Music icon Michael Jackson, whose fame spanned from his childhood with the legendary Jackson 5 to a superstar solo career that earned him the nickname ‘King of Pop,’ died Thursday afternoon at a Los Angeles hospital, a source close to the family told FOX News. He was 50.

Debra Opri, a former Jackson family attorney, confirmed the singers death after other media reported that he had fallen into a coma. He reportedly was taken by ambulance at 12:30 p.m. local time to UCLA Medical Center, where he died at 3:15 p.m.

Multiple reports said he had gone into cardiac arrest, though the official cause of death wasn’t immediately known. A news conference is expected later Thursday at the hospital, where fans have gathered to pay tribute to the singer.

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Joseph’s murder is being investigated by the TT Police Cyber Crime Unit (CCU) which has been operating for the past ten months.

Acting Police Commissioner James Philbert said while this was the first time most people were hearing about the CCU, the unit has been “involved in activities”.

“Now that the office has been located and established…It is staffed by people qualified in information technology and they are resourced with equipment to do analysis in IT systems,” Philbert said.

He said the CCU was established because of the importance of cyber in crime detection. He said it was vitally important that the police specialise in the way that they dealt with crime.

Philbert said crime was now more sophisticated and now involved the internet which has motivated the police to move in that direction.

He said anything that dealt with IT came under the purview of the CCU which had international connections, including a link with Interpol.

“The Cyber Crime Unit is not just dealing with Gail Joseph’s murder, it is any crime that involves IT, any crime that has surfaced and has been sent to us,” Philbert said.

Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago: June 7, 2009. Following up on the Ministry of Health’s announcement of the second confirmed case of Influenza A / H1N1 in Trinidad and Tobago and the subsequent request to all persons on American Airlines flight number 1647 of May 30th from Miami to Piarco to contact Ministry officials through the Ministry’s H1N1 hotline at 800-WELL (9355), the Ministry now wishes to:

a) thank all citizens who were on that flight and contacted the Ministry, and urge them to follow the guidelines given to them by Ministry of Health doctors;
b) reiterate the request to any passenger of flight AA 1647, May 30, 2009, arriving to Piarco from Miami, who may not have been contacted yet, to call immediately at 800-WELL (9355)
c) further request ALL passengers on that flight to stay at home and avoid any mass gatherings, until the Ministry issues an official clearance stating it is safe to do so.
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Today marks the official start of the hurricane season, and senior meteorologist Shakeer Baig has said all signs indicate the season should be an average one.

“All the experts are predicting thus far we will statistically have an average or slightly above average season. There is no indication as yet of another record breaking storm season as in 2005 (when an unprecedented 28 tropical and subtropical storms were formed), but it all depends on various weather factors which will be re-evaluated later on in the year,” Baig said.

The 2009 Atlantic hurricane season is expected to end on November 30. The National Hurricane Centre in Miami, reports that in recent years, there has been an average of 11 tropical storms, six average-strength hurricanes (category one or two), and two major hurricanes (category three and higher).

However this year the centre and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) are projecting a season which will see nine to 14 named storms and four to seven hurricanes of which one to three will be category three or higher.

2009 Atlantic storm names: Ana, Bill, Claudette, Danny, Erika, Fred, Grace, Henri, Ida, Joaquin, Kate, Larry, Mindy, Nicholas, Odette, Peter, Rose, Sam, Teresa and Victor.

The National infrastructure Development Company (NIDCO) in partnership with the Ministry of Works and transport wishes to advise the public that the west to south overpass and the bamboo bridge at the Churchill Roosevely and Uriah Butler Highways Interchange will be opened to vehicular traffic from noon on Friday 1st May, 2009.

Accordingly motorists are advised to take extra care and caution as traffic flows will be readjusted to facilitate the use of the West and South Overpass and the Bamboo Bridge.

The Traffic configurations will be as follows:-

• From South (Chaguanas/San Femando) going to Bamboo #1, Bamboo #3,
and Grand Bazaar - from the Uriah Butler Highway make a left turn (west)
onto Singh St into Bamboo #1 and follow the directional signs. Go over the
new Bamboo Bridge. At the bottom of the ramp, go straight ahead through the
roundabout for Grand Bazaar or make a right turn around the roundabout for
Bamboo #3.

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