Archive for April 12th, 2010
Special Delivery: Baby Born in Car in Hamilton
Around 3:15am yesterday [April 11], a new baby boy made his way into the world… and apparently couldn’t wait to do so. His mother gave birth to him in a car outside the Bank of Butterfield, at the junction of Front Street and Burnaby Street. A Police officer was on foot patrol in the City of Hamilton when he was alerted to the woman giving... Read more of this article
Floating Bookstore Sails into Hamilton
Logos Hope, a ‘floating bookstore”, sailed into Hamilton Harbour today, having traveled from Nassau, Bahamas. The ship will be docked on Front Street and open to the public from tomorrow [April 13] to April 25th. The Logos Hope carries thousands of books for sale onboard, and is will be open 10am – 9:30pm from Mon – Sat, and from 2pm... Read more of this article
20 Strong Delegate in UK to Promote Bermuda
Premier and Tourism Minister Dr. Ewart Brown is this week leading a delegation of 20 representatives from the Bermuda Department of Tourism, Bermuda Hotel Association and the Islands’ hotels on a UK road show. With stops in Chester, Manchester, Birmingham, Winchester and London, the road show will be an opportunity for the travel trade and media to... Read more of this article
Three Men Charged in RAA Shooting
Three men, one only 17 years old, appeared in Magistrates Court this morning being charged with crimes relating to the Easter morning shooting at the Royal Artillery Association [RAA] club in St. George’s. None of the men were required to enter a plea. On Easter morning [April 4th] 18 yr old Shawn Williams was shot and a 19 year old man was stabbed... Read more of this article
Bermuda Youth Team Finishes at World Champs
Over 68 male and female sailors from 28 countries converged in Cannes, France for the 2010 Byte CII World Championships from April 7 – 11. Bermuda sent five top youth sailors [aged 14 - 16] who all performed well, with one local teenage sailor achieving a top ten finish in the world class field. The 16 race regatta was held over a number of days,... Read more of this article
TransAtlantic To Explore For Oil In Turkey
Bermuda domiciled TransAtlantic Petroleum Ltd has made an agreement which will see the Company explore for oil in Turkey. TransAtlantic announced it has entered into an agreement with Turkiye Petrolleri Anonim Ortskligi [TPAO], the national oil company of Turkey, to explore for unconventional resources in Turkey. In the initial phase of the agreement,... Read more of this article
City Hall: Sporting A New Blue Look
One of Bermuda’s landmark buildings has shown its support for Autism Awareness Month in Bermuda by “going blue” for the month. With tinted lights gleaming on the building, City Hall’s “new blue look” can be seen every evening for the month of April. The blue look is through an initiative with Bermuda Autism Support... Read more of this article
Heavy Police Presence at Murder Victim’s Funeral
In a sign of the times, a police presence could be seen at all stages of the funeral yesterday [Apr 11] of 35 year old Kimwandae Walker, who was tragically gunned down on Good Friday. Mr Walker was attending a family fun day at the Victor Scott school field with his children on April 2, when just past 2 pm two men on a bike stormed the field and shot... Read more of this article
St. Mary’s Church Broken Into – Twice
St. Mary’s Church on Middle Road, Warwick was the scene of not one, but two, break-ins over this past weekend. Around 4:40am on Saturday April 10, Police received a report of a burglary at St. Mary’s Church on Middle Road, Warwick, with the complainants stating that sometime earlier an unknown culprit gained entry into the church hall. This followed... Read more of this article
Time Passes, But Does Anything Change?
[Written by Larry Burchall] Long before the time of the PLP and UBP, the government of thirty-six Independents of the 1950’s segregationist era passed some strong legislation showing some archly conservative and reactionary attitudes. One set of legislation dealt with teenagers and their bikes. Auxiliary cycles – as they were then called –... Read more of this article
