Po­lice have seized a firearm and two rounds of am­mu­ni­tion dur­ing an in­tel­li­gence-led op­er­a­tion in Mal­oney Gar­dens.

De­spite the re­cent an­nounce­ment of the down­siz­ing of its work­force in T&T, Pro­man is look­ing for­ward to good news in the up­com­ing bud­get pre­sen­ta­tion.

West In­dies’ in­abil­i­ty to de­fend 405 against In­dia in Guwa­hati on Wednes­day has raised more ques­tions than an­swers, par­tic­u­lar­ly about bowlers’ abil­i­ty to op­er­ate ef­fec­tive­ly on in­creas­ing­ly bats­man-friend­ly pitch­es.

An ode to women, and to how they ought to be treat­ed by their sig­nif­i­cant oth­ers, can be heard in en­ter­tain­er Stephen Mar­celle’s sul­try vo­cals, David “Nyce­Na­tion” Pareira’s pen and Randy Williams’ vi­su­als. To­geth­er they have pro­duced Hap­py Birth­day, a lo­cal birth­day song for our ladies.

Sen­ate Pres­i­dent Wade Mark, of tie-break­er rep­u­ta­tion, may have con­tin­ued in the Sen­ate’s spot­light yes­ter­day, but in the Low­er House, Op­po­si­tion whip Mar­vin Gon­za­les and Thurs­day’s Bud­get date an­nounce­ment held sway.