Success at long last for Trinidad and Tobago, and when it comes so emphatically against the most dominant team in the 41 years of senior regional first-class cricket competition, it is all the sweeter.

The pregnant girlfriend of Akido Williams had to be rushed to hospital and treated for shock after she witnessed her boyfriend's murder.

Trinidadian Theoretical Physicist Dr Stephon Alexander has won the prestigious National Geographic Emerging Explorer award.

Murders are up by 65 percent and there has been a 70 pe cent increase in gun-related homicides at the end of January compared with the same period last year.

Louisa Marja Jeukens, 36, who lives in Margarita, had a warrant issued for her arrest in Trinidad after skipping bail on charges of trafficking in heroin.

Officials of the Jamaat-al-Muslimeen say they are determined now more than ever to topple the ruling PNM Government after their leader, Imam Yasin Abu Bakr, was again refused bail yesterday.

Blaring sirens, a heavy army and police presence as well as that of two FBI officials heralded the arrival of three army officers and three civilians at the Port of Spain Magistrates' Court yesterday charged with the murder of Trinidad-born American Army veteran Balram "Balo" Maharaj.

Several people were hit by rubber bullets when police opened fire on a massive crowd thronged outside the Licensing Fete 2006, Wrightson Road, Port of Spain, in the early hours of yesterday morning.

FIFA vice-president Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation (T&TFF) special advisor Jack Warner has an appointment with FIFA's Committee for Ethics and Fair Play in February to discuss his involvement with the country's World Cup ticket sales.

Homocide detectives have uncovered new information linking four detained soldiers to a second case of a kidnapping which resulted in murder.