PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (Reuters): Torrential rains triggered flooding and mudslides that killed three people in Haiti's capital, officials said yesterday, raising fears of more destruction during the coming hurricane season.

CASTRIES, St. Lucia (CMC):

The St. Lucian Government said Thursday it would not bow to pressure to abandon a new American Eagle shuttle service to Barbados by August.

BELIZE CITY, Belize (CMC): A High Court here has granted the opposition United Democratic Party an injunction barring the police from denying the party permission to hold a protest rally in Belmopan yesterday.

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent (CMC):

The business community here says it will not be supporting an opposition-led shut down of the capital next month

ST. GEORGES, Grenada (CMC):

Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Chairman, Roosevelt Skerrit, has called on the subregion to place increased focus on its once vibrant agriculture sector.

PARAMARIBO, Suriname (CMC):

Demonstrators picketed Parliament here to protest the Government's handling of flooding in parts of Suriname's interior and the capital, while lawmakers debated a lack of funding to drain the country.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC - A Caribbean Community (CARICOM) official has rejected criticisms that the region is not well prepared for global trade negotiations and is lagging behind the rest of the world in technical capacity.