Archive for October, 2010
Photos: St George’s Old Towne Market
The Old Towne Market launched today [Oct 31] in St. George’s, and saw a strong turnout of Bermudians and visitors out for the market’s debut. There were numerous vendors, arts and crafts, a pumpkin carving competition with prizes provided by Robertson’s, Meyers and Conscious Vibes, Richard Allen AME dancers, free candies & treats... Read more of this article
Langhorne Slim To Perform At Chewstick
Tomorrow night [Nov 1] at the Chewstick Headquarters, international recording artist Langhorne Slim is playing a special surprise Griot Session in support of The Chewstick Foundation. The event will be streamed live on www.chewstick.org and will be stored for archiving purposes. Doors open at 8:30 and the show starts at 9 PM. Chewstick says “For... Read more of this article
Weekend Burglaries: Nursery School & More
A rash of weekend burglaries saw a number of properties illegally entered and numerous items stolen including flat screen TVs, DVD player, a watch, cash, X-box and two bottles of alcohol.. Properties broken into include private residences, Tree Trops Nursery School, and a St. George’s guest property. Around 11:30pm on Saturday, Police received a... Read more of this article
Photos: Underwater Fancy Dress Halloween Dive
The seas of Bermuda saw pumpkins and strangely-dressed scuba divers as Blue Water Divers hosted their Fancy Dress Contest and Underwater Pumpkin Carving Contest. The event was hosted from their Somerset Bridge facility on October 23rd and 24th. The Fancy Dress Contest was held at the wreck of Forceful, which was fairly recently scuttled in the area... Read more of this article
British Airways Moves To Winter Schedule
British Airways, the island’s only direct flight link with the UK, moves to its winter schedule today [Oct 31]. The British Airways’ winter schedule will operate five times weekly – flying every day except Saturdays and Mondays – until March 27, 2011. Bermuda Manager, Marianne Wilcox said today, “The British Airways’ winter... Read more of this article
Photos: BIOS Underwater Pumpkin Carving
In an underwater twist on Halloween, divers took to the seas for the annual BIOS Underwater Pumpkin Carving Contest. Competitors were grouped in twos, and given 45 minutes to carve their pumpkins underwater. Competitors were allowed to draw on the pumpkins beforehand, but were not allowed to make any cuts into them until they were in the water. One... Read more of this article
Comedy Hypnotist Fernandez To Perform
Comedy Hypnotist Fernandez takes to the City Hall Stage for two dynamic and action packed shows on Friday November 12th & Saturday 13th. Metropolitan Models will perform as an opening act, and the host will be the hilarious and always cutting edge Comedian Mark Anderson a.k.a. ‘Sybil’. Unlike the previous this event is rated M for Mature audiences... Read more of this article
Bermuda Hospitals Board Ethics Week
Bermuda Hospitals Board is focusing on the issue of confidentiality for Ethics Week, which runs for a week from Monday 1 November 2010. The public are invited to visit either the KEMH or MWI lobbies on Monday 1 November from 9.30am to 11.00am to find out about what steps they can take to protect their confidential health care information and also about... Read more of this article
Photos: 2010 MSA School Halloween Parade
There were fairies, witches, ninjas, cowgirls, bees, pirates and much more on display yesterday afternoon [Oct 29] as Mount Saint Agnes Academy hosted their annual “Parade of Costumes” in celebration of this weekend’s Halloween. A tradition for the past twenty years, elementary students were led by a bagpiper in a parade around the school gymnasium. Students... Read more of this article
Photos: 2010 WindReach Harvest Festival
The WindReach Harvest Festival was held today [Oct 30] in Warwick, with stacks of family orientated events including a pumpkin carving competition, Halloween costume competition, local entertainment, fun castles, pony rides, face painting & tattoos, games, giant slide, and Windreach says “This event is both a fundraiser and friend raiser... Read more of this article
Cabinet Shake-up – What’s To Come?
This coming Monday morning [Nov 1] Premier Paula Cox will unveil Bermuda’s new Cabinet team at Government House. Premier Cox is said to be very tight lipped, with even those close to her not fully aware of her plans, with little more than speculation to go by. Possible names speculated to become new Cabinet Ministers include Ashfield DeVent, Wayne... Read more of this article
BDA Statement On New Premier
Craig Cannonier, leader of the island’s newest political party the Bermuda Democratic Alliance [BDA], issued a statement congratulating our new Premier. Mr Cannonier went on to say that the “new Premier has been involved from the start as a Cabinet Minister so it will be hard to say there is now a clean break from the past. The new Premier... Read more of this article
