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Photos/Video: Bermuda vs Cayman Cricket Game
[Updated with photos] The Bermuda Cricket Team is matching up against Cayman Islands this afternoon [Aug 25] as part of the ICC Americas T20 World Cup Qualifier. We will have additional coverage later on and in the meantime the live video is below. The 2-hour and 42-minute live video replay is below, courtesy of CricClubs Update 8.06pm: Bermuda Win... Read more of this article
National Geographic Spotlights Walsingham
Bermuda’s Walsingham Nature Reserve is better known as Tom Moore’s Jungle after the poet who found inspiration there. Recently the Bermuda wilderness was included alongside the real woodland settings which such famous fictional forests as Winnie The Pooh’s Hundred Acre Woods and Harry Potter’s Forbidden Forest were based on in... Read more of this article
Volleyball: Bermuda Defeat Saba In Straight Sets
The Bermuda volleyball team continued their strong showing in the Eastern Caribbean Volleyball Association tournament taking place in Antigua and Barbuda, defeating Saba in straight sets. The organisation’s match report said, “Bermuda continued the straight sets margins of victories, by blanking Saba 3-0 [25- 7, 25-6, 25- 8], to register... Read more of this article
Harrington Sound Cruises Run To September
The Bermuda Aquarium, Museum & Zoo’s current series of evening coastal cruises around Harrington Sound come to an end next month, for the season. Held aboard the Bermuda Zoological Society’s Beachcat boat Callista, the cruises are hosted by expert guides Jennifer Gray and Robert Chandler who explain the natural history, cultural significance... Read more of this article
Jamaica Bank Stops Exchanging Bermuda Dollar
The Bank of Jamaica has advised that it will no longer exchange Bermuda dollars at its banking counter as it “has been unable to repatriate this particular foreign currency.” This is according to a statement on the bank’s website, which said, “Bank of Jamaica wishes to advise that effective 26 August 2019, it will no longer exchange... Read more of this article
Sol RX Beach Volleyball Tournament Held
The Bermuda Volleyball Association hosted their Sol RX Beach Tournament at the Horseshoe Bay Beach. Allison Settle and Allison Lacoursiere won the Women’s 2’s Division, while 3 Nickles & a Dime won the Women’s 4 Division and 5 Toed Beach Slothes won the Men’s 4’s Division. Women’s 2 Division 1st Allison Settle and Allison Lacoursiere 2nd... Read more of this article
Phillips Wins Ferrer European Tour Opener
Bermuda’s Daniel Phillips started competing on the David Ferrer European Junior Tour, making yet another strong showing. Playing in the Boy’s Singles 14 Qualifying Round, he took on Smael El Ghouti from France where he advanced in straight sets 6-0, 6-1. His Coach Sam Maybury said, “Phillips is getting stronger, he attacked his opponent and... Read more of this article
Chewstick To Hold Open Mic Session On Sept 14
Chewstick will be holding an open mic jam session at Blue Waters Anglers Club on September 14, with part proceeds going to help fund Bermudian Yassine Chentouf’s ongoing participation with the Up With People.troupe Every year US-based Up with People brings together almost one hundred college-aged participants from more than 20 countries for a multi-continent... Read more of this article
Bermudian Footballers In UK, US, Ireland, Sweden
The island has footballers in action across Europe and the USA, with teams that include Nahki Wells, Nathan Trott, Reggie Lambe, Dante Leverock, Willie Clemons, Milan Butterfield, Knory Scott, Zeiko Lewis, Osagi Bascome and Justin Donawa all in action this weekend. Nahki Wells in UK Nahki Wells and his Queens Park Rangers teammates came from behind... Read more of this article
Soap Star Recalls Bermuda Trip In The 1970s
It was a celebrity #ThrowbackThursday picture to 1970s Bermuda featuring one face that was already familiar to TV viewers of that period and one that soon would be. Posted on Twitter by British actress Emma Samms, the photo shows her as a starstruck 16-year-old schoolgirl in 1976 with actor Nick Nolte on the set of the Bermuda-based underwater thriller... Read more of this article
Video: Sunday Aug 25th ‘Good News’ Spotlight
News that Bermuda won multiple matches and qualified for the next round of the ICC Twenty20 Cricket World Cup, the Bank of Bermuda Foundation awarded $950,000 in scholarships, the BMA food drive benefited the Eliza Dolittle Society, Jessica Lewis won a gold medal at the Parapan Games, and Police Constable Jeana Jones won silver at the World Police &... Read more of this article
Athene Declares Q3 Preferred Stock Dividend
Athene Holding Ltd. announced that it has declared a dividend on its 6.35% Fixed-to-Floating Rate Perpetual Non-Cumulative Preference Shares, Series A [Preference Shares] in the amount of $485.07 per share [equivalent to $0.48507 per depositary share, each representing a 1/1,000th interest in a Preference Share], payable on September 30, 2019 to holders... Read more of this article
