Residents of the tough Spanish Town community of Tawes Pen yesterday locked down sections of the old capital to protest against the detention of their area 'don', Andrew Hope, better known as "Bun man", the reputed leader of the One Order Gang, one of the two gangs said to be at the centre of the deadly intermittent violence plaguing that town.

A dramatic breakthrough in Adesh Samaroo's recovery following a vehicular accident last week came yesterday when he opened his eyes and spoke to his mother.

The entire People's Mall, six stores, one restaurant and a Government office were destroyed in an early morning, multi-million-dollar fire in downtown Port of Spain yesterday.

Chutney Soca star Adesh Samaroo lost control of his Frontier jeep early Tuesday morning and crashed into a wall, suffering fractures to his skull and cheekbones, a broken jaw and slight swelling to the brain.

Managing Director of 107.7FM, Anthony Chow Lin On is much like the newest radio station on the market in Trinidad and Tobago, that is laid back.

TV6/Trinidad Express is reporting that the two bulletproof, steel plated Lincoln Navigators imported into Trinidad and Tobago by the Gocking brothers four years ago are still on the Port Of Spain Wharf.

Jamaican churches are willing to consider banning funeral services from their sanctuaries and restricting them to burial sites, to counter the growing trend of mourners who wear flesh-exposing attire, smoke marijuana and display rowdy behaviour in or around churches.

Operation Kingfish, the police's latest crime-fighting initiative, has turned its attention to the music business. But, not in search of entertainment.

Police are once again clamping down on piracy of hundreds of copyrighted music, but authorities say that illegal copies of the latest DVDs have recently flooded the black market by the thousands.

KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) - Popular dancehall reggae singer Sizzla was released from custody after police questioned him in connection with alleged involvement in gunrunning and gang violence, his lawyer said Tuesday.