Citizens for a Better Trinidad and Tobago yesterday honoured FIFA vice president Jack Warner for his contributions to local football and, in particular, his effort in steering T&T to its first ever World Cup appearance in Germany.

By 2010, Trinidad and Tobago should have free pre-school education, says Prime Minister Patrick Manning.

Works and Transport Minister Colm Imbert has defended the integrity of the bidding selection for the Government's $15 billion rapid railway project but is mindful of the perception some may have about the process if the contract is awarded to the consortium that includes Bombardier Transportation.

Sydney FC striker Dwight Yorke is poised to sign for English Championship club Sunderland, the Australian team's manager Terry Butcher said on Thursday.

Former president Noor Hassanali, who made history by having been appointed to the nation's highest office by two different ruling political parties for two consecutive terms, died yesterday at his home at the age of 88.

Twenty four years after a teenage US beauty queen was found sexually assaulted and strangled in her apartment a 60-year-old Trinidadian night watchman has been arrested for her murder, it was learned yesterday.

Look out for British Pop singer Elton John, Canadian Celine Dion and American Prince at the second edition of the Tobago Jazz Festival next year.

A fight over a man led to the death of an 18-year-old D’Abadie woman on Thursday. The death of Renuka Maharaj, of Beharry Street, Red Hill, D’Abadie, has now pushed the murder toll to 234 for the year.

All of the allegations raised by Chief Justice Satnarine Sharma, challenging the propriety of a criminal charge now laid before the Court, can be raised at his trial, the Appeal Court ruled yesterday.

Embattled Chief Justice Satnarine Sharma was yesterday stripped of his top judicial post because of his decision not to sit in Court.