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A man convicted of trying to rape an 83-year-old woman was sentenced to eight lashes with a cat-o'-nine-tails, a punishment used by the British navy in the 18th century and reinstated in the Bahamas 15 years ago.

In the matter of the Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation and members of the Soca Warriors football team, we find it necessary that whereas the items at issue have the possibility to affect the psyche of a nation, it is imperative that rational and not emotional thinking prevails.

FIFA vice-president and Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation (TTFF) special adviser, Jack Warner, maintained his silence yesterday, as the Soca Warriors continued to slide towards disbandment.

The Soca Warriors, T&T’s senior national football team, marked its return to a local pitch since appearing at the 2006 World Cup in Germany with a masterclass and a 5-0 win over St Vincent and The Grenadines at the Hasely Crawford Stadium, Mucurapo last night.

Up to press time last night police were 80 per cent sure that a body with its head wrapped in duct tape which was found near the Caroni Cremation site yesterday morning was that of kidnapped teen Riaz Khan.

Amidst a row over money, members of the Soca Warriors yesterday announced their possible retirement from international football after representing Trinidad and Tobago two more times-today's friendly against St Vincent and the Grenadines and Wednesday's match with Panama.

The eight-month saga surrounding the State's attempt to arrest Chief Justice Satnarine Sharma culminated in a landmark hearing at the London-based Privy Council yesterday.

Businessmen Steve Ferguson and Ishwar Galbaransingh are resisting attempts to extradite them to the United States to face charges of fraud and money laundering in relation to the Piarco Airport Development Project.

Police have netted the decade's largest ganja find, in a joint operation between narcotics police and Operation Kingfish, yesterday.

A strong earthquake hit Venezuela and Trinidad on Friday, knocking out power across much of the Caribbean island and sending thousands of people in Venezuela into the streets.