Category: Photos
Photos: Caines Back To School Extravaganza
[Updated] The Caines Brothers in conjunction with Five Star Barbershop held their fourth annual “Back to School Extravaganza” today [Sept 6] at the St Paul’s Centennial Hall on Court Street , offering free haircuts for boys, free hair braiding for girls, and free school supplies for students. The event also saw students receive free book... Read more of this article
Photos & Results: Labour Day Road Races
Yesterday [Sept 5] saw the annual Labour Day races held, with Tommy Marshall claiming the top spot in the Junior 2.2K race, Akim Johnston winning the 5K run and Lucy Ching ranking as the top female, and Shinah Simons claiming the best time in the 5K walk. In the Junior 2.2K race, the top three finishers were Tommy Marshall with a time of 8:00:00, Iziah... Read more of this article
Photos & Video: 2016 Labour Day March Held
Labour Day celebrations took place today [Sept 5], including a walk and races beginning early this morning, followed by speeches from Union leaders and a march through the streets of Hamilton. A crowd gathered to take part in the annual celebration despite the rain, with a prayer from Reverend Nicholas Tweed serving to open the event, which included... Read more of this article
Photos: Sand Sculpture Contest At Horseshoe
The public was invited to “unleash their creativity using Bermuda’s own natural pink sand” at the 21st annual Bermuda Sand Sculpture Competition today [Sept 3] at Horseshoe Bay, with $2,000 in cash prizes given away. The competition was sponsored by the Hamilton Princess and Beach Club and Marina and Alexandra Mosher Studio Jewellery, with free... Read more of this article
Photos: Uptown Taking Gospel To Streets Event
The Uptown Cultural Committee is hosting the “Uptown Taking The Gospel To The Streets” event this evening [Sept 3] on Dundonald Street, featuring an “inspirational theme” with dancers, vendors and entertainment. The Bermuda Economic Development Corporation [BEDC] said they have “been working with businesses, residents,... Read more of this article
Photos: Market, Book Sale & Signing Event
The Black Collective — a group of five women who met as a result of their desire to highlight Bermuda’s unique culture and heritage — hosted a book signing and sale today [Sept 3] at the BIU parking lot, with the event featuring Bermuda authors including Dale Butler, Dr. David Chapman and Dr. Sharon Apopa. “The objective of the Market is to... Read more of this article
August 2016: Top 10 Bernews “Photo Of Day”
Bernews features a “Photo of the Day” in our email newsletter, social media and app each morning, giving readers a taste of the island to start their day. Always popular, August’s top photos attracted tens of thousands of likes and shares on social media, and judging by the number of readers’ “likes”, the month’s most popular photos included... Read more of this article
Photos & Video: City’s Back To School Fun Day
[Updated with video] The City of Hamilton is hosting a free Back to School event at the City Hall grounds today [Sept 3] in order to celebrate the start of the new school year. The event — which is set to continue until 7pm — involves $1,500 worth of school supplies being given out as prizes; with shoes, backpacks and more given away,... Read more of this article
Photos: BIU Hosts 2016 Labour Day Banquet
The Bermuda Industrial Union [BIU] hosted their annual Labour Day Banquet on Friday evening [Sept 2] at the Fairmont Southampton, with BIU President Chris Furbert serving as the guest speaker. In addition to the Banquet, other events scheduled for this year’s Labour Day celebrations the Pre-Labour Day Gathering at Shelly Bay Beach on Sunday afternoon... Read more of this article
Photos: MP DeSilva Hosts Back To School Event
Southampton East MP Zane DeSilva recently hosted the tenth annual Back To School Fun day at Southampton Rangers, providing school supplies and more for area children. The free event featured school related giveaways for residents and constituents of Southampton East, and as well as face painting, fun castles, train rides, ice cream, snowballs, hamburgers,... Read more of this article
Photos: Cricket First, Premier & County Games
Bermuda Cricket Board [BCB] Premier and First Division matches and the Final Round of the Eastern County Cup competition took place this past weekend. The weekend’s top scorer was Dean Stephens with a knock of 120 for Willow Cuts against the Southampton Rangers in their Premier Division match, Shawn Riley scored 91 for Somerset Bridge in their First... Read more of this article
Photos & Results: Presidents Cup 65.5M Race
Dominique Mayho won the 2016 Bermuda Bicycle Association’s Presidents Cup 65.5 miles road race, while Kaden Hopkins won the Junior race and Alyssa Rowse won the Female title. Mayho showed that the form and fitness he obtained while training and competing in Belgium has paid off. Mayho dictated the race then entire way, first by drawing out three others... Read more of this article
