110922 results returned for search: "" category ("Other" AND "News")
The Stanley Ratteray Memorial Christmas Short Story Contest is under way. The competition is open to all Bermuda residents, and stories may be fiction or non-fiction.
Prizes in the form of cash, Stationery Store gifts and gift certificates, and one-y...
DATE: Nov 22, 2019
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
Police will hold a meet and greet event with Paget residents next week.
Constable Roseann Mienzer will host the community clinic at the Burrows Lightbourn car park at 30 Harbour Road on Tuesday at noon.
All residents were invited to attend the two-...
DATE: Nov 22, 2019
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
No other Bermudians are at the Utah treatment facility where a 16-year-old died over the weekend, the Attorney-General said last night.
In an interview with ZBM, Kathy Lynn Simmons confirmed that an investigation into the Bermudian teenager’s death i...
DATE: Nov 21, 2019
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A child rights commission should be set up to better protect at-risk youngsters, a specialist charity said yesterday.
Kelly Hunt, the executive director of the Coalition for the Protection of Children, said that “continued allegations of abuse, a lac...
DATE: Nov 21, 2019
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
AUTHOR:
News Staff
A “national crisis” of homelessness is a major threat to the welfare of Bermudian children, charity leaders have warned.
Elaine Butterfield, the executive director of the Women’s Resource Centre, said her organisation received calls every day from pe...
DATE: Nov 21, 2019
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Repair work to a section of the Railway Trail started last year was never completed, the Government said yesterday.
The news came after a spokesman for the Ministry of Public Works announced last week that a section of the trail in the Winton Hill a...
DATE: Nov 21, 2019
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
A sailing programme for young people has opened up applications for its annual maritime careers scheme.
The Endeavour Maritime Career Springboard Programme will provide vocational training for youngsters interested in a life on the ocean waves.
The p...
DATE: Nov 21, 2019
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
The Minister for the Cabinet Office tonight appealed for people prepared to serve on Government boards and committees.
Wayne Furbert said that expression of interest forms were available on the Government’s website and could be completed and submitte...
DATE: Nov 21, 2019
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
AUTHOR:
News Staff
Hurricane season technically ends on November 30.
But Tropical Storm Sebastien, at present 660 miles from Bermuda and drifting north-northeast into the Atlantic, could attain hurricane strength later this week.
At 11am, Sebastien was moving at 8mph w...
DATE: Nov 21, 2019
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Garden Club of Bermuda is to hold an open house and gardens at a historic Devonshire estate this weekend.
The fundraiser at Palm Grove, owned by the Gibbons family, will support the skills development programme run by the Department of Parks.
C...
DATE: Nov 21, 2019
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan