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Usain Bolt is now officially a track and field legend after winning his third gold medal in the 4x100m relay in record time on Friday's eight day of competition of the 29th Olympiad in the 91,000 capacity Bird's Nest Stadium.

The silver that will be draped around the necks of Keston Bledman, Marc Burns, Emmanuel Callender and Richard Thompson at today's 2008 Olympic men's 4x100 metres medal ceremony is worth even more to the Trinidad and Tobago sprinters than the colour suggests.

Reggae veteran Ripton Hylton, otherwise called Eek-A-Mouse was allegedly arrested on charges of kidnapping, rape and possession of cocaine and marijuana in North Carolina, USA. The artiste was arrested on Sunday August 17 at 4 a.m. in Kill Devil Hill, North Carolina.

Mavado firmly solidified his claim to one of the top dancehall reggae entertainers after a brilliant performance at Reggae Sumfest 2008, Catherine Hall Entertainment Centre, in Montego Bay. Mavado eclipsed the Warlord, Bounty Killer, who on Thursday night was arrested after a tirade of profanities.

It appears Moses "Beenie Man" Davis and Michelle "D'Angel" Downer are reconciling their differences and all indications appear that the former Jamaica power couple are being civil once more. Beenie Man has definitely been seeing their baby, Marco Dean very frequently as well. Beenie and D'Angel have also been spotted at Weddy Weddy.

Trinidadian Kareem Ibrahim, and Guyanese Abdul Kadir and Abdel Nur, were flown by private jet to Miami International Airport en route to JFK Airport, in connection with their alleged roles to bomb JFK International Airport in New York last year. The trio were escorted by approximately 15 FBI and Trinidad law enforcement agents.

Trinidad and Tobago made amends for a 2-1 defeat to Bermuda in Trinidad last weekend, with a 2-0 victory tonight in Hamilton, Bermuda before a sellout crowd. Bermuda was hoping for an improbable victory against the top rated Caribbean team. The goal scorers on the day were Daryll Roberts who is currently unattached from any club team and English First Division striker Stern John.

RBC (Royal Bank of Canada) has completed its TT$13.7 billion buyout of RBTT (Royal Bank of Trinidad and Tobago) Financial Holdings. A joint RBC/RBTT statement said yesterday RBTT Group CEO Suresh Sookoo and RBC's head of Caribbean banking Ross McDonald will share responsibility for leading a smooth transition as the new banking entity decides how to best use its management.

Beenie Man has lashed out at Junior Gong and Stephen Marley in an interview with Chris Goldfinger of BBC Radio. The feud according to Beenie Man kicked off at a concert in The Bahamas in April of 2008 in which the performance of Beenie Man was cut short due to time restrictions.

Word from Jamaica is that all charges against Mavado, aka David Brooks have been dropped by Jamaica's Director Of Public Prosecutions. Mavado was charged with illegal possession of a firearm and two counts of shooting with intent related to a shooting incident on July 27, 2007 at Mannings Hill Road in St. Andrew. Mavado was arrested in March of 2008.