Imam Yasin Abu Bakr, the leader of the Jamaat al Muslimeen, emerged from the Hall of Justice a free man yesterday and he will remain out on bail until the State decides when it will take a second shot at him.

Trinidad and Tobago-born Kerron Clement of the University of Florida erased Michael Johnson's 10 year-old 400-metres indoor world record when he clocked 44.57 to highlight the second and final day of the NCAA Indoor Championships on Saturday.

Telecommunications Services of Trinidad and Tobago, Limited (TSTT) is upgrading and expanding its wireless infrastructure with advanced third generation (3G) wireless solutions from Nortel (NYSE:NT) (TSX:NT). The project is expected to significantly expand coverage and improve quality of wireless voice and data services.

The state yesterday admitted that members of the Anti-Corruption Investigations Bureau (ACIB) used illegally obtained warrants to search and seize documents from the home and offices of CL Financial Executive Chairman Lawrence Duprey and has agreed to compensate the businessman for the breaches of his fundamental rights.

Former FC Porto mdifielder Russell Latapy has expressed regret in having to turn down an invitation from the Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation to rejoin that country's National Team for the remaining 2006 World Cup qualifying matches.Latapy, a former Hibernian standout, and Jack Warner, Special Advisor to the TTFF, discussed his possible last weekend.

Trinidad - My first trip to Trinidad was in 1989 which was part of my research for my dissertation. At that time there was only a handful of women who played pan in Invaders; today the number of women in the large bands are equal in number to the men (partly due to the gradual acceptance of pan by the culture).

Dr. Dawn Batson, associate professor of music, holds degrees from renowned institutes of higher education. Her Ph.D in music and international affairs from the University of Miami, an M.M. is but one. She was most recently associate professor and director of the steel band music program at Florida Memorial College. Over the years Dr. Batson has fulfilled a number of roles in many countries - including performer, arranger, conductor, teacher, judge, composer, musical director, lecturer, grant writer and producer.

Trinidad and Tobago captain Daren Ganga lashed a double century before the Leewards Islands compiled 64 for one in their second innings yesterday, third day of their ninth-round Carib Beer Series clash in Montserrat.

Jamaat al-Muslimeen leader Imam Yasin Abu Bakr adopted a cavalier attitude yesterday as he took the witness stand in his own defence, denying any involvement in a plot to kill two former members of his mosque.

Fashion week in New York is over, but the runway on the stage at the Queen's Park Savannah, Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, is what we want to talk about now. For the medium steel bands which competed in the prestigious annual National Panorama competition in the twin-island republic, creativity held reign. While the uniforms were more low-key than their larger counterparts, most of the steel bands had artistic logos on their shirts.