Carifta: Jamaican Coach Not Happy With Sprints

Jamaica’s head coach said that their junior sprint coaches need to step up to the plate after being dominated by The Bahamas, the Jamaica Observer reports. Despite the Jamaicans topping the medal table with over 70 medals, Head Coach Michael Vassell was a bit perturbed after being overshadowed in the sprints by The Bahamas. “It [...]

Ebony G. Patterson Live Art Project

Celebrated Jamaican artist Ebony G. Patterson — whose work [pictured] is now on display at the Bermuda National Gallery — is offering Bermudians a chance to watch a live viral performance art installation this weekend on how dancehall culture shapes black male identities in that Caribbean nation. The webcast based on her scholarly research on [...]

Tribute To Police Constable Sandy Rowe

The Bermuda Police Service said they “would like to highlight the career of Police Constable Sandy Rowe following her untimely passing on Sunday, February 12th whilst undergoing treatment in a hospital overseas. The cause of her death is still being determined. “Constable Rowe was a vibrant young officer in her 41st year and had 10 [...]

16 Year Sentence For Sexual Assault

A 30-year-old man was sentenced to 16 years in prison this morning [Feb.14], for sexually assaulting a woman last year. Brittonie Taylor, of no fixed abode, previously pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting a woman in Smith’s Parish in May 2011. The victim was jogging in the area of Paynters Road and Harrington Sound Road in [...]

Death Of Police Constable Sandy Rowe

Commissioner of Police Michael DeSilva released a statement saying, “It is with great sadness that I report the untimely passing of our colleague and friend, Police Constable Sandy Rowe, who was in hospital overseas at the time of her death earlier today (Sunday, February 12th). “The cause of her death is not clear at this [...]

Slanger Releases New Reggae Mixtape

Bermudian singer Ronae Burgess — who performs under the name Slanger —  says the title of his new mixtape “Good Ova Evil” reflects both the socially conscious message of the roots reggae he favours as well as his personal philosophy of self-improvement and self-discipline. Produced by Near Future Records, the mixtape — featuring more than [...]

PLP Mourns Jamaica’s Thompson

The Bermuda Progressive Labour Party is mourning the death of Dudley Thompson, the Jamaican lawyer and former Cabinet Minister who defended the late MP and Bermuda Industrial Union official Dr. Barbara Ball when she stood trial following the 1965 Belco riots. Mr. Thompson [pictured here] died in New York on Friday, January 20, 2012, a day [...]

Jamaica Police Continue Investigation

The Jamaican police are still investigating a double murder last weekend in which a Bermudian businesswoman was killed, and continue to question a person of interest. 45-year-old Bermudian Karen Hudson-Lewis [pictured], along with 39-year-old Everton Daley, were both fatally shot in the incident on December 30th, 2011. They were both at a house on Perthland [...]

Bermudian Woman Murdered In JA

[Updated - confirmed] Bernews is receiving numerous unofficial reports that a Bermudian woman was shot and killed last night [Dec.30] in Jamaica. Media reports from out of Jamaica said that a taxi driver and a woman were shot dead in Mandeville, Manchester last night after arriving from the airport. Jamaican officials have not yet named [...]

Man Charged: Overstaying Immigration

Robert Barnett, a 29-year-old Jamaican national this morning [Nov.30] pleaded not guilty to a charge of overstaying his twenty-one day Bermuda Immigration visa permission to stay in Bermuda. The charge was that he had arrived in Bermuda in September 2007 and his visa permission ran out on 16th October 2007. It was alleged that Barnett [...]

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