Category: Photos
Photos/Video: Lightning Strikes Off East End
[Updated with video] Numerous bolts of lightning could be seen over many parts of Bermuda this evening [July 23], with a frontal boundary lingering across Bermuda, causing showers and thunderstorms tonight. The photos and video below were taken between 8.30pm and 9.10pm this evening from a location in St David’s pointing in a southerly direction. A... Read more of this article
Photos: Bailey’s Bay Retain Eastern Counties Cup
Bailey’s Bay won the toss and elected to field at the Sea Breeze Oval on Saturday [July 21] in the first round of the Eastern County Cup competition 2012. Flatt’s Victoria soon found themselves in trouble at 44/3. When Ronald Gibbons joined Regino Smith at the wicket, the pair put on 43 runs before Gibbon departed. This brought captain Kijuan Franks... Read more of this article
Photos/Videos: Lionfish Tournament A Success
The Annual Groundswell Lionfish Tournament was held today [July 21] at BIOS with members of the public being invited to help eradicate this invasive pest by joining in by Eating ‘Em to Beat ‘Em. The tournament started at sunrise and the weigh in and prize giving kicked off at 3.00pm at BIOS in Ferry Reach. When Bernews visited, a total of 31 lionfish... Read more of this article
Photos: Police Locate Missing Man’s Bike In Water
[Update: Police confirm that the divers were on scene after locating a bike belonging to Rudy Smith, who has been reported as missing since last week.] A number of police officers are currently near Grace Church on North Shore. As of 11.40am today [Juy 16] there are a multiple police vehicles in the area, and police have yellow crime scene tape up... Read more of this article
Photos: Mary Prince Celebrated At Afternoon Tea
Dozens of people turned out on Sunday [July 15] to attend the Mary Prince Tea held outside the Bermudian Heritage Museum. The event was one of many held in St. George’s to celebrate the first group of permanent settlers who arrived in Bermuda, 400 years ago. Mary Prince was a Bermudian woman born into slavery in 1788 at Brackish Pond [now known... Read more of this article
Photos/Video: St George’s Harbour Dinghy Racing
The St. George’s Dinghy and Sports Club hosted dinghy racing yesterday [July 15] in the St. George’s Harbour. Royal Hamilton Amateur Dinghy Club’s Elizabeth II skipper John Nicholls sailed to two victories and Contest III skippered by Somers Kempe won the other race of the day. Nicholls sailed Elizabeth II to victory in the E.R. Williams... Read more of this article
Photos: French Navy Ship Visits St George’s
The French Navy ship La Tapageuse arrived in Bermuda on Saturday [July 14] and can be seen berthed at Penno’s Wharf in St. George’s. The purpose of the layover is rest & relaxation and the ship is expected to be here until Tuesday morning. The French Ministry of Defense website says the Tapageuse is the 10th unit of the set of ten... Read more of this article
Photo Set #2: 2012 Miss Bermuda Pageant
Last weekend Miss Sandys Rochelle Minors won the 2012 Miss Bermuda Pageant and will represent the island at the Miss World Pageant in China next month. Miss Bermuda 2011 Jana Outerbridge and Pageant Director Milika Trott Seymour were on hand to crown the 22-year-old student and fashion model the new Miss Bermuda. Miss Pembroke Chelsy Furtado was 1st... Read more of this article
Photos: Firefighters Respond To Spill At KEMH
[Updated] At just before 11pm this evening [July 12] the Bermuda Fire & Rescue Service arrived at King Edward Memorial Hospital, with four fire trucks, two support fire vehicles and what appeared to be over a dozen firefighters. The situation is not fire related, with unofficial reports indicating the firefighters were called in due to some form... Read more of this article
Photos: Shihan Donovan Waite Seminar
[Written by John Manderson and Chris Ingham] Sensei Donovan Waite of Philadelphia’s Aikido of Center City, 7th Dan-Shihan (7th degree black belt) is a world traveler recently teaching a seminar in Hungary before flying home to refresh his luggage for his trip to Bermuda for Bermuda Aikikai’s summer seminar. He has conducted many Aikido seminars... Read more of this article
Photo Set #3: 2012 Evolution Fashion Show
Crowds made their way to Hamilton on Saturday [July 7] to watch the 2012 Evolution Fashion Show, which was hosted by the City of Hamilton. The fashion extravaganza featured some 150 models strutting up and down the 80 foot runway, local entertainers, clothes from 23 retailers and hair by four salons. View our first set of videos here, our second set... Read more of this article
Photo Set #1: 2012 Miss Bermuda Pageant
Last night [July 8] Miss Sandys Rochelle Minors was crowned the new Miss Bermuda, and will represent the island at the Miss World Pageant in China next month. The 22-year-old student beat out seven other hopefuls to claim the title. Miss Bermuda 2011 Jana Outerbridge took her final walk as Miss Bermuda onstage and – along with Pageant Director... Read more of this article
