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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.

The United States-based cable network MTV and the Reggae distributing label VP records have partnered in an effort to help raise money for hurricane relief in the Caribbean.

An over-exuberant fan joined worried relatives, friends and members of the soca fraternity outside the intensive care unit of Port-of-Spain General Hospital yesterday, awaiting an update on the prognosis of soca singer Onika Bostic.

Soca artist Onika Bostic has showed marginal improvements in her medical condition, according to her colleagues.

As soca star Onika Bostic battled for her life for another day, the man who drove the car that crashed and almost killed her spent the day praying she would recover.

Three prominent sports personalities, who represent Jamaica at the national level, are being probed by Scotland Yard detectives and Operation Kingfish in connection with a major arms smuggling, drugs and money laundering ring.

Soca artiste Onika Bostic was up to last night in critical condition at the Intensive Care Unit of the Port-of-Spain General Hospital, after a horrific car accident left her with multiple fractures to her head and serious injures to her spine.

Yesterday was the ten year anniversary of the death of gifted reggae singer Garnet Silk. Let us not forget the countless hits that Garnet gave to us in his life that was cut terribly short that one morning in Jamaica.

MIAMI, Dec 9 (Reuters) - Nine inmates and 11 marines were injured on Thursday when prisoners at an immigration detention center in the Bahamas set fire to a dormitory and fought with guards, Bahamian radio reported.