TNT dismiss Jamaica in Cricket
Jamaica were dismissed for 147 and Trinidad and Tobago, in reply were 36 for one. All in all, day one of the regional four-day contest at Sabina Park, Jamaica was a good one for Denesh Ramdin’s men against the defending champions who are chasing their sixth straight Regional Four-Day crown.
Jamaica found themselves with their backs against the wall as seamer Rayad Emrit snatched the first four wickets to put pressure on the hosts before left-arm spinner Kavesh Kantasingh grabbed five wickets for 35 runs to ensure there was no recovery.
Jamaica’s collapse was prompted by Emrit, who broke the back of Jamaica’s batting as the hosts slipped from 52 without loss to 72 for three in the first session.
The Jamaicans were unable to capitalise on an opening stand between Danza Hyatt and Brenton Parchment. Emrit rattled the stumps of the latter for 25 and never looked back.
Nkrumah Bonner did not last long. He sent a catch to Kantasingh with his score on eight to give Emrit his second scalp before Jermaine Blackwood found Marlon Richards to give the T&T pacer his third as Jamaica went to lunch at 78 for three.
Wickets continued to tumble after the break, with Emrit picking up his fourth before Kantasingh entered the fray, hungry for wickets after being overlooked for T&T’s first four matches.
He promptly put the visitors on top with a double strike with the score on 105. The left-arm spinner drew Dave Bernard out of his crease to be stumped by wicketkeeper Ramdin, before Jamaican wicketkeeper/batsman Carlton Baugh Jr was trapped lbw off the next delivery.
Jamaica showed no sign of recovery as wickets continued to fall in heaps and after Hyatt fell to Shannon Gabriel for a top-score of 57, Kantasingh quickly cleaned up the tail, sending back Andrew Richardson and Sheldon Cotterell in his 18th over.
Despite losing Adrian Barath early in their chase, T&T will still be pleased with their work.
Although they got the Jamaicans out cheaply, T&T will be in for a fight as they try to take a first innings lead in the face of an experienced Jamaica spin attack led by left-arm spinner Miller who has 30 wickets in three matches so far this season.
4-DAY SCOREBOARD
Jamaica vs T&T
Jamaica 1st Inns
D Hyatt lbw Gabriel 57
B Parchment b Emrit 25
N Bonner c Kantasingh b Emrit 8
J Blackwood c Richards b Emrit 0
T Lambert c Khan b Emrit 8
D Bernard stp wk Ramdin b Kantasingh 0
C Baugh lbw Kantasingh 0
N Miller lbw Kantasingh 4
A Richardson not out 8
O Brown c Barath b Kantasingh 12
S Cotterell c Khan b Kantasingh 0
Extras (B11, LB10, W1, NB3) 25
TOTAL (all out; 49.4 overs) 147
Wickets at: 52, 64, 73, 104, 105, 105, 119, 133, 147, 147
BOWLING: Gabriel 11-2-38-1 (1w, 1nb); Richards 7-1-21-0 (2nb); Emrit 14-4-35-4; Kantasingh 17.4-7-35-5
T&T 1st Inns
A Barath c Blackwood b Richardson 3
L Simmons not out 25
K Ottley not out 7
EXTRAS: (W1) 1
TOTAL (for one wicket; 10.3 overs)
To bat: Mohammed, Ramdin, Khan, Cariah, Emrit, Richards, Gabriel, Kantasingh
Fall of wicket: 5
BOWLING: Richardson 5-1-12-1 (1w); Cotterell 3-0-8-0; Dave Bernard 2-0-4-0; Brown 0.3-0-12-0
Toss: Won by T&T who elected to bowl
Kim Kardashian Talks Possible Baby Names
Kim Kardashian is such a tease. The pregnant reality TV series kept people guessing about the gender of her baby and what name she picked for the bundle of joy when she talked about her upcoming little one during a visit to "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno".
"We have a list and some of them are 'K names' and some of them aren't," the girlfriend of Kanye West coyly said when asked by the host if she would follow the family's tradition to pick a "K" name for the baby if it's a girl.
She did, however, give one clue. She wouldn't name the kid North West, contrary to the swirling rumor recently. "You know what name I do like but it probably won't be on? I like Easton. Easton West? I think that's cute," she eventually gave away which her favorite name on the said list.
"Now Easton would be a boy's name, correct?" Jay Leno wondered out loud to get the mom-to-be to spill the baby's gender. "You never know. Boys names are good for girls. I think it's cute," she evaded the question.
Of whether her child will be following her footsteps in the showbiz, Kim said, "My momager will not be handling anything for the baby cause the baby is not hopefully gonna do anything to be in the business or have a show or do anything like that. If one day he or she wants to be..."
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Munro says he is fed up - hints an end to International Soca Monarch in T&T
In 2014, the International Soca Monarch and Groovy Soca Monarch competition, held on Fantastic Friday annually in Trinidad and Tobago, will be no more.
Caribbean Prestige Foundation for the Performing Arts Chairman, William Munro, speaking exclusively with ETCETERABUZZ.COM said he was tired and fed up of it all.
Munro, the franchise holder of the international competition hosted across the Caribbean, during carnivals in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Grenada, and T&T among other Caribbean destinations, said he would not sell the T&T mecca franchise to any other country- maintaining, “the competition belongs to the people of Trinidad and Tobago.”
On Tuesday, news broke that Munro- a promoter who has hosted numerous events, making a name for himself in entertainment for over two decades, would be bowing out of the cultural competition. He told us he would now leave it up to the government of Trinidad and Tobago, to see first hand, the hard work, overall financial expenditure and dedication, that goes into creating what he terms, a competition that is still growing.
With artistes still awaiting their cheques from this year’s competition, Munro said he was told by ministry officials that the entertainers would be paid by next week.
“The public thinks a lot of money is made but they don’t truly understand what goes into making this show happen every year,” said Munro, explaining that the product is one that has enhanced the country and promoted tourism for many years.
He emphasized that many jobs are created from a show of this magnitude and caliber, noting that it took $23 million to pull off the competition in 2012.
Lamenting that even some of the artistes hardly ever walk away with anything following their large-scale presentations, the CPF boss said it has been an investment for the enhancement of the country and to help the tourism industry strive. He argued that even the product that is Carnival has deteriorated and said he is saddened and disappointed by the lackluster approach by various governments to the country’s cultural and tourism attractions.
“They need to be serious. I am not hitting any particular government but they need to be serious about things of this nature- things that bring attention to the country. The world is not accepting mediocrity and so we have always worked hard at building the product every year.”
When asked whether the competitions across the other Caribbean islands would continue, Mr. Munro said they would. He said while Barbados had approached him some time ago, to purchase the Mecca competition, he had indicated that the show belonged to the people of Trinidad and Tobago and added that this still stands.
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Egypt satirist Bassem Youssef faces arrest warrant
An arrest warrant has been issued for a popular Egyptian political satirist for allegedly insulting Islam and President Mohammed Morsi.
Bassem Youssef has faced several complaints over his show El Bernameg (The Programme).
He has poked fun at a wide range of figures, from fellow television presenters to well-known Muslim scholars and recently Mr Morsi himself.
The case has highlighted worries about press freedoms in Egypt.
It is also seen as the latest in a string of prosecution actions against opponents of the president and his party, the Muslim Brotherhood.
Earlier this week, Egypt's top prosecutor ordered the arrest of five political activists, among them a leading blogger, on suspicion of inciting aggression against the Brotherhood.
The prosecutor, Talat Ibrahim, was appointed late last year by the president, after he had sacked his predecessor, Abdel Maguid Mahmoud.
However, a court this week ordered Mr Mahmoud's reinstatement, a decision that Mr Ibrahim said on Saturday he would fight.
Many journalists have criticised the Islamist-backed constitution which came into force earlier this year, arguing it does not offer enough guarantees for a free media. The constitution also sparked protests from opponents who say it favours Islamists and does not sufficiently protect the rights of women or Christians.
Bassem Youssef is a doctor who shot to fame after winning a large number of followers with his witty lampooning of public figures in amateur videos posted on the internet following the uprising that ended Hosni Mubarak's rule in February 2011.
He became a household name when his satirical show - likened to Jon Stewart's The Daily Show in the US - began to be broadcast three times a week on one of Egypt's independent satellite stations.
But sketches in which he portrayed Mr Morsi as a pharaoh, calling him "Super Morsi" for holding on to executive and legislative powers, and, separately, putting the president's image on a pillow and parodying his speeches angered one Islamist lawyer, whose formal complaint resulted in the investigation.
As well as insulting Mr Morsi and Islam, Mr Youssef is also accused of "spreading false news with the aim of disrupting public order".
In a statement posted on Mr Youssef's Twitter account on Saturday he confirmed the warrant, adding: "I will go to the public prosecutor's office on Sunday - unless they send me a police car and save me [the bother of] getting there on public transport."
US music producer and CD pioneer Phil Ramone dies
The US music producer and pioneer of digital recording, Phil Ramone, has died aged 79.
Ramone is regarded as one of the most successful producers in history, winning 14 Grammy awards and working with stars such as Ray Charles, Bob Dylan, Elton John and Paul McCartney.
He produced the first major commercial release on CD, Billy Joel's 1982 album 52nd Street.
Some of his awards were for soundtracks to TV shows, films and stage plays.
A native of South Africa, Ramone learnt the violin at the age of three,
He became a US citizen at 12, and opened his own recording studio in 1958.
He produced three records that won Grammys for album of the year - Paul Simon's Still Crazy After All These Years in 1976, 52nd Street and Ray Charles' Genius Loves Company in 2005.
My career as an engineer and producer coincided with one of the most profound periods in pop music history: that of the contemporary singer-songwriter," he wrote in his 2007 book Making Records: The Scenes Behind the Music.
Ramone also won Grammys for soundtracks to Flashdance, the Broadway musical Promises, Promises, and an Emmy for a TV special about jazz great Duke Ellington.
His last Grammy came in 2012, when he won best traditional pop vocal album for producing the Tony Bennett album Duets II.
He was known for bringing artists together for duets, producing efforts by Frank Sinatra and Bono, and Tony Bennett and Paul McCartney among others.
Ramone had been in hospital for several weeks, where he was being treated for an aortic aneurysm.
Confirming his death, his son Matt Ramone said he was "very loving and will be missed".
Potter and Withnail actor Richard Griffiths dies
Actor Richard Griffiths, who starred in the Harry Potter films and Withnail and I, has died at the age of 65 after complications following heart surgery.
Griffiths enjoyed a long career of success on film and on TV, but also on the stage where he was a Tony-winning character actor.
TV roles included a cookery-loving detective in Pie in the Sky.
He was best known for playing Vernon Dursley in the Harry Potter films and Uncle Monty in Withnail and I.
His Harry Potter co-star Daniel Radcliffe - who also appeared on stage with him in Equus - was among the first to pay tribute, saying: "Richard was by my side during two of the most important moments of my career. I was proud to know him.
"Any room he walked into was made twice as funny and twice as clever just by his presence," he said.
On stage, Griffiths' most acclaimed performance was as the charismatic teacher Hector in Alan Bennett's The History Boys.
After achieving a rare double of winning a Tony Award in New York and an Olivier Award in London, he recreated the role in a 2006 film version.
But it was his role as the predatory Uncle Monty in Withnail And I - which has become of one of the biggest cult classics in British cinema history - that made him a fan favourite.
In a message to his co-star on Twitter, the actor Richard E. Grant said: "My beloved Uncle Monty Richard Griffiths died last night. Chin-Chin my dear friend."
Griffiths was born in Thornaby-on-Tees, North Yorkshire, and left school at 15 but later returned to education to study drama, before joining the Royal Shakespeare Company.
He married Heather Gibson in 1980 after they met during a production of Lady Windermere's Fan in 1973.
His early TV career saw him land bit parts in series such as Minder, The Sweeney and Bergerac, while he also played small parts in major films such as Chariots of Fire, Superman II and Gandhi before the big breakthrough came in Withnail and I.
Virus keeps Trini PM away from Liberation Day celebrations
Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar failed to show up at Spiritual Shouter Baptist Liberation Day celebrations held across the country yesterday because she was ill.
Minister of National Diversity and Social Integration Clifton De Coteau took up the mantle and stood in her stead before the congregation at the Queen’s Park Savannah, Port of Spain, where the turnout was relatively small.
The Sunday Express spoke with De Coteau, the only Government Minister who attended the event at the Savannah, after he gave the members of the Spiritual Baptist faith a lesson in history and before he left the Savannah to attend similar celebrations in Maloney, where he was also scheduled to represent the Prime Minister.
“Well, the Prime Minister is ill as you are aware, she is down with the virus and in spite of being down with the virus she was out yesterday, when we had the blackout, and that shows her leadership and love for country,” said De Coteau.
“To see that she actually dragged herself out to see what was the source of the problem...we really have to commend our Prime Minister for that.”
He said looking at the pictures of her at the PowerGen facility in Penal, which were sent out by the Government to the media, she appears to be very pale and so it is obvious she needs rest. he said.
Persad-Bissessar visited the Penal sub-station in the wee hours of Friday morning with Energy Minister Kevin Ramnarine to determine the cause of the nationwide blackout.
Nearly 70 per cent of Jamaica's customers lost power
The Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) says nearly 70 per cent of its customers across the island lost their electricity supply in a major power outage this afternoon.
JPS says it has already restored electricity to several areas, but up to late this afternoon, the company could not say what percentage of its customers were still without power.
Up to news time, JPS said details on what caused the power outage were still not available.
In a statement this afternoon, the country’s sole electricity distributor said the problem developed during upgrading work at its Duhaney Sub-station, in St Andrew.
The company says it is making every effort to have power restored in the shortest possible time.
Bahamas aiming to improve tourism
A digital platform which will give visitors the ability to search for airlift, car rentals and hotels in the Bahamas is among plans outlined by the BahamasTourism Minister Obie Wilchcombe, as that country seek to impove the tousim product.
Part of the country’s plan is marketing the entirety of the Bahamas, not just Nassau and Paradise Island, something the Bahamas featured in its Super Bowl video in February.
At the end of April, Bahamian tourism officials will travel to Brazil for the first-ever World Tourism Council Meeting.
Wilchcombe sys "it is a way to get people to discover the islands and get them here in the quickest possible way,” said .
“The Bahamas is right now set to become one of the most exciting tourism destinations, because we are renewing our product at the right time,” he said.
Police uses tear gas in row at Brazil World Cup stadium
Police in Brazil have used tear gas and smoke grenades to break up clashes between fans who were trying to buy tickets for the inaugural match in a stadium built for the 2014 World Cup.
The football fans had queued overnight at a ticket office in the north-eastern state of Bahia, but fighting broke out as soon as it opened.
The Arena Fonte Nova stadium cost $330m (£217m) - about $50m over budget.
Meanwhile, a builder was killed in an accident at another world cup venue.
Raimundo Nonato Lima Costa, 49, a construction worker at the Amazon Arena in Manaus, reportedly fell from a height of about 5m (16 feet).
Maracana delays
Nobody was arrested after the clashes at the Arena Fonte Nova in Salvador, police said.
The company in charge of the new stadium issued a statement saying it would improve on the shortcomings that became apparent on Friday.
Witnesses said there were no barriers to separate the ticket booth queues.
Lately, a series of events have led to criticism of Brazil's planning for the world's biggest football event.
The inauguration date of iconic Maracana stadium in Rio de Janeiro, set to host the final next year, has been delayed repeatedly.
Originally due reopening in December 2012, its first match is now scheduled for 27 April.
Last week, the mayor of Rio de Janeiro added to the embarrassment closing the stadium due to host the athletics events at the 2016 Olympics, which was being used to replace Maracana at major football matches.