August 19th, 2020 
Awake Goy 
The captain of a ship that ran aground off the coast of Mauritius spilling more than 1,000 tons of oil in the Indian ocean has been arrested. Authorities said he’s been charged with “endangering safe navigation”. Sunil Kumar Nandeshwar is in custody pending a bail hearing next week, Police inspector Sivo Coothen said on Tuesday. […]
August 18th, 2020 Awake Goy 
Local and foreign volunteer support forces, international organisations and other countries are helping Mauritius race against time to handle a serious oil spill caused by a Japanese freighter that ran aground on the high seas late last month. The MV Wakashio, a Japanese-owned bulk carrier, which struck a coral reef off the coast of Mauritius […]
August 10th, 2020 Awake Goy 
Environmental activists and residents of Mauritius worked to try to reduce the damage from an oil spill after a ship ran aground on a coral reef. The Indian Ocean island’s prime minister declared a state of emergency and appealed for international help. One ton of oil from the Japanese ship’s four tons has leaked into […]
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No Comments » August 9th, 2020 Awake Goy 
Mauritius announced that there was an environmental crisis after oil started leaking from a bulk carrier that had run aground in the southeast of the island. “We are in a situation of environmental crisis,” Kavy Ramano, the environment minister of the island nation located in the Indian Ocean said. The ministry requested that the public […]
August 9th, 2020 Awake Goy Mauritius announced that there was an environmental crisis after oil started leaking from a bulk carrier that had run aground in the southeast of the island. “We are in a situation of environmental crisis,” Kavy Ramano, the environment minister of the island nation located in the Indian Ocean said. The ministry requested that the public […]
August 9th, 2020 Awake Goy 
Mauritius announced that there was an environmental crisis after oil started leaking from a bulk carrier that had run aground in the southeast of the island. “We are in a situation of environmental crisis,” Kavy Ramano, the environment minister of the island nation located in the Indian Ocean said. The ministry requested that the public […]
August 9th, 2020 Awake Goy 
Mauritius announced that there was an environmental crisis after oil started leaking from a bulk carrier that had run aground in the southeast of the island. “We are in a situation of environmental crisis,” Kavy Ramano, the environment minister of the island nation located in the Indian Ocean said. The ministry requested that the public […]
April 24th, 2018 Awake Goy Tropical Cyclone ‘Fakir’ formed on 23 April, 2018, over the south-western Indian Ocean, north-northeast of Madagascar, and started moving towards Réunion (France) and Mauritius, where cyclone warnings were issued. Mauritius In Mauritius, the storm brought winds of 112 km/h, heavy rainfall and high waves of up to 5 metres on 24 April. Over 100 […]
Posted in World News Tags: cyclone, fakir, heavy, mauritius, rainfall, reunion, tropical No Comments » April 6th, 2018 Awake Goy Australian police have charged Mauritius 2018 Commonwealth Games chef de mission Kaysee Teeroovengadum with sexual assault following allegations made by a female athlete. Teeroovengadum quit on the eve of the Games amid accusations of “inappropriate touching” made by the athlete, which allegedly took place in the Games’ Athletes’ Village. “Police will allege the 52-year-old […]
Posted in World News Tags: Australian, charge, commonwealth, delegate, games, mauritius, police No Comments » July 19th, 2017 Awake Goy A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.9 (ml/mb) strikes Mauritius – Reunion region (0 miles) on Wednesday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 5.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 12:16:25 / 12:16 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if […]
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