PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Attorney Reynold Georges showed up with a judge and a police officer on a recent afternoon at Camp Acra, a cluster of tents and plywood shelters scattered across rocky hills dotted with trees in the heart of the Haitian capital. The lawyer told the camp of some 30,000 people that they were squatting on his land and had to leave, witnesses said. If they didn't vacate, he said he'd have the place burned down and leveled by bulldozers.

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, CMC – More than 166,000 people have been registered as cholera patients in Haiti’s capital, Port au Prince, as the authorities warn against complacency ahead of the rainy season that starts in June. Coordinator for the government’s new prevention plan, Helman Ceneus, said as of May 5 this year, 166, 460 people had been registered in Port au Prince suffering from the disease, of which 1,705 had died. Cholera, a disease caused by the Vibrio cholerae bacteria, is not fatal if treated in time and can be prevented by following proper sanitary guidelines.

KINGSTON, Jamaica - THE Jamaica Broilers Group says the large volume of chicken neck and back being imported into the island is undermining local production, not just for the company but for thousands of backyard chicken farmers. While admitting that the company cannot, by itself, satisfy local demand, Group Vice President of Accounting and Information Systems Donald Patterson said the doubling of imports over the last three years has created an unbalanced playing field for local producers.

KINGSTON, Jamaica - Recently, there have been a number of rash and, in some instances, derogatory letters, describing Jamaica's perceived relationship with Trinidad & Tobago (T&T). Some were whimsical and others simply vacuous. Generally, they demonstrate a lack of understanding regarding the consequences that would result if Jamaica were to demit membership of Caricom, apart from the forfeiture of the considerable amount of investment in time and money related to developing the regional union that is Caricom.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - I F ALL goes well with the work programmes for two ministerial council meetings this week in Port of Spain, the people of the Caribbean Community should have a good idea of what to expect with top priority issues when the region’s Heads of Government gather in Trinidad and Tobago for their 34th summit in July. Yesterday the Community’s foreign ministers started their two-day meeting under the Council of Foreign and Community Relations at the Hilton.