Author Archive: Bernews3

Video: SOI Plans For Seniors Living Facility

[Updated] The Minister of Public Works Lt/Col David Burch and the Minister of Youth, Social Development and Seniors Tinee Furbert, along with the Bermuda Land Development Company, held a press conference “to announce a housing initiative that will benefit seniors.” We will have additional information later on, and in the meantime the video... Read more of this article

2023 BSA Club Championships Day 2 Results

The 2023 Bermuda Squash Association Club Championships continued at the BSA Club in Devonshire. On day two, two matches needed a fifth set to decide a winner, Peter Drury defeated Malcolm Woodley 11-6, 9-11, 2-11, 11-9, 11-9, in the men’s open division, while in the men’s veterans over 50 division the 5th seed Craig Marshall defeated the 3rd seed... Read more of this article

BEST & College To Hold Eco Lunch & Learn

BEST [Bermuda Environmental Sustainability Taskforce] and Bermuda College will hold an Eco Lunch & Learn series presentation tomorrow [Nov 30] featuring Aaron Critchlow, the founder of Bermuda Is Love. A spokesperson said, “BEST and Bermuda College are pleased to invite the community to attend their second presentation of the Eco Lunch &... Read more of this article

Senate: Audio & Order Of Business

[Updated with live audio] The Senate is scheduled to be in session tomorrow [Nov 29], and statements on the Order Paper are the Office of Project Management and Procurement Annual Report 2022 and the Nurturing Our Nation: Annual Parenting Expo and a number of Parliamentary Questions are also scheduled. Update: Live audio stream of the morning session: The... Read more of this article

Video: Nov 29th Bernews Morning Newsflash

Premier David Burt and Deputy Premier Walter Roban to attend COP28, Ligaya Sanchez-Wilson called to The Bar, MarketPlace Christmas Parade: Dancers, RBR, Santa, Gombeys & more, the BioQuest aims to help Biodiversity Conservation, Gershon Gibbons appointed as Social Insurance Director and Wallpaper Wednesday features medals and Jessica Lewis are some... Read more of this article

UK Writer Recounts Her Visits To Bermuda

An article in The Times UK highlights writer Francesca Angelini’s time on the island, including visits both as a teenager and as an adult with children of her own. The Times UK story said, “Mermaids, transgender marine life and meteorological mania weren’t the Bermuda holiday memories I’d been expecting. But this 21-square-mile archipelago... Read more of this article

Goslings Celebrates 5th Papa Seal Release

Goslings has announced the upcoming release of its fifth annual Papa Seal Single Barrel Rum on December 2, with a celebratory event planned at the Gosling’s Wine Cellar. A spokesperson said, “This year marks the fifth consecutive release of Goslings’ annual Papa Seal Single Barrel Rum. To celebrate this milestone, Goslings is hosting the ultimate... Read more of this article

Madeiros Selected For Rush National Elite Team

[Written by Stephen Wright] Teenage Bermudian footballer Jacob Madeiros has been selected to the Rush National Elite team after scoring a hat-trick at a recent regional event in Florida. Rush is an international football organisation with more than 125 partner youth and professional clubs in 50 countries. Madeiros, 16, represented a Rush select team... Read more of this article

Tucker To Showcase Art At Devonshire Church

Artist Lance Tucker will showcase his artwork in a solo show at the Devonshire Seventh-Day Adventist Church on Sunday [December 3]. The show will run from 3 pm to 5 pm and will be Mr Tucker’s first since delving into his ancestry as part of a solo exhibition entitled DNA Discovery at City Hall in Hamilton last summer. Among the pieces for sale, which... Read more of this article

Online Registration For School Year Opens

Online Registration for the Bermuda Public School System’s 2024/2025 school year opens from Monday, 27 November 2023 and will close on Friday, 15 December 2023. A Government spokesperson said, “The registration link for current students will be sent to parents and guardians directly. “Parents and Guardians are reminded of the following... Read more of this article

Met Opera: Live In HD & Encore Series Showing

The Bermuda Opera team is presenting the Met: Live in HD [2022-23] & Encore series in Bermuda on film on Sundays at BUEI at 5.00pm, with the next installment to take place on Sunday [Dec 3]. A spokesperson said, “The Bermuda Opera Team is proud to present the Met: Live in HD [2022-23] & Encore series in Bermuda [on film]. Don’t miss... Read more of this article

Results: Premier & First Division Football

Footballers in both the Premier Division and First Division were in action this weekend, with the Young Men Social Club, Hamilton Parish, Devonshire Cougars, Devonshire Colts and Boulevard Blizzards all earning wins. Premier Division Young Men Social Club 3 – X-Roads 2 At the Police Field, Young Men Social Club edged X-Roads 3 – 2. X-Roads took... Read more of this article