Archive for December, 2017

Weather Forecast For Saturday December 30

Saturday, December 30 is expected to be partly cloudy, with the high to be near 19°C/67°F and the low to be near 18°C/64°F, according to Weather Underground. Winds are expected to be NNE. The relative humidity is expected to be near 70%. Sunrise will be at 7.19am and sunset will be at 5.23pm. High tide will be at 5.44am and 5.58pm, while low tide... Read more of this article

High Police Presence For New Year’s Weekend

The Bermuda Police Service will be highly visible over the long New Year’s weekend and specifically New Year’s Eve [NYE] with a view to “prevent incidents of antisocial behavior around the many functions and events that are planned”. A police spokesperson said, “On NYE, officers will be deployed in the Town of St. George as well... Read more of this article

Christmas Baby To Receive Care In Toronto

[Written by Don Burgess] Two siblings can hardly wait for their preemie sister comes home from Canada so they can hug her. Kee-Ijah Bailey was born prematurely on Christmas Day, and she and her mother, Elisha Joell, will travel via air ambulance to the Sick Kids Hospital in Toronto to receive emergency medical care. Ms Joell told Bernews to have a... Read more of this article

Condolence Book Available For Ernest DeCouto

From Wednesday, January 3 to Friday, January 5, a Condolence Book will be available for signing at the Cabinet Office to pay respects to the late Speaker of the House Ernest DeCouto. A Government spokesperson said, “The Government of Bermuda joins the community in extending sincerest condolences to the family and friends of the late Hon. Ernest David... Read more of this article

East End Group & Celeritas Acquire TBi

The East End Group [EEG] today [Dec 29] announced that it has partnered with Celeritas Limited to acquire TeleBermuda International Limited [TBi], a Bermuda based provider of high-quality voice, internet and managed IT services. “Bermudian-owned EEG is the proprietor of East End Telecom [EET], the leading public safety and wireless communication... Read more of this article

Video: BBC Newsbeat On Domestic Partnerships

The BBC Newsbeat programme has produced an online video about Bermuda’s Domestic Partnership Act, with the video featuring Winston and Greg Godwin-DeRoche, the couple who filed the legal challenge which paved the way for same sex marriage in Bermuda earlier this year. The Domestic Partnerships Act passed in the House of Assembly and then passed... Read more of this article

Collision Results In Car Landing Upside Down

Emergency services responded to a collision this morning [Dec 29] on North Shore Road in Pembroke, west of the Black Watch Pass roundabout, that resulted in a car landing upside down in the roadway. Bermuda Fire and Rescue Service, police and an ambulance attended the scene where bystanders said it appeared one person was taken by ambulance to King... Read more of this article

NSC Offers Aquatic & Fitness Centre Discounts

Help is at hand for people trying to fulfill their get fit New Year’s resolutions, as the National Sports Centre [here] is offering discounts for Aquatic and Fitness Centre passes. Amy Fox, the NSC’s Aquatics and Fitness Manager said: “We’ve all done it – made that resolution to get fitter in the New Year, so we are lending a helping hand... Read more of this article

Community Education Winter Term Set To Begin

Accounting, aerial silks, archery, creative writing, etymology, gardening, hair braiding, line dancing, pole fitness, squash, water aerobics, zumba, cooking, photography, salsa, tennis, flower arranging, and martial arts are some of the classes being offered through the Community Education Development Programme [CEDP]. The CEDP winter term registration... Read more of this article

Wells & Burnley Set For A Trip To Huddersfield

Bermuda’s Nahki Wells and his Burnley team will play their final game of 2017 at Huddersfield Town on Saturday [Dec 30], with Wells new team set to face his old team. After being transferred earlier this year from Huddersfield to Burnley, and then spending time recuperating from an injury, Wells made his Premier League debut on December 23rd, making... Read more of this article

MP Jeff Baron Taking Road Trip For Charity

MP Jeff Baron is taking a road trip on a motorcycle in the United States in order to raise money for Big Brothers Big Sisters Bermuda, with the excursion taking him across Texas, Arizona, and California for a total of more than 1,350 miles. A GoFundMe page linked to the effort said, “Help me raise $5,000 for Big Brothers and Big Sisters Bermuda!... Read more of this article

Bloomberg: ‘Shut Down Havens, Steal Business’

“The U.S. is becoming one of the world’s best places to hide money,” according to a column by the Bloomberg View editorial board, which said that ”traditional havens as Bermuda and the Cayman Islands are complying”, adding that “from a certain perspective, all this might look pretty smart: Shut down foreign tax havens... Read more of this article