The police officer who killed a Cunupia teenager at the Carnival Red Fete party two years ago will pay the ultimate penalty for his actions. He was sentenced to death yesterday after a jury found him guilty of murder.

Back home after being let off by the Executive Committee of FIFA on charges of ethics violations, Jack Warner wined on stage with Phagwa celebrants and then wined on his critics, although he said they wanted to kill him politically.

FIFA vice-president and Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation (T&TFF) special advisor Jack Warner emerged unscathed from a FIFA meeting in Zurich, Switzerland, yesterday that discussed his violation of the Code of Ethics of the global organisation.

Chutney singer Sarika says the success of her hit making collaboration with Soca Monarch Bunji Garlin has left her sailing on cloud nine.

Criminal charges are expected to be laid against a number of top public officials, a local contractor and a foreign national for their alleged involvement in the controversial, multi-million dollar Desalination Plant contract that was handed out under the former UNC Government.

Yet another call has been made for the implementation of breathalyser laws in T&T. The call has come from stakeholders who are concerned that the abuse of alcohol in this country is now outpacing that of illegal drugs.

The high-tech, automated fingerprint identification system of the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service has crashed, rendering thousands of job and visa applicants unable to get their certificates of good character for which they have already paid.

Even in the midst of the Carnival season 2006, local reggae artistes were making their mark in T&T. Brendan 'Isasha' Young performed his reggae love song 'Don?t You Know' at Soca Broadway for its grand opening on January 1. Prophet Benjamin collaborated with 2005 Soca Monarch champ Bunji Garlin on the radio hit 'Fire Fe Dem'.

The device that washed ashore in Mayaro over the weekend contains 16 kilogrammes of depleted uranium, and exposure to the radiation could be harmful to people and the environment, the Environmental Management Authority (EMA) stated yesterday.

Six men, described by police as primary suspects, were arrested in the early hours of yesterday morning in connection with robbing 11 British nationals on Carnival Tuesday night.