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Steve Ferguson and Ishwar Galbaransingh have lost their extradition appeal before the Appeal Court. Galbaransingh and Ferguson have been indicted in the United States on 84 charges of bid-rigging, money laundering, conspiracy to commit wire fraud, conspiracy to defraud and wire fraud, arising from the Piarco Airport development project.

Similar to what occurred at Mavado's birthday bash recently, Jamaica Police halted three reggae shows. The shows included Riding West, Rasta Bash and Reggae Fever. Artists, patrons and all vehicles were searched at three venues. This has come after a senior police official was murdered.

Jamaica Police and Military abruptly halted dancehall DJ Mavado's birthday bash in search of guns and ammunition. Top acts including Bounty Killer, Wayne Marshall, Busy Signal and Mavado himself did not get an opportunity to perform. The Police found one handgun, knives and some ice picks.

Akon has been formally charged in connection with an incident in upstate New York. Akon physically lifted one fan and threw him into the audience injuring another fan in the process. This all occurred after the crowd alleged that the guy threw a projectile at Akon while he was on stage performing. Akon will be in court on Monday in Fishkill, NY for an arraignment hearing into the matter.

A strong earthquake rocked the Caribbean around 3pm off the coast of Martinique. The earthquake was 7.4 on the Richter Scale and lasted anywhere between 20 seconds and 10 minutes. The earthquake was very deep and therefore did not pose a tsunami risk.

After claims by Superintendent Chandrabhan Maharaj about rampant corruption within the ranks of the police service, he is now opposed to the selection of Assistant Commissioner Glenroy Woodley to lead the investigation. Instead he would prefer if detectives from outside the police service, preferably FBI or Scotland Yard detectives, lead the investigation.

Michelle Downer, D'Angel, has claimed that beyond any doubt, Beenie Man is the father of one year old Marco Dean. Beenie Man has publicly requested a DNA test prove he is the father. D'Angel after initially not responding to the claims has now spoken on the matter.

Acting DCP Criminal Operations Gilbert Reyes of the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service, has warned the Trinidadian and Tobagonian public to be on the lookout for criminals impersonating police officers and other law officials. "Everybody in black and everybody resembling police," Reyes said.

Sean Kingston was roundly booed with very little positive crowd response while performing in his final show in Trinidad and Tobago at Zen nightclub. Kingston who throughly pleased the younger audience in his first show, did not get the same reception from the adult crowd later on. The young artist did not entertain an encore after closing with his smash hit "Beautiful Girls".

The sinking Explorer cruise ship run by G.A.P. Adventures in Toronto is owned by Trinidadian Brian Poon Tip. Poon Tip is the Chief Executive Officer of G.A.P. Adventures. The Explorer started taking on water after colliding with an ice floe. All passengers and crew have been evacuated to Chile. This is the first incident the Explorer has had in forty years of business.