153847 results returned for search: "" category "News"
Teenage motorcycle star Toriano Wilson has died following a crash during a major competition in the United States.
Toriano, of St. David's — a talented 14-year-old tipped to go all the way to the top of the world motorsports scene — sustained fatal i...
DATE: Aug 19, 2008
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
Bermuda is leading the way in labour productivity — despite slipping to the slowest rate of growth in five years. That is according to the latest statistics released by Government, which reveal that the Island's labour productivity is $56 compared to...
DATE: Aug 19, 2008
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
The beaches of St. George's will be closed to the public next Monday as Club Med is detonated into dust.
No one will be allowed within 1,000 ft of the former hotel as the controlled implosion takes place — scheduled for 10 a.m. Yesterday, experts rig...
DATE: Aug 19, 2008
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
Bermudians living in London got a taste of home during a booze cruise — and raised over $7,000 for charity at the same time.
The fifth annual event took place on the River Thames on July 18 on a two-decked party boat called The Golden Flame.
It featu...
DATE: Aug 19, 2008
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
A former exotic dancer from the US who stole $1.4 million from the Bermuda Government has lost an appeal against her conviction.
Teketa Thompkins received the money from her Bermudian boyfriend Harrison Isaac Jr, who masterminded the fraud.
She then ...
DATE: Aug 19, 2008
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
Premier Ewart Brown has been featured in a high-profile TV show about Bermuda aired in the US.
According to press secretary Glenn Jones, "TV One on One in Paradise" premiered across the US on TV One on August 3. The channel has an audience of 44 mill...
DATE: Aug 19, 2008
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
A young man was shot in an apparent drive-by shooting on Princess Street in Hamilton last night. Police had few details at presstime but neighbours reported that the man was shot by another man who fled as the pillion passenger on a cycle.
A source s...
DATE: Aug 19, 2008
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
AUTHOR:
Patrick Burgess
The Minister of Telecommunications has taken up the case of Olympic coverage.
For more than a week, complaints about poor coverage of the Beijing Games have flowed where disgruntled would-be Olympics viewers have written, called and blogged about mis...
DATE: Aug 19, 2008
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
Tourist apologises for having cannabis
An American man was fined $1,500 yesterday in Magistrates' Court for bringing cannabis to the Island which he said was medicinal for his sick wife.
Patrick Christopher Fisher, 39, from New York, arrived on the I...
DATE: Aug 19, 2008
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
Scientists have produced an aquatic road map of our underwater realm, which will not only help divers and marine users but assist in the protection of our coral reefs for future generations.
The Bermuda Reef Ecosystem Assessment and Mapping (BREAM) ...
DATE: Aug 18, 2008
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
