Steve Ferguson and Ishwar Galbaransingh are both awaiting Appeal Court rulings in their quest to avoid extradition to the United States. Ish and Ferguson are wanted in connection with the Piarco Airport scandal on fraud charges. Attorneys for Galbaransingh and Ferguson are fighting extradition on the grounds that local charges are being heard at the same time.

Here is the list of all announced candidates for the Trinidad and Tobago General Elections 2007 to be held on November 5, 2007. Three major parties are contesting the elections including the Manning led PNM, Dookeran led COP and Panday and Warner led UNC Alliance.

The UNC Alliance top brass has announced a joint leadership for the upcoming national elections in Trinidad and Tobago. Deputy political leader Jack Warner, FIFA VP, CONCACAF president and special adviser to TTFF, was named as joint leader along with Political Leader and former Prime Minister Basdeo Panday.

Royal Bank of Canada and the RBTT Financial Group (RBTT) today jointly announced an agreement to combine RBC’s Caribbean retail banking operations with RBTT’s, through the acquisition of RBTT for a total purchase price of TT$13.8 billion (approximately US$2.2 billion).

Caribbean spirits producer Angostura, which purchased the former Seagram's distillery and bottling plant in Lawrenceburg, Indiana, earlier this year, has announced plans to make the Lawrenceburg facility the flagship of the company's expanding operations and establish a U.S. corporate headquarters.

Patrick Manning, the Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, has failed miserably in a poll commissioned by himself. Mr. Manning has used the results in the poll to remove certain MPs from running again, including Diane Seukaran. In other news, the PNM and COP are in a virtual tie in a poll recently completed by UWI.

Both the Trinidad Guardian and Trinidad Express are reporting that concerned citizens from Malabar led a protest to the President Maxwell Richards' house yesterday, complaining over the recent police slaying of five people including one woman in her bedroom. The residents would like to see an independent commission of enquiry into the matter.

There was no humour, smile or jokes from veteran comedian Tommy Joseph while outside the Forensic Science Centre in St. James awaiting the autopsy on his son, 25 year old Neketo Joseph who was shot dead last Sunday night.

The JLP led by Bruce Golding has squeezed out a win against the PNP led by Portia Simpson Miller. The JLP has not won the Jamaican elections since 1980, however Portia Simpson Miller has not conceded defeat citing the close margin of defeat. Portia stated "the election is too close to call".

In what is being hailed as ridiculous, the Trinidad and Tobago government, led by Patrick Manning plans to prohibit cell phone usage while driving. However, Minister of Works and Transport Colm Imbert stated that at this stage hands free devices such as Bluetooth enabled cell phones will be allowed. The logic and feasibility of this decision is being heavily debated.