Len "Boogsie" Sharpe the arranger for Phase II Pan Groove tells it as he see it.

After the 2005 Panorama season, When Steel Talks chatted with the arranger for Desperadoes Steel Orchestra - Clive Bradley. Now relaxed after another hectic season, Bradley indicated that he is quite pleased with the performance of the band Desperadoes.

They sat and listened to the words of pan guru and leader of Phase II Pan Groove, Len "Boogsie" Sharpe. It was after two in the early hours of a February 5 Saturday morning, with the crucial Steelband Music Panorama finals at the Queen's Park Savannah in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad just hours away. The event is one of the major attractions of the country's annual carnival festivities.

The two young women who were allegedly hit by a car driven by Trinidad and Tobago football star Dwight Yorke are considering legal action, the Express has learnt.

More details emerged in court yesterday about the Jamaat al Muslimeen's close relationship with the PNM-in particular the personal relationships which Imam Yasin Abu Bakr shared with Prime Minister Patrick Manning and Community Development Minister Joan Yuille-Williams.

Pandemonium of the sweetest nature rained down on the Big Yard stage in the wee hours of yesterday morning as Trinis went wild when Phase II Pan Groove was declared the 2005 National Panorama champion. They beat defending champ Exodus by 20 points with a score of 478 points.

Trinidad Express is reporting that Bunji Garlin has won the Soca Monarch 2005 competition in Trinidad and Tobago for his second victory in two years. In second place was Shurwayne Winchester followed by Iwer George.

Machel Montano plans to dissolve his band Xtatik. The high-energy performer made the revelation during an interview on Sunday night after his performance at Island People?s all-inclusive fete, Amnesia, at Pier I, Chaguaramas.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago - For as long as pastel rum drinks and hedonistic pre-Lenten celebrations have been in fashion, fun-seekers have flocked to this tropical duet of lush islands to sunbathe, sway to calypso and savor the exotic flavors of its multicultural cuisine.

Artistes and patrons escaped unhurt on Saturday night when a portion of the stage collapsed at the Arima Velodrome.