Sunday September 20th: “Good News” Spotlight
News that Dakari Love advanced on The Voice UK after his impressive performance, Dylan Hollis ranked second on the Affinity 100 creator list, and Nicholas Christopher performed in an NFL halftime show were among the positive news stories from the past week.
In additional good news, Ross Caesar won two IFBB Masters titles in Texas, Aaron Lugo received a $30,000 Garden Club scholarship, Christopher Madeiros won the Bermuda Youth Tourism Speech Competition, and Nicola Muirhead’s photography was exhibited at the Jakarta International Photo Festival.
Other good news stories included Nicole Smith, Zen Mello and Krystal Lowe each receiving an $8,000 Arts Council student grant, Somersfield Academy celebrating strong academic results, Shavana Wilson earning the Public Service Excellence Award for August, and Rosewood Bermuda and The Loren at Pink Beach holding Michelin Key distinctions in the 2026 hotel selection.
More good news included the BPSU and Resident Family Council donating four wheelchairs for long-term care residents at KEMH, while the Bermuda Police Service and Department of Child and Family Services partnered to provide school supplies for students.
In sports, Bermuda’s Sunken Harbor Soca Kings opened their National Ball Hockey League Championship campaign with a shootout victory, while Xahvi DeRoza scored in the University of New Hampshire’s 2-0 win over Harvard.
We also posted various community photo galleries, including coverage of Ashley’s Lemonade back-to-school event, Andre Lambe’s free Showtime Kids sports event, and the MindFrame PhotoVoice exhibition, themed “The Art of Being Human”.
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.
In addition, for those who like positive news, please feel free to visit our sister site ForeverBermuda.com, which seeks to showcase uplifting Bermuda news and visitor related services, or BermudaCovers.com, which offers an array of free Facebook and social media cover images, graphic designs and videos to assist you in showing off your Bermudian pride on social media!
Links to some of the ‘good news’ from the past week are below:
