Sunday, May 20, 2012

Court: Man Pleads Guilty To Smashing ATM

Court: Man Pleads Guilty To Smashing ATM

April 16, 2012 by · 26 Comments 

This morning [Apr.16] in Magistrates Court, 32-year-old Paul Clarence Williams pleaded guilty to smashing an HSBC cash machine at White’s Supermarket on Middle Road in Warwick, with Mr Williams saying he did it as the ATM took his card. The action happened 3:40am on Sunday 8th April 2012 and was recorded on the machine’s CCTV [...]

Video: Failed Attempt To Fly Massive Kite

Video: Failed Attempt To Fly Massive Kite

April 8, 2012 by · Leave a Comment 

The plan to repeat last year’s performance of flying a massive kite in St David’s on Good Friday did not go according to schedule, with the kite plunging to the ground a few seconds after it was launched. The attempt took place at St. David’s County Cricket Club, who hosted their annual Gilbert Lamb Family [...]

Photos: CCTV Images Of Armed Robbery

Photos: CCTV Images Of Armed Robbery

March 22, 2012 by · 75 Comments 

The Bermuda Police have released CCTV photos of the armed robbery at Serpentine Liquors last Thursday [Mar.15]. The police said they are releasing the photos to seek the public’s assistance in identifying the suspect, who may possibly have a limp or be bow legged. A police spokesperson said, “The Serious Crime Unit continues to investigate [...]

Library To Host Second ‘Read Dating’ Event

Library To Host Second ‘Read Dating’ Event

March 18, 2012 by · Leave a Comment 

Bermuda’s book lovers are being invited to meet potential matches made in literary heaven. Due to the popularity of the first event, Bermuda National Library once again inviting the public to “bring a book and break the ice” at their second “Read Dating” session next Thursday [Mar. 22] from 7pm until 8.30pm. This event is [...]

Former Miss Bermuda Shaves Head For Charity

Former Miss Bermuda Shaves Head For Charity

March 16, 2012 by · 10 Comments 

Her hair has always been this former Miss Bermuda’s crowning glory — but she gave it up this week for a worthy cause. Vancouver-based teacher Joanne Darrell Herbert — Miss Bermuda 1998 — shaved her head earlier this week as a member of an international team participating in the St. Baldrick’s Foundation fundraising effort to help combat [...]

Two Leap Day Babies Born Yesterday

Two Leap Day Babies Born Yesterday

March 1, 2012 by · 6 Comments 

Bermuda welcomed two Leap Day babies this year, with two baby boys born yesterday [Feb.29], at King Edward Memorial Hospital. Born on the most elusive day on the entire calendar, the little boys will only get to ‘officially’ celebrate their first birthday on February 29, 2016 — when they are four. But Leap Year babies [...]

Valentine Balloon Causes Power Outage

Valentine Balloon Causes Power Outage

February 14, 2012 by · 8 Comments 

Approximately 125 customers were out of power briefly this evening [Feb.14] in the Langton Hill, Pembroke area, with a BELCO spokesperson confirming it was caused by a big aluminum Valentine’s Day balloon coming into contact with the main line out of the St John’s substation. The outage occurred at approximately 8.40pm, and BELCO crews had [...]

Photos: Fisherman Catches 920lb Tuna

Photos: Fisherman Catches 920lb Tuna

February 1, 2012 by · 49 Comments 

[Updated with video] Off Argus Banks today [Feb.1], lone fisherman Andrew Card spent two hours fighting a giant 10-foot-long Bluefin Tuna, winning the battle and finally landing the fish. However, by the time the determined fisherman got the big fish to the surface, hungry sharks had bitten off portions of the tuna’s tail. At dockside, [...]

20-Yr-Old Man Arrested After Shooting

20-Yr-Old Man Arrested After Shooting

January 25, 2012 by · 287 Comments 

[Updated - At 10.30am shots were fired in the Mount Hill, Pembroke area. The suspects stole a blue motocross cycle and headed to Somerset while multiple police vehicles pursued them through the western parishes at high speeds. Schools in the West End were temporarily placed under a police-imposed lock down. A 20-year-old Sandys parish man [...]

Around The World On 1200CC’s

Around The World On 1200CC’s

December 27, 2011 by · 3 Comments 

A former Bermuda financial services employee decided to invest his redundancy package in seeing the world — and has now driven his 1200 cc motorcycle through 83 countries on five continents. Canadian David Radford, 40, was working for a Bermuda finance company at the onset of the global recession in 2008. Accepting his firm’s redundancy [...]

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