Royal Caribbean's fire-damaged Grandeur of the Seas will be out of service until the middle of July. The line yesterday canceled five more sailings of the vessel so that it can undergo repair work at a shipyard in The Bahamas and said the ship wouldn't return to service until July 12.

Prime Minister Perry Christie met with the President of the People's Republic of China Xi Jinping in Port of Spain, Trinidad, June 2 to discuss a new package of technical support amounting to US$8 million.