Through his conglomerate, CL Financial chairman Lawrence Duprey gave the daughters of Basdeo Panday a "scholarship" worth ?119,183 ($1.2 million) in 1997. And this is what, he contended, accounted for most of the "new money" entering the London bank account.

The police officer who killed a Cunupia teenager at the Carnival Red Fete party two years ago will pay the ultimate penalty for his actions. He was sentenced to death yesterday after a jury found him guilty of murder.

Back home after being let off by the Executive Committee of FIFA on charges of ethics violations, Jack Warner wined on stage with Phagwa celebrants and then wined on his critics, although he said they wanted to kill him politically.

Criminal charges are expected to be laid against a number of top public officials, a local contractor and a foreign national for their alleged involvement in the controversial, multi-million dollar Desalination Plant contract that was handed out under the former UNC Government.

Yet another call has been made for the implementation of breathalyser laws in T&T. The call has come from stakeholders who are concerned that the abuse of alcohol in this country is now outpacing that of illegal drugs.

The high-tech, automated fingerprint identification system of the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service has crashed, rendering thousands of job and visa applicants unable to get their certificates of good character for which they have already paid.

The Jamaica House of Representatives yesterday passed legislation allowing the police to modify warrants and effectively wiretap Jamaican citizens for up to seven days without an order from the Supreme Court.

The device that washed ashore in Mayaro over the weekend contains 16 kilogrammes of depleted uranium, and exposure to the radiation could be harmful to people and the environment, the Environmental Management Authority (EMA) stated yesterday.

Six men, described by police as primary suspects, were arrested in the early hours of yesterday morning in connection with robbing 11 British nationals on Carnival Tuesday night.

Eleven British nationals, here for the Carnival season, were left traumatised last weekend, after bandits stormed a private Maracas Bay home they were renting and made off with more than TT$100,000 worth of cash, clothing, jewelry and household items on Carnival Tuesday night