hetmyer c and b Yadav 33

Rovman Powell c Samson b Singh 24

Sherfane Rutherford not out 49

Extras ( lb4, nb1, w13) 18

TOTAL (three wickets; 20 overs) 247

Did not bat: Roston Chase, Romario Shepherd, Keemo Paul, Shamar Springer, Shamar Joseph, Gudakesh Motie.

Fall of wickets: 1-52, 2-110, 3-156

Bowling: M Yadav 4-0-52-0, Singh 4-0-52-1, P Yadav 4-0-36-1, Dhir 1-0-19-0, Patel 4-0-45-1, Reddy 3-0-39-0.

INDIA

+Sanju Samson c Hetmyer b Paul 56

Abhishek Sharma c Springer b Motie 29

Ishan Kishan c Andrew b Paul 6

*Shreyas Iyer c Andrew b Springer 16

Tilak Varma c Powell b Shepherd 43

Naman Dhir st Hope b Motie 0

Nitish Kumar Reddy c Powell b Paul 41

Axar Patel c Rutherford b Paul 3

Prince Yadav b Paul 0

Arshdeep Singh retired hurt 5

Mayank Yadav not out 0

Extras (b4, lb3, nb 1, w16) 24

TOTAL (all out; 19.3 overs) 223

Fall of wickets: 1-60, 2-67, 3-97, 4-130, 5-130, 6-200, 7-212, 8-212, 9-213, 9-223* (Arshdeep Singh retired not out)

Bowling: Chase 4-0-43-0, Joseph 2.3-0-47-0, Shepherd 3-0-32-1, Paul 4-0-41-5, Springer 4-0-40-1, Motie 2-0-13-2.

Toss: India elected to field.

Result: West Indies won by 24 runs to level the five-match series 2-2

Player of the Match: Shai Hope

Umpires: Nitin Menon, Virender Sharma

TV Umpire:Rohan Pandit

Reserve Umpire: Jayaraman Madanagopal

Match Referee: Prakash Bhatt

The following is the CANANews and SPORTS Sschedule for Wednesday, October 14, 2026.

GEORGETOWN – The Commission of Inquiry (COI) into the July 18 boating incident that left more than 100 people dead, heard on Wednesday that the emergency beacon on the ferry, the MV Barima was not registered.

CASTRIES – St. Lucia’s Prime Minister, Phillip J Pierre, is expected to address the United States-Caribbean Dialogue that gets underway here on Thursday.

PARAMARIBO – President Jennifer Geerlings-Simons says Suriname must ensure that the expected growth of the oil and gas sector does not lead to an economy that is primarily dependent on the extraction of natural resources.

GEORGETOWN -The Guyana government says the Department of Justice of the United States is being kept informed of what it described as ‘these startling developments’ after it indicating that it had noted ‘with deep concern, the attempt to pervert the facts surrounding the serious incident that occurred’ earlier this week involving the Opposition Leader Azzrudin Mohamed.

SCARBOROUGH -The Trinidad and Tobago government has signalled its intention to sell off a number of state-owned enterprises (SOE) as it turned the sod on the construction of the 200 room TT$500 million (One TT dollar=US$0.16 cents) Marriott resort here.

SPORTS:

HYDERABAD – India elected to field after winning the toss against West Indies in the fourth and crucial T20I at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, on Wednesday.