Video: Sunday July 21st “Good News” Spotlight
News that Yan-Xia Rogers was called to the Bermuda Bar, Graham Mawer and Hannah Leigh earned the PSEA Award, AXA XL appointed Michelle Bailey, and 16-year-old Berkeley students Joaquin O’Connor and Dae’Jon Smith are taking part in the BFRS Youth Summer Programme were all some of the positive news stories from the past week.
In additional good news, Athletes from OpenMat Bermuda returned home with 13 medals from the BJJ GI and No Gi Round-Robin Tournament in Boston, Scott Barnes has been honoured as one of three all-star drivers in the Masters division by eKartingNews, sailor Rachael Betchart claimed the Waszp Grand Final title at the recent SailGP Inspire Champion of Champions in San Francisco, Somerset Lady Trojans won the BFA Women’s League Championship title for the 2023/24 season, Bermuda’s women’s national football team defeated Belize in a friendly match, and Shara Trott and Rickai Burrows have “successfully completed the Graduate Talent Programme and will transition to full-time positions.”
Other good news stories included ABIR hosting two summer interns, with Malakye Outerbridge and Cree Dunn assisting ABIR’s Policy and Regulatory team, AirCare congratulating apprentices Bradley Adams, Damen Mallory, and James Paynter for graduating from Bermuda College, Samiyah Hall earning second place in Indiana, and Global Atlantic will provide $125,000 in small business accelerator grants to winning entrepreneurs in the Wave of Opportunity Pitch Competition, with applications now open.
We also posted various community photo galleries, including coverage of Summer Sunday in Victoria Park, fishing boats and more.
In an effort to highlight some of positive news happening in our community, we supplement our standard morning and evening email newsletters with a special Sunday “Good News” email newsletter edition, and also produce a highlight video and article which strictly focuses on the positive news about Bermuda and Bermudians from the past week. You can sign up to have the free newsletter delivered via email here, and/or access the links below.
For more positive coverage, you can also visit other websites in the Bernews Network; ForeverBermuda.com showcases uplifting Bermuda news and the tourism genre, BermudaCovers.com offers free Bermuda themed Facebook covers and phone wallpapers; and you can view over 250 ‘Good News’ summary videos spanning back to 2017 here on Bernews.TV.
Links to some of the ‘good news’ from the past week are below:
