Business leaders and their staff are expected to do battle at bubble football, zorb racing and human bowling when the Xtreme Sports Games returns in April.
The inaugural games last year were hailed a success, bringing 16 companies and organisations t...
DATE: Jan 20, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local Business | AUTHOR: Scott Neil
Unwaxed eyebrows, curly hair, no make-up — many models would recoil in horror. Not Sophie Adams. She takes the natural approach to finding modelling gigs.
“I stopped straightening my hair,” said the 23-year-old. “I stopped waxing my eyebrows. I don’...
DATE: Jan 20, 2017 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Jessie Moniz Hardy
A restricted document written by Bermuda’s most senior police commanders before the December 2 protest reveals that they considered the political climate to be “very sensitive” and planned for officers at the scene to “use the least intrusive and coe...
DATE: Jan 19, 2017 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Sam Strangeways
Trevor Moniz revealed yesterday he had never been given a report on any convicted sex offender prior to their release from prison, despite being responsible for deciding whether to disclose information to the public about their return to society.
The...
DATE: Jan 19, 2017 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Sam Strangeways
A new business aims to help grieving relatives cope with the loss of a loved one.
Joanne MacPhee has set up Sympathetic Solutions — a company designed to give practical assistance to individuals and families who may find difficulty coping with paperw...
DATE: Jan 16, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local Business | AUTHOR: Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Local companies Marsh and Guy Carpenter have handed out $3,000 to two local charities — with both Impact Mentoring Academy and PRIDE Bermuda receiving $1,500 each.
Impact Mentoring Academy is private school for boys that seeks to “empower young men ...
The Governor is arranging for a senior UK police officer to conduct an independent review of the police response to the December 2 protest.
John Rankin added that the officer would also make recommendations wherever improvements could be made, inclu...
DATE: Jan 11, 2017 | CATEGORY: Politics | AUTHOR: Sam Strangeways
Local musician Robert Edwards has been unveiled as leader of The Band — the group that is being assembled to supply the music throughout the America’s Cup.
The Band’s repertoire will range from each sailing team’s song, to soca, reggae, top 40 and tr...
Environmental health officers are working to put “scores on doors” for every restaurant, café and bar in Bermuda.
The scheme is to be implemented “within the next year”, according to Jennifer Attride-Stirling, permanent secretary at the Ministry of H...
DATE: Jan 09, 2017 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Sam Strangeways
“The bottom line remains: forecasts and predictions are exercises in marketing. Outrageous and wrong forecasts are typically forgotten, and when one randomly happens to come true, the guru is lauded as the next Nostradamus.”
- Barry Ritholtz, Bloomb...
