With two kidnap victims still in the hands of their abductors in South and Central Trinidad, another snatch was added to the list yesterday with the abduction of Dominic Kalloo of Maingot Road, Tunapuna.

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is a model of how close cooperation can enhance economic growth and promote better relations among countries, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan said in a message to CARICOM leaders meeting this week in Grenada.

Former Trinidad and Tobago Chief Justice Michael de la Bastide has been chosen as president of the Caribbean Court of Justice.

TORONTO (CP) - The sights, sounds and smells of the Caribbean will be in Toronto this month for Caribana.

A $7 million ransom has been demanded for the safe return of a sanitation contractor. Rodney Deosaran, 28, was abducted from the home of his in-laws at Jerry Junction, Orange Field Road, Carapichaima, sometime after 8 pm on Sunday.

He proved equal to the task, presiding over a period in Jamaican history that saw great economic advancement, notably in the area of industrial development.

As a Cabinet sub-committee gets ready to meet this morning to deal with issues relating to crime and public order, the police are reporting that last month was the bloodiest in the last 30 years of Jamaica's history.

The body of an unidentified Indo-Trinidadian man was found in a dirt track off Cameron Road, Diego Martin, yesterday morning.

Details of this year's edition of the largest street festival in the western hemisphere, Caribana, were revealed to general media Friday during a 90-minute presentation at Metro Square, the esplanade in front of Toronto's City Hall.

Witnessing Tommy Joseph work audiences, you get a sense of a man forever in festive mode but next week Saturday at the Jean Pierre Complex he vows to really pump up the giggle-machine, in celebration of his 28th anniversary as a stand-up comic.