151757 results returned for search: "" category "News"
The results of the 2019 Christmas bird count by the Bermuda Audubon Society were revealed yesterday.
The 17-strong volunteer team spotted a string of rare visitors and counted a total of 7,919 birds. Highlights included a Townsend’s warbler on Ocean ...
DATE: Jan 25, 2020
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Ten top teachers are in the running for a prestigious award to be handed out tonight.
The nominees were all put forward for the Bermuda Education Network’s Outstanding Teacher of the Year Award.
The prize will be handed out at the network’s annual ...
DATE: Jan 25, 2020
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
A theatre in Dockyard is to launch a series of edgy art house films tonight.
A spokeswoman for the Media Lounge said the monthly Afterhours series will highlight “soon-to-be cult and art house classics” that take an innovative approach to storytellin...
DATE: Jan 25, 2020
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A woman who testified that her ex-boyfriend admitted to a 2006 murder lied because she was jealous when he became engaged to another woman, a lawyer claimed yesterday.
The woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, earlier told the Supreme Court ...
DATE: Jan 25, 2020
|
CATEGORY:
Court
|
A 14-year-old girl who went missing for nearly 48 hours has been located, police announced this evening.
The girl, who had been missing from a Government care facility since Thursday night, was returned safely, a spokesman said shortly before 7pm.
DATE: Jan 25, 2020
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Tomorrow marks International Customs Day, a spokeswoman announced this afternoon.
The Customs Department will host activities next week to raise awareness about the work of the department.
This year’s International Customs Day theme is “Customs foste...
DATE: Jan 25, 2020
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Last year was the first in more than two decades that no murders were recorded in Bermuda, the Commissioner of Police said yesterday.
Stephen Corbishley added that 2019 saw “tremendous work” from the BPS and the Government’s anti-gang task force in t...
DATE: Jan 24, 2020
|
CATEGORY:
Crime
|
AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
The owners of a food truck have applied for permission to set up shop on a gap site on Front Street in Hamilton.
A planning application, submitted in December by Generosas, proposed an outdoor food court at 81 Front Street featuring the Generosa’s fo...
DATE: Jan 24, 2020
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Backbenchers can earn about $240 extra a day as temporary government ministers.
Two MPs have taken on the roles of Cabinet members a total of four times since last August.
A government spokeswoman explained: “Primarily, this is an opportunity for our...
DATE: Jan 24, 2020
|
CATEGORY:
Politics
|
AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
The husband of a young mother who had terminal cancer diagnosed days after their son was born won $1.9 million in damages yesterday for medical negligence from the Bermuda Hospitals Board.
Chief Justice Narinder Hargun ruled that Kemar Maybury deserv...
DATE: Jan 24, 2020
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|