Author Archive: Bernews1

Football: Rangers & North Village Win

PHC Zebras 1 – Southampton Rangers 5 This Dudley Eve game started last night [Sept.21] at Devonshire Rec with both team have shots cleared off the line, Southampton Rangers went ahead in the 23rd minute when Vernon Perinchief scored with a shot from outside the box, Adrian Burrows double the lead when he beat the offside trap and scored pass... Read more of this article

Upcoming: Lindo’s T20 Semi Finals and Finals

The Lindo’s T20 Semi’s and Finals will take place on Saturday 24 September and Sunday 25 September at the National Sports Centre, North Field. Play starts at 11:00am and 3:00 – the full schedule is posted below. After the Lindo’s T20 final Bermuda will play the MCC in the first game of their tour. Entrance is free and food will... Read more of this article

AFL Investments To Host Financial Seminars

AFL Investments is hosting a series of financial seminars next month to help individuals and couples address the challenges presented by the ongoing economic uncertainties. All of the seminars will be free for the public to attend Entitled “The Economy and You: A Financial Faceoff,” the series will consist of three lunchtime sessions each tailored... Read more of this article

Upcoming: Make Hunger History Week

The Eliza DoLittle Society’s Daily Bread Programme will be holding their first annual ‘Make Hunger History’ week, beginning on Sunday, September 25th – Saturday, October 1st. Businesses, schools and interested groups are invited to participate by placing food collection boxes in locations where employees, students, visitors and/or the general... Read more of this article

PLP Candidates: Commissiong & Rabain

[Updated] This evening [Sept.20] the PLP hosted two candidate selection meetings, with both constituencies seeing challengers selected over the sitting MP. Rolfe Commissiong was selected over Ashfield Devent in Pembroke South East, and Diallo Rabain was selected over Darius Tucker in Hamilton South. Constituency #21 Pembroke South East held their candidate... Read more of this article

Baby’s Death Was “Not Natural Causes”

The Police have confirmed that the death earlier this month of an 18 month old baby was “not through natural causes,” declining to give further information as the investigation is ongoing. On Friday 9th September the toddler was at a residential day care facility when he was found in an unresponsive state. He was rushed to King Edward VII... Read more of this article

Thieves Snatch Visitors Handbag/Camera/Cash

Yesterday [Sept.19] two visitors to the Island had cash and their digital camera stolen when two men snatched a bag from the basket of their rental cycle. A police spokesperson, “Around 3:20pm on Monday September 19, police attended a reported handbag snatch on South Road in Smith’s parish near the junction with Morer Estate Road.” “It... Read more of this article

Swimming: BASA Confirm New Record Holders

The Bermuda Amateur Swimming Association has confirmed several Short and Long Course records set recently. Short Course Records At the Junior National Championships, Jack Thorpe, Finn Moseley, Matthew Nagel and Jack Harvey set a new Male 8 and Under – 4 x 25m Freestyle Relay Record clocking 1:30.20 breaking the old record of 1:31.84 that was set... Read more of this article

Upcoming: ‘Rhythmic Moments’ Collection

The ‘Rhythmic Moments’ show opens on Thursday, September 29, at Common Ground Café on Chancery Lane in Hamilton. The show will feature a contemporary multi-media collection by eight artists; Ami Zanders – Silk Screens and Mixed Media, Charles Anderson – Photography on photographic paper, Edwin M.E. Smith – Charcoals and... Read more of this article

‘Are You On The Map?’ Launches

The Bermuda Cultural Map Trust announced the launch of ’Are you on the map?’, a campaign designed to offer organizations and individuals involved in Bermuda’s creative and cultural industries a no-cost marketing and cross-promotion opportunity. The Bermuda Cultural Map Trust is a Bermuda-registered charity whose vision is to provide... Read more of this article

Flora Duffy Finishes 3rd in Colorado

Flora Duffy finished third in the Boulder Racing CX Valmont Park Race on September 17th. Ms Duffy finished the tough course in a time of 44:01, while Nicole Duke riding for Natural Grocers Cycling Team finished first in a time of 42:33, and Alison Powers from Cross Propz Racing finished second clocking 43:54. Watch a highlight video of the women’s... Read more of this article

Johnny Barnes Film Wins Documentary Award

‘Mr Happy Man’, a documentary on Johnny Barnes, won the ‘Best Documentary Short’ at the 13th annual Sidewalk Moving Picture Festival in Birmingham last month. Director Matt Morris said he was browsing photographs on Flickr.com one day and came across an image of Mr. Barnes with a caption describing the living Bermudian legend’s morning... Read more of this article