Accused murderers, Shevon "Buffy" Peters, 20, Keidan "Ileida" Garcia, brothers Marlon "Madman" Tremmingham, 22, and Earl "Bobo" Tremmingham, 30, Ronald "22" Armstrong, Antonio "Hedges" Charles, Joey "Joey Ogiste" Lewis, Akiel "Crime B" Gloster and Joel "Ninja" Fraser, all from Upper La Puerta, Diego Martin, made their first appearance in court charged for the murder of Vindra Naipaul-Coolman.

Reports from Trinidad are stating that nine men from La Puerta Road, Diego Martin have been charged with the murder of Vindra Naipaul Coolman. Naipaul-Coolman was the latest high profile kidnapping, with a demand for TT$2 million, for Vindra. She was kidnapped outside of her home on December 19, 2006.

HBO Latin America vice president, Public Relations and Corporate Affairs, Miguel Angel Oliva, said yesterday that HBO would "no longer tolerate" Columbus Communications and its brand Flow "misleading our customers and its subscribers". Columbus Communication is the brain-child of Jamaican born Canadian billionaire Michael Lee-Chin.

Trinidad and Tobago Chief Immigration Officer Herman Browne, issued a special permit to openly gay Sir Elton John, to ensure he had no problems when visiting Tobago for the Plymouth Jazz Festival 2007.

The Transport Control Department in Bermuda, a division of the Ministry of Tourism, plans an island wide deployment of electronic vehicle registration made up of RFID tags, antennas, readers and a database system.

Brian Lara delivered a blow to the West Indies Cricket Board yesterday, during the official opening of the Brian Lara Cancer Treatment Centre. In his speech, Lara added that teamwork, integrity and use of technology missed the West Indies Cricket Board.

Various media outlets, including Fox News, E! Online and Trinidad Express are reporting that Verizon Wireless has ended the relationship between themselves and RnB crooner Akon. Reports suggest it is due to his recent performance at Zen in Trinidad with 15 year old Danah/Deena Alleyne.

Hip Hop Weekly and BallerStatus is reporting that Jay-Z, the Jigga Man, is indeed the father of Isa Jael, the son of Trinidadian model Shenelle Scott. Jay-Z has aggressively denied the rumours in the past, however recently his publicity representatives are not denying that he is the father.

We present to you the full and uncut statement from Machel Montano concerning the events in which he is being implicated for the beating of Russell Pollonais outside Zen nightclub in Port Of Spain, Trinidad.

Soca star Machel Montano, and Zen beating victim Russell Pollonais both made statements to the press yesterday in Trinidad, to present their versions of that eventful night at Zen, which appears to be happening with greater frequency these days.