255735 results returned for search: "" category "Other"
Records vary as to when Bermuda first became gripped by Cup Match, but its link to Emancipation Day celebrations are beyond question.
According to James Smith's Echoes Of Bermuda's Past, the origins of the event can be traced back to 1901 when Bermud...
DATE: Aug 01, 2007
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
It was William Wilberforce who set the ball rolling in the face of fierce opposition by steering anti-slavery legislation through British Parliament 200 years ago.
If he were still around today, the great emancipator would no doubt be horrified to se...
DATE: Aug 01, 2007
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Forties avenged a narrow defeat in last season's final when they thrashed newly-crowned league champions North Village in the first round of the Commercial Cricket League's Knockout Cup which also featured a match-winning century by Fine Leg Byes ope...
DATE: Aug 01, 2007
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
AUTHOR:
Ivan Clifford
The night after Cup Match, the party will stay in St. George's for the first ever on Island clash between reggae and soca music.
Barmuvinjam presents the 2nd annual Cup Match after party Reggae vs. Soca, to take place Saturday night at Beach It, Fort...
DATE: Aug 01, 2007
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
Usher, fiancée silent on why their wedding was cancelled
NEW YORK (AP) Usher and his pregnant fiancée, Tameka Foster, cancelled their wedding last weekend, but they're apparently still together.
"As of right now we don't have a date but we will let y...
DATE: Aug 01, 2007
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
Extra ferries are being laid on to take spectators to this year's Cup Match festivities in St. George's.
A ferry will leave Dockyard at 8 a.m. tomorrow and Friday and travel to the slip road at St. George's.
A boat will also leave Dockyard for St. Ge...
DATE: Aug 01, 2007
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
TAIPEI (Bloomberg) Taiwan plans to spend NT$27 billion ($824 million) in the next four years to develop its biotechnology industry, President Chen Shui-bian said.
The island's Defence Ministry will provide 25 hectares (62 acres) of land in Taipei to ...
DATE: Aug 01, 2007
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
Unlike two years ago when he boldly predicted St. George's would get a victory at Wellington Oval on his specially prepared pitch, veteran groundsman Clayton (Animal) Raynor is taking the cautious route this time around.
Raynor has again been given t...
DATE: Aug 01, 2007
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
A former maid of Cambridge Beaches stole three belts and was caught after her manager set up a sting operation.
Sharone Kay Smith, 18, yesterday pleaded guilty in Magistrates' Court to taking three brown belts worth $300, two silver rings and $40 in ...
DATE: Aug 01, 2007
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
ATLANTA (AP) My cell phone flickered to life in the middle of a rowdy party, and seconds later, my fiancee's face brightened up the screen.
"Sorry I couldn't make it," she said. "I wish I was there."
She wasn't physically at the party, but her presen...
DATE: Aug 01, 2007
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
