Wow! The lobster season comes to an end and the weather promptly puts paid to any fishing that might have been done. The onset of a late winter gale and the passages of some classic northern Atlantic depressions pretty much kept everybody home.
On a...
With its bright “hairy” head and long, wispy tail, a comet seen in the night sky used to scare people. Now we know that comets are part of our solar system family. They are icy objects made of materials left over after our solar system formed. Scient...
There are many ways to celebrate Earth Day from small, everyday changes to larger, community wide collaborations.
And Bermudians can feel a greater sense of connection to the billions of others who take part in events surrounding Earth Day, which is ...
“Think we should join WHAT SA?” I asked at a meeting of the Business Technology Division (BTD) of the Bermuda Chamber of Commerce (BCC) back in 2006.
I was attending the monthly meeting of the division that has been in existence since the year 2000,...
For those of you that have been hesitant about converting to digital photography from the tried-and-true film cameras I encourage you to take the leap. Keep your tried-and-true film camera until you feel comfortable with your new digital model as bac...
“Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure nineteen pounds nineteen and six, result happiness. Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure twenty pounds ought and six, result misery.”
Wilkins Micawber a fictional character from Charles Dic...
This should ring alarm bells: “There was no business. It's simple,” Cracker Box owner David Rowntree said. “We could not cover the costs. The economy and tourism in St George's are dead!”
Cracker Box in St George's is closing after more than three d...
The Pembroke Dump fire could have been started by a carelessly discarded cigarette, according to a Government waste manager.
Allan Hunt said tree clippings piled up in dry conditions might easily have been set ablaze by the smallest of sparks on Thur...
DATE: Mar 31, 2012 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Jonathan Bell
Government is currently engaged in talks with "a number of entities" to ensure that fires at Marsh Folly are eliminated "once and for all", Health Minister Zane DeSilva told a press conference this afternoon.
Although most flames have been put out fi...
DATE: Mar 30, 2012 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Tim Smith
A huge fire ripped through Pembroke Dump last night, fanned by high winds and sending thick smoke over hundreds of homes and sparking a massive operation from firefighters.
Giant flames lit up the sky while winds of up to 40 knots carried smoke for m...
