Author: Clivette

Cameron silent on omission of Bravo, Pollard

September 28, 2015 in Sports

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) – President of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) Dave Cameron has sidestepped the controversial absence of Dwayne Bravo and Kieron Pollard from West Indies One-Day International squads, ahead of the tour of Sri Lanka, media reports here have said. Cameron...

Bolt scorned

September 28, 2015 in Sports

[caption id="attachment_7950" align="alignleft" width="300"] Usain Bolt takes a sip of Gatorade during a promotional shoot in Kingston.[/caption] It is so! The United States athletics team were even intimidated by a drink with Jamaican sprint sensation Usain Bolt’s image on the label. For long, rumours circulated that members...

Campers Flee As Huge Sinkhole Swallows Tents

September 28, 2015 in International

[caption id="attachment_7947" align="alignleft" width="300"] A mobile home was swallowed by the sinkhole. (Source: news.sky)[/caption] More than 100 people have been evacuated after a sinkhole the size of a football pitch swallowed tents at a campsite in Australia. Emergency services helped campers flee the site near Queensland’s Rainbow...

Caribbean rattled by 3 earthquakes Sunday

September 28, 2015 in Regional

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) – Four earthquakes with magnitudes ranging from 3.8 to 4.5 rattled the Caribbean on Sunday but there were no immediate reports of injuries or damages, according to the Trinidad-based Seismic Research Unit of the University of the West Indies (UWI). It...

Rare supermoon eclipse seen around the world

September 28, 2015 in International

[caption id="attachment_7942" align="alignleft" width="300"] A lunar eclipse coincides with a so-called "supermoon" in Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, England September 28, 2015. Sky-watchers around the world are in for a treat Sunday night and Monday when the shadow of Earth casts a reddish glow on the moon, the...