3231 results returned for search: "" category "News" author News Staff
A Turkish seaman suffering from lower abdominal pain was transferred from an oil tanker last Monday. Bermuda Maritime Operations Centre said.
BMOC said on its website that it was notified on August 15 that the Maltese-registered crude oil tanker Zey...
DATE: Aug 26, 2021
|
CATEGORY:
Transport
|
AUTHOR:
News Staff
Bermuda’s Covid-19 vaccination rate continued to inch up last week.
The Government said that 64.9 per cent of the population had been given both jabs for full immunity and 66.3 per cent have had a single dose.
That compared to 64.6 per cent with two...
DATE: Aug 25, 2021
|
CATEGORY:
Health
|
AUTHOR:
News Staff
A free public webinar on access to information and freedom of the press will take place today.
Information Commissioner Gitanjali Gutierrez said people can see the webinar, hosted by the International Conference of Information Commissioners, at 11am ...
DATE: Aug 25, 2021
|
CATEGORY:
Politics
|
AUTHOR:
News Staff
An encore charity showing of the biopic of Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin will be held this week after the massive success of last week’s premiere.
Va Va Productions decided to stage a second performance of the smash hit Respect, starring Jennifer Hu...
DATE: Aug 24, 2021
|
CATEGORY:
Entertainment
|
AUTHOR:
News Staff
A star pupil has won a four-year scholarship and plans to study computer science in Canada.
Genevieve Lau, who studied at the Bermuda High School for Girls, was awarded this year’s Dudley and Deborah Butterfield Scholarship, worth more than $7,000 a...
DATE: Aug 24, 2021
|
CATEGORY:
Education
|
AUTHOR:
News Staff
A jump in coronavirus cases has led to four extra students getting scholarships to study abroad.
The Hamilton Princess & Beach Club handed over $40,000 to education charity Knowledge Quest after the Bermuda Sail Grand Prix had to reduce its planned e...
DATE: Aug 24, 2021
|
CATEGORY:
Education
|
AUTHOR:
News Staff
Flora Duffy, who this weekend became the first person in history to be a world champion and an Olympic gold medallist in triathlon in the same year, also recently got some attention from Hollywood stars Kevin Hart and Snoop Dogg.
The comedian and th...
DATE: Aug 23, 2021
|
CATEGORY:
Tourism
|
AUTHOR:
News Staff
The zoo at the Bermuda Aquarium, Museum, and Zoo has been closed to the public to protect certain animals as a result of the spike in Covid-19 cases.
A government statement said some species in the zoo were vulnerable to the virus and needed to be p...
DATE: Aug 22, 2021
|
CATEGORY:
Environment
|
AUTHOR:
News Staff
An extra 19 visits will be made to the island by two cruise ships this season, it was revealed last night.
Crystal Symphony, owned by Crystal Cruises, as reported in The Royal Gazette last month, will make 13 calls, nine from New York and four f...
DATE: Aug 20, 2021
|
CATEGORY:
Tourism
|
AUTHOR:
News Staff
A tropical storm is not a threat to Bermuda at this time, forecasters said this morning.
TS Henri was said to be 510 miles west-southwest of the island and moving west-northwest at about 8mph at 6am today.
Its closest point of approach is expected to...
DATE: Aug 20, 2021
|
CATEGORY:
Weather
|
AUTHOR:
News Staff