The national instrument of Trinidad and Tobago, the steelpan, will be used to play the US national anthem at an official NBA game played by the Miami Heat in the forthcoming 2007/2008 season. This is a result of NBC game-show winner Arthur Joseph on Deal Or No Deal.

Rajaiee Ali wrote a letter to his father citing numerous abuses by Trinidad and Tobago Prison Services. The escaped prisoner has claimed to have been religiously persecuted, tortured and subject to inhumane treatment. This is not the first time allegations have been leveled against the Prison Services.

Veteran soca star Neil "Iwer" George has finally revealed his new stage name. George told a gathering of about 2,000 fans that he would now be known as "The Boss" during his concert appearance at the Soca for Summer show held on Saturday night at the Jean Pierre Complex, Mucurapo, Trinidad.

The foreign-used vehicle market in Trinidad and Tobago seems to be a hot destination for stolen cars from Japan. Japanese investigators are in Trinidad and Tobago following up on leads to stolen Japanese cars. The local authorities are vowing to make the business more secure.

The police have been blocked from taking any further action against soca stars Machel Montano and Derek "Mr Slaughter" Pereira until Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Geoffrey Henderson reviews the case. Slaughter went to the St. Clair Police Station twice to turn himself in, only to be told the officers were not ready.

All charges in connection with alleged rape of a young Guyanese woman by Jagadguru Swami Ram Tripathi Maharaj have been dropped by the State. Assistant DPP Roger Gaspard call the evidence tenuous at best and decided to drop all charges against the first Jagadguru in the last 700 years.

The Abdul Kareem Ibrahiim support committee has printed a newsletter "aimed at educating and sensitizing the public about the plight of the JFK terror plot suspects". On Friday, the newsletter was distributed on the Brian Lara Promenade in Port Of Spain.

Jagadguru Ram Tripathi Maharaj with a worldwide following of thousands has returned to Trinidad to face the charges of rape and molestation made against him by a 22 year old female Guyanese devotee. His wife and five children also made the trip to Trinidad with him.

In a strange twist of events after five years of public inquiries all 28 charges against the eight persons and three companies implicated in the Piarco Airport corruption scandal have been dropped. Four new charges were laid shortly after. This follows guilty pleas by US citizens involved in the scandal that also implicated Trinidad and Tobago nationals.

The extradition case against JFK terror suspect, Abdul Kareem Ibrahim got more interesting with broad support from a Shia group in Trinidad voicing support to the notion that Ibrahim was setup by the FBI. According to Huda, Ibrahim's daughter, he was framed by using Stevie "Toro" Francis.