Archive for October 14th, 2010
Trenching Work: Weekend Road Closures
The City of Hamilton today announced that in order to minimize disruption to the commuters during the week, a number of road closures will take place this weekend while trenching work continues on Reid Street. Starting on the evening of Friday October 15 from, 7:00pm through to the evening of Sunday October 17, 2010 at 7:00pm, King Street between Church... Read more of this article
Martin Kaymer Predicted To Win Grand Slam
Squirt, resident octopus oracle at the Bermuda Aquarium, Museum & Zoo, picks 2010 PGA Champion Martin Kaymer of Germany to win the 28th PGA Grand Slam of Golf at Port Royal Golf Course. It was a prediction that came down to the wire. Squirt had to choose between four flag-adorned boxes, each filled with a shrimp. He first went after the American... Read more of this article
ACE To Eliminate 17 Job Positions Next Year
The ACE Group will be eliminating 17 employment positions. They say that employees whose positions will be eliminated have been notified, and will be given priority consideration for appropriate open positions within the company. If they do not succeed on finding another job within ACE, they will be eligible for severance payments and outplacement support.... Read more of this article
National Coach Ben Smith Commends Swimmers
National Swimming Coach Ben Smith spoke in regards to the Bermuda Swim Teams performance at the recently held 2010 Commonwealth Games in India. His full statement follows below: I would like to take this opportunity to thank the Bermuda Olympic committee for organizing a very successful trip to India for the 19th Commonwealth Games. Bermuda had a very... Read more of this article
14 & 17 Year Old Arrested Inside Business
In the early hours of this morning [Oct 14], the Police responded to a report of a burglary and arrested two teenagers who were found inside an East End business. At approximately 1am today, Police responded report of a burglary at the Tobacco Bay Concession in St. George’s. Police say that on their arrival two intruders were found inside the premises. The... Read more of this article
Video: Regis Philbin On Bermuda’s Award
The readers of Condé Nast Traveler magazine have exhibited their good taste by voting Bermuda at the “Best Island in the Caribbean/Atlantic,” something which was talked on the US morning show Regis & Kelly. Bermuda was awarded the Conde Nast ‘Reader’s Choice Award’, after we came out on top of a poll of over 30,000 of... Read more of this article
Uighurs Job Loss: “Can’t Afford To Keep Them”
The four Chinese Nationals were laid off with “because of financial constraints,” according to an article in the Washington Post. The Post quotes Rushan Abbas, who initially came to Bermuda to act as their interpreter, as saying “The government praised the men in the letter, saying they had worked hard and done their jobs well, but... Read more of this article
