155057 results returned for search: "" category "News"
Family Centre has met its $250,000 target for the Children Come First Telethon fundraising event.
The charity produced a series of fundraising initiatives throughout the year, culminating in a nationally broadcast telethon on ZFB on November 18.
Fund...
DATE: Dec 16, 2015
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
The Bermuda Government has raised land taxes to avert a potential $19.1 million loss in revenues brought about by the latest annual rental value figures.
The ARV has fallen due to the recession and the resultant unemployment and a drop in real estate...
DATE: Dec 16, 2015
|
CATEGORY:
Politics
|
AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Bermuda Police Service is warning people to be vigilant as they go about their Christmas shopping and other activities.
In a press release, police advised:
• Residents are encouraged to always lock their doors and windows when leaving home, even ...
DATE: Dec 16, 2015
|
CATEGORY:
Crime
|
The Department of Waste Management has announced the garbage and recycling collection days over the Christmas and Boxing Day holidays.
West End garbage will be collected on Monday, December 21, and Christmas Eve. East End garbage will be collected ...
DATE: Dec 16, 2015
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
Information about the nutrient value and mercury concentrations in fish is now available via a mobile phone application.
BeneFISHiary targets all residents wanting to know more about local and imported species, but it is particularly aimed at empowe...
DATE: Dec 15, 2015
|
CATEGORY:
Health
|
For the past 26 years, Dennis Outerbridge has helped to ensure holidaymakers enjoy their time in Bermuda.
After starting out as a deckhand, Mr Outerbridge followed in his father Wilfred’s footsteps to become a ferry pilot on the Island, as did his b...
DATE: Dec 15, 2015
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
The head of the company which owns Henry VIII restaurant has been acquitted of attacking a cocktail waitress.
William Paul King, president and CEO of Long Botham Boats Ltd, vehemently denied the charge of common assault, which he called “offensive” a...
DATE: Dec 15, 2015
|
CATEGORY:
Court
|
A mother of three has been jailed for life for the murder of a teenage boy.
Kiahna Trott-Edwards was told she would spend a minimum of eight years behind bars for fatally striking Shijuan Mungal around the head with a baseball bat before she could be...
DATE: Dec 15, 2015
|
CATEGORY:
Court
|
Bermuda has no national tsunami plan, and warning exercises are “generally not taken seriously”, according to a scientific report on Hurricane Joaquin.
John Wardman and Mark Guishard from the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences (BIOS) also alleged t...
DATE: Dec 15, 2015
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
Now in its fifth year on the Island, the In Motion School of Dance’s version of the Christmas classic The Nutcracker has been reworked with a local flavour.
“In Motion are committed to being innovative, to offering new and unique things to the Island...
DATE: Dec 15, 2015
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell