583 results returned for search: "" category "General" author Sarah Lagan
A charity filled three shipping containers with food and other aid for Haitians battling to survive after a massive earthquake.
Now Phillip Rego, who launched Feed My Lambs Ministry in 2009, is on his way to Haiti to organise the arrival of the cont...
DATE: Oct 13, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A hunt has been launched for a new head of the prison service.
The Commissioner of Corrections post was advertised three and a half years after Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Lamb, the last permanent commissioner, was seconded to the National Anti-Money ...
DATE: Oct 13, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The island’s Ombudsman is to step down next March after eight years in the role.
Victoria Pearman said she was proud of the work the office had carried out during her tenure – particularly faced with the “extraordinary challenges for us all” caused b...
DATE: Oct 09, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
An island company has donated $400,000 to organisations to help them cope with increased demand caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
The money, given in the names of Edmund and Winifred Gibbons or Edmund Gibbons Ltd, the controlling company for the Gi...
DATE: Sep 04, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Police said today that a woman found dead in Queen Elizabeth Park in Pembroke was involved in a traffic accident prior to her passing.
However, a spokeswoman for the Bermuda Police Service said it is not believed that the accident was connected to he...
DATE: Sep 01, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A new role for the old prison service headquarters site could be in the pipeline.
A request for proposal for the site has been posted on the Government website with a deadline of September 13.
The Ministry of Public Works and Department of Public Lan...
DATE: Sep 01, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A crane that toppled from a crashed tractor trailer smashed into the roof of a pizza takeaway today.
Marico Thomas, the owner of Four Star Pizza on Somerset Road, Sandys, said it was lucky no one was injured.
Mr Thomas added: “We are happy it was not...
DATE: Aug 30, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A mother widowed three years ago said a back to school giveaway today was a “Godsend”.
The mom, who asked not to be named, said the vouchers she was given for school supplies as part of Gina Spence Production’s annual event would help her to buy sc...
DATE: Aug 28, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Firefighters fought a motorcycle fire this morning.
They received a report of the fire on Euclid Avenue in Pembroke just after 8am.
The firefighters put out the fire and the cause is under investigation.
DATE: Aug 28, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Firecrews tackled a brushfire at a house in Smith’s last night.
The flames destroyed an area of grass and several bushes in the grounds of a house in Harrington Sound Road.
Dylan Rance, 16, who lives at the house with his mother, said he was in his r...
DATE: Aug 26, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan