110922 results returned for search: "" category ("Other" AND "News")
Two people were injured in a head-on collision between two motorcycles yesterday afternoon.
The collision took place at around 5.20pm on North Shore Road, Pembroke, near the junction with Stepney Lane.
A police spokesman said: “It appears that the tw...
DATE: Apr 18, 2018
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A busier-than-average hurricane season is on the cards, a forecast has predicted.
Researchers at North Carolina State University said that the Atlantic area could see between 14 and 18 tropical storms with seven and 11 hitting hurricane strength.
The...
DATE: Apr 18, 2018
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Technology has taken mental health problems to a “new level” among young people, an expert has warned.
Cathy Sousa, chairwoman of the Bermuda Counsellors Association, said more should be done to help young people understand the potential dangers of ...
DATE: Apr 17, 2018
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
A memorial service to honour former slave and ship’s pilot James “Jemmy” Darrell was held in St George’s at the weekend.
Mr Darrell piloted the Royal Navy warship HMS Resolution to its mooring near Tobacco Bay in 1795 while still enslaved.
Royal Navy...
DATE: Apr 17, 2018
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Contracts worth more than $300 million to redevelop a rundown wharf in St George’s are to be financed by their developers.
But the Bermuda Land Development Company declined to be specific on whether the deals would be funded through a public-private ...
DATE: Apr 17, 2018
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Bermuda’s plan to capitalise on financial technology like cryptocurrency has got a good reception from British business leaders, the Minister of National Security said yesterday.
Wayne Caines, speaking from London where the island this week launched ...
DATE: Apr 17, 2018
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
AUTHOR:
News Staff
A woman has appealed on social media to help trace a truck that hit her husband’s car and failed to stop.
Lucia Faria said: “A truck was coming towards him and came on his side of the road, hit the mirror on our car but kept going.
“My husband stopp...
DATE: Apr 17, 2018
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The Bermuda Pilot Gig Club held its first West End regatta at its new premises on Boaz Island at the weekend.
The event to commemorate pilot James “Jemmy” Darrell saw six teams compete in a series of races designed to test their piloting skills, spee...
DATE: Apr 17, 2018
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
A BTC worker injured in an industrial accident at a school last week was still in hospital today.
The 60-year-old telecoms workman was injured after he slipped off a ladder and fell 40 feet down a service shaft at Pembroke’s Berkeley Institute on Fr...
DATE: Apr 17, 2018
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
AUTHOR:
News Staff
The former chief executive of the Bermuda Hotel Association has been appointed to the Bermuda Tourism Authority board of directors.
Stephen Todd has filled the hotel sector vacancy created on the board when Paul Telford became chairman.
He said he ...
DATE: Apr 17, 2018
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
AUTHOR:
News Staff