Author: Clivette

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...

Nevis economy steadily improving

September 25, 2015 in National

NIA CHARLESTOWN NEVIS (September 24, 2015) -- Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Finance Colin Dore described the performance of the Nevis economy over the past year as steadily improving. The disclosure came when he delivered a presentation at the Nevis Island Administration’s 9th Annual...