Top honour for Usain Bolt, four Caribbean PMs
NEW YORK (CMC): The American Foundation for the University of the West Indies (AFUWI) says it will honour four Caribbean prime ministers and Jamaica's Olympic and World Athletic champion, Usain Bolt, at its annual fund-raising gala here in January,...

Tighter restrictions to avoid deadly citrus virus
Belize (CMC):Belize agricultural officials have restricted the movement of plants in the south of the country after the bacteria, citrus leprosis, was detected in Hopkins and the Pomona Valley areas, according to a report on www.cananews.net....

Leroy King extradition hearing set for January
Antigua (CMC):Chief Magistrate Ivan Walters has set January 25 as the date for the start of extradition proceedings against former head of the Antigua and Barbuda's Financial Services Regulatory Commission (FSRC), Leroy King, according to a report...

Haitian children sold into slavery
Haiti (CMC):A new report by the Pan American Development Founda-tion (PADF) says nearly a quarter million children in Haiti have been forced into slavery as unpaid household servants, according to a report on www.cananews.net.