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Senator Knowlson W Gift, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Trinidad and Tobago, on Thursday night addressed the nation on the current dispute with Barbados which he referred to as‘hostile’ on the part of Barbados and gave the assurance that Trinidad and Tobago would defend itself in the strongest possible way.

Famed selector Fire Links seems to have become persona non grata in the eyes of the police in the Corporate Area. The selector and his sound system have been banned from playing in at least three of six police divisions and there are no signs that the situation will change anytime soon.

Controversial dancehall DJ Desmond Ballentine, better known as 'Ninja Man', was yesterday hospitalised following a motor vehicle accident in Trench Town, Kingston, while he was on his way to court to answer a shooting charge. Hospital sources said his condition was not considered serious.

Prime Minister Owen Arthur and his team of officials will not be going to Trinidad and Tobago to meet government officials there until Trinidad and Tobago furnishes Barbados’ government with a copy of a contentious memorandum of understanding (MOU) that it signed with Venezuela last August.

Spectrum, the flagship show of Chancellor Hall, the University of The West Indies, is changing. Spectrum is usually one of the earliest major shows for each year, but this year it was shifted from January to late February as a result of management changes taking effect.

Gunmen went on a rampage in St. Catherine and Kingston yesterday, killing at least six persons, including two family members of a family and a Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) soldier. Two others were left nursing bullet wounds. Yesterday's shootings have increased the number of persons killed violently since January to more than 140, or approximately three persons per day.

Prime Minister Patrick Manning said yesterday that the Government intended to protect its natural resources while the Coast Guard warned it would arrest Barbados fishermen found carrying out their trade in this country's territorial waters.

Their feet could not carry them as quickly as they used to. Their moves seemed less fluid than in the heady celebrations of their World Cup-winning days. And, sporting heavier frames, they got tired a lot more easily than in years gone by.

Neville Davidson, a Jamaica Defence Force soldier, was charged this week in connection with fraud involving the withdrawal of millions of dollars from the Royal Bank of Trinidad and Tobago (RBTT ) through its ATMs (Automated Teller Machines), in December last year.

An official letter revoking the firearm permit of controversial dancehall DJ Adijah 'Vybz Kartel' Palmer, was presented to the entertainer by Deputy Superintendent of Police Cornwall 'Bigga' Ford, when he reappeared in the Spanish Town Resident Magistrate's Court yesterday.