Archive for August 24th, 2010
BELCO Load Shed: Lights Out For 90 Mins
Over 5,000 locals found themselves without power this afternoon after two East End BELCO Power Station engines experienced problems. BELCO Operations Centre shed load on 17 circuits at approximately 4:30 pm this afternoon [Aug 24] affecting over 5,000 customers in both the East and West. BELCO immediately set to work to fix the issue, and had 15 circuits... Read more of this article
Edinburgh Award: 17 Teens Travel To Guyana
A contingent of 27 Award Participants, Leaders, and Assessors from Bermuda recently returned from a 2-week long expedition in the jungles of Guyana with The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award programme. The overseas expedition held annually by the Caribbean Award Sub-regional Council (CASC) was hosted this year by The President’s Youth Award –... Read more of this article
Government Confirms Local Eggs Are Safe
Today [Aug 24] the Chief Medical Officer (CMO), Dr. John Cann, confirmed that the Environmental Health section of the Department of Health has been monitoring the mass recall of some shell eggs in the US because of a possible health risk, and confirmed that there has been “no problem” with locally produced eggs, and they are considered safe for... Read more of this article
Photos: Van Crashed Over Bank In Southampton
At 2am this morning [Aug 24] a 42-year-old man driving an Air Care van lost control and drove over an embankment on Middle Road Southampton in the area of Five Star Island, and despite crashing down a drop exceeding 20-feet the Police confirm that he escaped serious injury. Update 2:30pm: Island Construction will be in the area between 2:30pm and 4pm... Read more of this article
Yesterday’s Shooting Victim Airlifted Out
[Updated] 19 year old Princeton Burrows who was shot in the firearms incident that took place a few minutes before 4pm yesterday [Aug 23] at the junction of Middle Road in Sandys and Woodlawn Road outside Maximart is presently in serious condition in the ICU with lower torso injuries. The Bermuda Police are continuing their appeal for witnesses; however... Read more of this article
Burchall Report: Macabre Death Race
[Written by Larry Burchall – Column deals with death, please do not click through and read full post if easily offended] There is a macabre race underway. Today is 24th August 2010 and the race ends 31st December 2010. The race is between road deaths and gun deaths. Until today, Bermuda had seven deaths attributed to road accidents, with the... Read more of this article
This Sunday: 2010 Round The Island Race
The 2010 Around the Island Race will be held this Sunday [August 29] All Race Teams who have registered for the Around the Island Race must attend the mandatory drivers meeting on Thursday, August 26 at 7:30 p.m. at the Spanish Point Boat Club Hall. Scrutinizing of all race boats and equipment will be held on Saturday, August 28 from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.... Read more of this article
Whales Documentary: Film Festival Finals
The one hour long documentary “Where the Whales Sing” by Andrew Stevenson has been selected as a finalist at the BLUE Ocean Film Festival, a global film festival and conservation summit for underwater filmmakers and marine researchers. The film was selected from over 350 entries in 19 categories submitted by the most talented ocean filmmakers... Read more of this article
Owen Siese Moves To 5th In Singapore
Bermuda youth sailor has moved up to 5th in the 2010 Youth Olympics being held in Singapore, remaining in medal contention. Yesterday [Aug 23] three races were scheduled, but only 2 sailed, which saw Owen finish 6th and 8th. After a slight delay in the morning, breeze only began to fill in just before the scheduled start however built quite quickly,... Read more of this article
Hurricane Danielle Strengthens to Category 2
[Updated] The US National Hurricane Centre said that as of 5am this morning [Aug 24] Danielle’s maximum sustained winds had accelerated to 100 miles [160 kilometers] and hour. The hurricane has reached Category 2 status on the Saffir-Simpson 1-to-5 scale, and the Hurricane Centre says that “additional strengthening is forecast, and Danielle... Read more of this article
