Category: Photos
Photos: Car Crashes Into Wall, Lands Overboard
[Updated with slideshow + video] Early this morning a car driver crashed through a wall on Harbour Road in Paget, resulting in the car landing completely overboard, and the driver escaping unharmed. A police spokesperson said, “At approximately 4:10am this morning [Thursday May 16th], police responded to a report of a road traffic collision along... Read more of this article
Slideshow: Beat The Retreat/Harbour Nights
Last night [May 15] crowds gathered in Hamilton for Harbour Nights, with the night’s entertainment lineup including a a Beating of the Retreat Ceremony. Historically, the event has always been restricted to Front Street, but this year it also incorporates Reid and Queen Streets. Front and Reid Street is pedestrianized between Burnaby Hill and... Read more of this article
Photos: National Olympic Distance Triathlon
Jonathan Herring won the Catlin National Olympic Distance Triathlon held on Sunday morning [May 12] at Southside in St. David’s. Herring crossed the line in a time of 2:07:28 while first female honours went to Karen Smith who finished 11th overall clocking a time of 2:21:56. Nicholas Pilgrim won the 7 – 10 year old junior division in a time... Read more of this article
Photos/Results: BBA Madison Cycle Time Trial
The Bermuda Bicycle Association held their Madison time trial today [May 12] that took riders on a course around Harrington Sound. Junior riders did one lap which covered 7.5 miles with all other riders doing two laps covering 15 miles. Daren Glasford won the male open race in a time of 35:52.155 with his teammate Mark Hatherly finished second in a... Read more of this article
Photos: Rally Yachts Stopover In St George’s
The Town of St. George’s is busy with approximately 30 visiting yachts taking part in the Arc Europe and Atlantic Cup rallies joining other yachts that stopover in the island while in transit across the Atlantic. The yachts are moored throughout the harbour with the St. George’s Dinghy & Sports Club and Ordnance Island area providing... Read more of this article
Photos/Video: Catlin End/Middle To End Walk
The Catlin End-to-End event has distributed more than $4.25 million to various charities over the past 25 years, and this year’s recipients are The Adult Education Centre, Coalition for the Protection of Children, The Family Centre, Greenrock, The Reading Clinic, SCARS, WestMeath, Windreach, Women’s Resource Centre You can view the first set... Read more of this article
Photos/Video: MWI Pre-Heritage Day Parade
The 20th Annual Pre-Heritage Day Parade took place yesterday evening [May 9], starting from the Mid-Atlantic Wellness Institute [MWI] in Devonshire. Majorettes, dance groups, gombeys, service users from MWI’s Learning Disability and Vocational Rehabilitation Programmes, along with clients from Child and Adolescent Services, community homes, Orange... Read more of this article
Photos: Berkeley Institute Shine Fashion Show
Berkeley Institute students hosted their “Shine” Fashion Show this past weekend, with the proceeds going in aid of graduation expenses.The school’s cafetorium was filled with family, friends, faculty and guests including school principal Mrs Michelle Simmons, Dame Jennifer Smith and more. You can read more and watch videos of the fashion show... Read more of this article
Taxi Crashes, Overturns, Lands Close To Water
[Updated] There was a collision today [May 8] which saw a taxi land upside down only a few yards away from the water in Southampton, and second collision happened a short while later when a fire service vehicle responding to the crashed taxi collided with two other vehicles. The first collision involved a taxi overturning in Southampton in the Jew’s... Read more of this article
Photos/Video: Bodybuilding Winners Announced
The Bermuda Bodybuilding & Fitness Federation hosted the Bodybuilding & Fitness Extravaganza on Saturday night [May 4] at the Earl Cameron Theatre at City Hall. Veteran bodybuilder Jeftha Miller won the Men’s Bodybuilding, Marina Jn Pierre won the Female Bodybuilding, Bernard Opoku won the Men’s Physique, Kay-Annie Reid-Young won the... Read more of this article
Photos: Elliot Afterschool Tom Thumb Wedding
The Elliot Afterschool Program held a Tom Thumb Wedding on Thursday [May 2], at the Old Christ Church in Devonshire. “May is heritage month and Mrs. Vanessa Steede, careworker and Supervisor’s second, thought it would be fitting to coordinate a reenactment of a Traditional Bermuda Wedding for the students of the Afterschool Program”, a... Read more of this article
Photos/Video: Swedish Tall Ship Visits Bermuda
The Swedish tall ship TS Gunilla arrived in Bermuda yesterday [May 6], docking at Penno’s Wharf in St. George’s with 43 young students aboard. The students — aged 17-18 — gave us a mini-tour of the ship, and were more than happy to chat as it gave them a chance to practice their English. 17-year-old Swedish student Jakob Rene... Read more of this article
