Panday’s men desert him

All ten members of the UNC Couva North constituency executive have resigned, deserting their MP Basdeo Panday to support political leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar.

A FINE of $3,500 or a jail term of nine months was handed down to a man yesterday. While returning from the Chutney Brass show at Guaracara Park in Marabella on Sunday, the man was stopped by police who administered the breathalyser test, which he failed.

GRAMMY award winning artiste, Beyonce will arrive on Ash Wednesday, one day before her scheduled performance at the Queen’s Park Savannah in Port-of-Spain, concert sponsor TSTT’s manager of media relations Graeme Suite revealed yesterday.

POLICE were last night searching for a Form Three student who stabbed and killed another teenager during an altercation along the Eastern Main Road in Mt Hope. Jevon “Busta” Douglas, 18, of Esperanza Drive, Mt D’or Road, Mt D’or died while receiving emergency treatment at the Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex (EWMSC) in Mt Hope shortly before (...)

THE maid who worked at the home of retired West Indies star batsman Brian Charles Lara, Annmarie Marcano, appeared yesterday before a Port-of-Spain magistrate charged with stealing among other things, Lara’s vintage bottle of champagne from his home.

LOCAL Government Minister Hazel Manning, may well “throw some waist” in support of her Ministry’s J’ouvert band, “Throw Waiste Here”, on Carnival Monday.

AARON DUNCAN created history yesterday when, at age six, he became the youngest ever Junior Calypso Monarch, with his song “Don’t Waste It” dazzling the judges and audience and blowing away the rest of the competition.

OFFICIALS from the Education Ministry are investigating an incident which took place two weeks ago at the Montrose Government Primary School, where a female student was assaulted in the Girls washroom by five male students.

THE Diego Martin Regional Corporation (DMRC) yesterday collected an insurance cheque to be cashed and the money used to purchase a replacement gold ceremonial chain, worn by the corporation’s chairman, which was stolen in January.

THE TT Meteorological Office yesterday via a press release advised all marine interests that sea conditions have become choppy to rough, particularly along the Northern and Eastern coasts of Trinidad and Tobago.

CULTURE MINISTERS are heading contingents from various Caribbean islands coming to TT later this week to support artistes in Friday’s International Power and Groovy Soca Monarch competitions.

Reigning champions La Horquetta Pan Groove topped the semi-final round of the National Panorama Single Pan Band competition last Saturday evening in front of Victoria Square, Port-of-Spain.

TRINITY CROSS recipient Pat Bishop yesterday said she is concerned by the “apparent noisiness” of Carnival music today as she questioned whether the festival had lost sight of its rationale amidst ever changing trends.

Jennifer’s sofa set sold

On the Job Trainee Jennifer Marika Granger believes she has been treated unfairly by the management of the Courts Furniture Store.

Vera McEachrane, 70, said she has not been able to sleep ever since a church moved into the building next to her house at Betsy Street, La Romaine.