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PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago - For as long as pastel rum drinks and hedonistic pre-Lenten celebrations have been in fashion, fun-seekers have flocked to this tropical duet of lush islands to sunbathe, sway to calypso and savor the exotic flavors of its multicultural cuisine.

KINGSTON, Jamaica -- Struggling carrier Air Jamaica said Wednesday it will trim staff, cut salaries of top executives and discontinue several routes as part of sweeping cost-cutting measures.

Deejay Vybez Kartel strongly believes in the phrase 'it wasn't me'. At least that is what he basically told the May Pen police on Saturday night.

Artistes and patrons escaped unhurt on Saturday night when a portion of the stage collapsed at the Arima Velodrome.

Former Road March queen Faye Ann Lyons seems to have taken her hit "Break Away" to heart and has bid adieu to soca band Invazion.

Sting 2004 may not have pulled a bumper crowd but most of the performances were of good quality.

Deejay Chuck Fender reportedly had his travel documents temporarily seized as he was detained and questioned by officials for a few hours on his arrival in Toronto, Canada on Saturday.

Invazion band leader Naya George wept on Sunday night as he interrupted a fete at Maska, La Romain, to announce the death of rising soca artiste Onika Bostic.

Having got back the nearly $9 million the police confiscated from him a month ago, Matthew's Lane "Don" Donald "Zeeks" Phipps had his passport returned temporarily yesterday so he could fly to Guyana on what his lawyer called business "of great importance".

Dutch national Louisa Marja Jeukens, who appeared in the Port-of-Spain Magistrates Court yesterday to answer charges of trafficking 4.6 kilos of heroin, has been denied bail pending tracing through Interpol.