An ambush on freed murder accused Garvin "Beam" Sookram on Wednesday night ended with the slaying of two men he was liming with, police believe.

Dwarfed by its larger neighbors, Guyana is often neglected by the international community; but for President Jagdeo, the country presents an enormous challenge.

Trinidad's government has retaken control of struggling airline BWIA, but the country's trade minister on Wednesday said the arrangement was only temporary.

Government has stepped up vigilance at sea ports, increased surveillance at airports, and is now targeting money-laundering and white-collar crime in its war on crime.

Government tax investigators confirmed yesterday that they seized more than $2.5-million worth of furnishings from the swanky Norbrook Road townhouse home of Anton Johnson, who the police allege is a drug kingpin and the pilot of a Piper Navajo aircraft that was involved in a dramatic cocaine smuggling operation at the Tinson Pen aerodrome a year ago.

For three hours yesterday heavily-armed police, mostly dressed in body-armour, hunkered down behind their cars or found other strategic points from which they would have a clear view of the small, two-story building on Melmac Avenue in Kingston.

Concert promoter Farouk Musah lived in fear the last four weeks of his life, after a drive-by shooting left a car parked in the driveway of his Richmond Hill home riddled with bullets, his twin brother said yesterday.

TORONTO -- Music promoter Farouk Musah, who was shot dead in his vehicle Sunday, had his life threatened after a failed reggae concert last month.

The fatal shooting of an urban-music promoter and father of three young children does not appear to be gang-related, police said yesterday.

Hassan Anyabwile, one-time second-in-command at the Jamaat al Muslimeen, is seeking asylum in Britain and has challenged the authorities? decision to deny him residency, London sources have disclosed.