Archive for April 6th, 2011
Bermy Germy: Expired Medications Day
Yesterday [April 5] the Department of Health, in collaboration with the Bermuda Pharmaceutical Association, encouraged the public to turn in expired medications to local pharmacies for proper disposal. The mascot for the Department of Health, ‘Bermy Germy’, was on hand at the Hamilton Pharmacy at noon to encourage people to drop-off their old medications. The... Read more of this article
Weekend Hockey Match Report
[Hockey match reports from the week ending April 2, written by Kaywell Outerbridge] Women’s A League Budgies A vs Ravens A Final score: 1-0 Budgies were not going to give it up easy to Ravens, the A league title winners, on their last league game of the season. Some very skilled stick work by Jennifer Beech allowed Budgies to move the ball up the... Read more of this article
“Results Inconclusive Whether It Was Tornado”
When asked about today’s weather event which resulted in property damage in the Shelly Bay area, Dr Mark Guishard, Director of the Bermuda Weather Service, said that after a “quick preliminary damage assessment” the results are still “inconclusive as to whether or not it was a bonafide tornado, or a severe straight-line winds... Read more of this article
Minister Pays Tribute to Capt. Horace Gibbons
Minister of National Security Wayne Perinchief today [Apr.6] offered his sincerest condolences to the family of the late Capt. Horace Gibbons MBE, EM. Capt. Gibbons served as the Bandmaster of the all-black Bermuda Militia Artillery [BMA] and after the amalgamation of the BMA with the all-white Bermuda Volunteer Rifle Corps [BVRC] became the first... Read more of this article
Four Cyclists To Compete in New York
Four junior cyclists will be representing Bermuda this weekend at the prestigious Tour of the Battenkill in Cambridge, NY. Dubbed “America’s Toughest 1-Day Race”, the 64 mile course in rural upstate New York includes sections of unpaved roads, steep climbs and one wooden covered bridge. Representing Bermuda will be Dominique Mayho, Mark Godfrey,... Read more of this article
BIU Government Divisions Meeting Tomorrow
Chris Furbert, President of the Bermuda Industrial Union [BIU], has called an urgent meeting of all Government Divisions for tomorrow, Thursday, April 7, 2011 at St. Paul’s Centennial Hall at 8:00 a.m. The purpose of the meeting is to update members on government negotiations. BIU officials said that public transportation [buses and ferries] will... Read more of this article
17 Swimmers To Compete In 2011 Carifta
The Bermuda Amateur Swimming Association [BASA] has selected seventeen athletes that will represent Bermuda at the upcoming Swimming CARIFTA Games. Those games are set for April 23 to May 1 in Barbados. The Carifta Games is an annual athletics competition founded by the Caribbean Free Trade Association. Bermuda will host the 2012 Games, after last hosting... Read more of this article
2011 Lindo’s ISL Draft To Be Held April 30th
The 2011 Lindo’s ISL Draft will be held April 30th, 2011 starting at 7 pm at the Southampton Princess hotel. This is the 5th annual draft for the league. The draft will last eight rounds with each ISL team selecting one player in each round. Every ISL coach was allowed to protect six players and one Goalkeeper from last year’s squad. There will... Read more of this article
Court: Cannabis, Knife and Escaping Custody
Jahroy Simons, 25 and living in Southampton, pleaded guilty to and was convicted of two counts of possession of cannabis in Magistrates Court this morning [Apr.6] The first charge arose out of a police stop-n-search operation on Queen Street in Hamilton on 3rd October 2010. In this incident he was found to have 0.8 grams of cannabis. The second charge... Read more of this article
“Capers Mourn Loss of Former Player”
Canada’s Cape Breton Post has run an article about Randy Robinson, the 22-year-old footballer who was murdered last week in the Border Lane area. The full article can be read here, and an excerpt follows below: Randy Robinson played just one season as a Caper in 2009 before returning home to Bermuda for the impending birth of his son. Instead... Read more of this article
Man Jailed For Attacking Two Women
28-year-old Darrin Burgess starts a two year jail sentence today [Apr.6] after pleading guilty to two charges involving assaults on two women, as well as a charge of witness tampering in the case involving alleged Parkside member Prince Edness. Mr Burgess’ first conviction, for which Magistrate Archie Warner awarded a one year sentence, was of causing... Read more of this article
Possible Tornado Causes Damage In Shelly Bay
[Updated] As reported earlier [Apr.6], the Bermuda Weather Service forecast possible tornado activity in Bermuda today. One unlucky household on Church Crescent in Shelly Bay was hit by what is believed to possibly be a tornado. The Bermuda Weather Service said, “A severe weather warning has been issued for a line of rain with thunderstorms and strong... Read more of this article
