Hurricane Frances plowed through the Bahamas' biggest city Friday, unleashing howling wind that blew out windows and set off bursts of looting. One man was electrocuted as he struggled to fill his generator.

Protesting August Town residents yesterday gave dancehall artiste 'Sizzla' 24 hours to leave the community, and at the same time asked the police to release people who were being held since Tuesday without bail.

Police in armoured vehicles, jeeps and patrol cars roamed through sections of downtown Kingston yesterday as rumours swirled that reigning Matthews Lane don, Donald "Zeeks" Phipps, had been given 48 hours to leave the area.

The Inland Revenue Division of the Ministry of Finance has embarked on a campaign to nab several T&T drug lords who have been raking in millions over the years while hiding behind legitimate companies as law-abiding businessmen.

Former President Arthur NR Robinson said yesterday that Trinidad and Tobago was facing a leadership failure.

MIAMI : Hurricane Frances lashed the Turks and Caicos and the Bahamas and barreled toward Florida, where authorities declared a state of emergency, ordered evacuations and closed schools.

Prime Minister Patrick Manning has said crime was one of T&T?s major causes of concern. In his Independence Day address to the nation yesterday, Manning said of all the changes which the country had undergone over the last 42 years, the recent upsurge in violent criminal activity was the most unwelcome.

Three men were shot dead and an eight year-old girl shot in the lungs Monday night by gunmen who went on a shooting spree in Eight Miles, Bull Bay, St Andrew.

He went for Gold at the Athens Olympics and got Bronze but today, swimmer George Bovell III, will receive his second national gold medal.

KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) -- Jamaica's unprecedented crime level is threatening to derail the Caribbean island's vital tourism industry by scaring away visitors and hurting investment, the tourism minister said.