Archive for May 26th, 2010
Court Street Shooting: Cervio Cox Found Guilty
26 year old Cervio Cox was this afternoon [May 26] found guilty in Supreme Court of wounding three men with intent to do them grievous bodily harm. The charges stemmed from a shooting on May 23, 2009, in which three people were shot in broad-daylight on Court Street. During the trial prosecutors alleged that the shooting was connected to a gang war... Read more of this article
Golfweek Names 3 BDA Courses As The Best
Golfweek magazine recently awarded top honors to three Bermuda courses in its “2010 Best 50 Best Courses of the Caribbean & Mexico” listing. The local golf courses awarded were Port Royal Golf Club, Mid Ocean Club and Tucker’s Point Club Port Royal Golf Club is a Robert Trent Jones design and home to the PGA Grand Slam Championship. Tucker’s... Read more of this article
Police Warn Locals Over Yellow Pages
The Police have issued a warning to the public in reference to “Island Yellow Pages” saying: Bermuda Police Service Financial Crime Unit is once again receiving complaints from members of the public in relation to a company called ‘The Island Yellow Pages’. Recently local residents have been contacted by a representative of the Island... Read more of this article
XL Capital Plans Global Day Of Giving Tomorrow
XL Capital Ltd will hold its fifth Global Day of Giving tomorrow [May 27]. The employee volunteer day is dedicated to supporting the communities in which XL companies operate. Within Bermuda, XL plans to remove rubble dumped at the old casemate and hammerout concrete filling of the gunport at the Royal Naval Dockyard; rake, weed, prune and clean a sensory... Read more of this article
3 Young Sailors Heading To Youth Worlds In Turkey
[Written by Somers Cooper] The Bermuda Sailing Association has high hopes for the 3 man team it is sending to The 2010 Volvo Youth Worlds in Istanbul, Turkey this summer from 8 – 17 July. James Anfossi, Jordan Saints (two man International 420 dinghy) and Jason Saints (Laser Radial dinghy) will be joining 341 sailors from 62 other countries to... Read more of this article
May 24th Accident Victim Airlifted to Boston
Following a traffic accident on the May 24th holiday, a 30 year old Devonshire man was airlifted to Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston yesterday [May 25] Around 10:20pm on May24th, Police received a report of a serious road traffic collision resulting in injury on Trimingham Road in Paget involving a truck and a motorcycle. The Police say that... Read more of this article
Argus Staff Clean Up Gibbs Hill Lighthouse Park
On May 21st, Argus Insurance in partnership with Keep Bermuda Beautiful [KBB] and the Bermuda Department of Parks, planted trees and cleaned up Gibb’s Hill Lighthouse Park as part of the company’s adoption of the park to maintain the grounds. The Argus Group had announced in May 2007 its official adoption of the Gibb’s Hill and St. David’s Lighthouse... Read more of this article
TROIKA To Hold Auditions This Saturday
Performing arts group TROIKA is currently preparing for their upcoming performance season and are looking for some new talent to participate. The selected TROIKA players will undergo a higher level of training in the performing arts while researching and collectively expressing ideas to create an original work of art that hopes to once again wow theater... Read more of this article
Interview: Scott Snyder J24 Winner BDA Race Week
Scroll down for the post-event thoughts of Scott Snyder, who gives praise to the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club, saying they “truly knows how to organize a world class international event.” Mr Snyder, from Denver, Colorado, won the J24 Class at the 2010 Bermuda International Invitational Race Week in April. Scott Snyder, Captain/Trimmer said:... Read more of this article
Traffic Accident: Female in Serious Condition
Earlier this evening [May 25] there was a traffic collision on Middle Road, Devonshire by Christ Church. It appears that a female on a motorbike was traveling in a eastern direction, when she collided with a pickup truck. The 30 year old rider, has been rushed to King Edward Memorial Hospital, and a Police spokesman has described her condition as serious.... Read more of this article
