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They sat and listened to the words of pan guru and leader of Phase II Pan Groove, Len "Boogsie" Sharpe. It was after two in the early hours of a February 5 Saturday morning, with the crucial Steelband Music Panorama finals at the Queen's Park Savannah in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad just hours away. The event is one of the major attractions of the country's annual carnival festivities.

NEW YORK (February 16, 2005) ? The 2007 World Cricket Cup could make the Caribbean's reputation or it could break it, if it is not managed sensibly, warns former Australian Cabinet Minister, The Honorable Tom Roper.

The two young women who were allegedly hit by a car driven by Trinidad and Tobago football star Dwight Yorke are considering legal action, the Express has learnt.

More details emerged in court yesterday about the Jamaat al Muslimeen's close relationship with the PNM-in particular the personal relationships which Imam Yasin Abu Bakr shared with Prime Minister Patrick Manning and Community Development Minister Joan Yuille-Williams.

Jamaica Customs and police yesterday discovered 16 guns, including four assault rifles and three submachine guns, as well as several hundred rounds of ammunition, which were being smuggled into the island with food imports.

Pandemonium of the sweetest nature rained down on the Big Yard stage in the wee hours of yesterday morning as Trinis went wild when Phase II Pan Groove was declared the 2005 National Panorama champion. They beat defending champ Exodus by 20 points with a score of 478 points.

Trinidad Express is reporting that Bunji Garlin has won the Soca Monarch 2005 competition in Trinidad and Tobago for his second victory in two years. In second place was Shurwayne Winchester followed by Iwer George.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (AP) - The prime minister of Barbados has announced plans to make the Caribbean island a republic, replacing the Queen of England as the official head of state with a locally elected president.

Deejay Elephant Man has reportedly offered US$5,000 ($305,000) to the family of slain dance choreographer Gerald 'Bogle' Levy to offset their funeral expenses.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (Reuters) - Guyana appealed to the international community on Thursday to send food, boats, power generators and water pumps to help thousands of its inhabitants forced from their homes by the worst floods in more than a century.