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Photos: 2011 Miss Bermuda Contestants
Seventeen young ladies will be entering the upcoming Miss Bermuda Pageant, which is making a comeback after being in hiatus for many years. The show will take place on June 12 at the Fairmont Southampton, with tickets going on sale March 31st. The Miss Bermuda Pageant is under the direction of Milika Seymour, a former winner of the Miss Big and Beautiful... Read more of this article
Bermuda Photos: World Wetlands Day
Today [Feb 2] is World Wetlands Day which marks the anniversary of the signing of the Convention on Wetlands [the Ramsar Convention] forty years ago, recognizing the importance of wetlands worldwide and the need to protect them. In 1999, seven of Bermuda’s wetlands were designated as Ramsar Sites. Minister of Public Works Derrick Burgess encouraged... Read more of this article
Photos: Cousins Sport 43 Yr Old Morris Minors
Cousins Stuart and Kenneth Easton have more than a last name in common – both men drive the exact same model car, both of which are 43 years old. They both own Morris Minor cars, which they purchased back in the late 1960s. Both Eastons are the original owners of the cars, both have 1,000cc engines, and both cars still have the original engines.... Read more of this article
Photos/Video: Car Flips Over In Smiths
[Updated w/video and photos] At approximately 10:15pm this evening [Jan 23] a car smashed through a wall and flipped over on Harrington Sound Road opposite the junction with Lolly’s Well Road in Smith’s Parish. The car was being driven west along Harrington Sound Road, and appeared to damage a fence, a hedge, a wall and demolished a moongate before... Read more of this article
Photos: Police Respond to Arrival of Carefree IV
Yesterday morning [Jan 21] the long overdue 31-foot Carefree IV sailboat arrived in Bermuda after departing the Dominican Republic over seven weeks ago. Bermudians Carlos Rogers, 41, and Kwesi Hollis, 36, had been due to arrive in Bermuda before Christmas, and searches had been carried out for the missing vessel. Two Police boats were seen heading out... Read more of this article
Photos: Lunar Eclipse Creates Reddish Moon
The planets aligned early this morning [Dec 21] to create the first total lunar eclipse for nearly 3 years. Despite cool temperatures across the island [56°F], a storm warning in effect, and cloudy skies – the lunar eclipse was still fairly visible across Bermuda. The photo below, taken at 4:10am from the east end of Bermuda, shows the reddish... Read more of this article
Photos: Underwater Fancy Dress Halloween Dive
The seas of Bermuda saw pumpkins and strangely-dressed scuba divers as Blue Water Divers hosted their Fancy Dress Contest and Underwater Pumpkin Carving Contest. The event was hosted from their Somerset Bridge facility on October 23rd and 24th. The Fancy Dress Contest was held at the wreck of Forceful, which was fairly recently scuttled in the area... Read more of this article
Historical Photos: Boat Passengers Escape in 1915
History comes alive via the photos below showing people streaming off a wrecked boat almost 100 years ago. The Pollockshields wrecked in 1915, and came back to the public attention yesterday due to tourists discovering an ammunition box from the 95-year-old wreck in the waters of the Coral Beach Hotel. With the approach of the first World War, the boat... Read more of this article
Photos: 95-Year-Old Ammunition Pulled From Sea
Earlier today [Oct 17] a group of visitors pulled a chest from the ocean, which after a delayed time that saw the Police Bomb Squad clear the area, was determined to be ammunition from a ship that wrecked off Bermuda in 1915. The guests had flown into Bermuda to celebrate a wedding, with the majority coming in from New York and staying at the Coral... Read more of this article
Photos & Video: Toni Braxton At Music Festival
The 2010 Bermuda Music Festival concluded last night [Oct 2] with a performance by Toni Braxton, a multiple time Grammy award-winning artist. Ms. Braxton is best known for hits including “Un-Break My Heart,” “You’re Making Me High,” and “He Wasn’t Man Enough.” Premier Dr Ewart Brown was introduced before Ms Braxton,... Read more of this article
Looking Back At Hurricane Igor…..In Pictures
Bernews stayed live throughout Hurricane Igor [thanks BELCO!] and we updated for the 36 hour stretch, have hundreds of photos, and some are pictured below in a timeline to show the passing of Igor over our 21 square miles. 2 Days Before: In what so many locals took as an ominous sign, a full two days before Hurricane Igor was due to hit, the waves started... Read more of this article
Photos: St George’s Town Floods Out
The storm surge from Hurricane Igor has caused island wide flooding, with word and photos coming in showing St George’s to be turning into a swimming pool before our eyes. The other end of the island has already experienced severe flooding, with the residents of the Boaz Island Condos in Sandy’s dealing with heavy floods, as well as many... Read more of this article
