[Written by Stephen Wright] Bermuda swimmer Jack Harvey says he is “happy to be an Olympian” after winning his heat in the men’s 100 metres backstroke at the Aquatics Centre at the Paris Games today [July 28]. Harvey, competing in a group of six, led from start to finish, posting a time of 55.78sec to leave […]

The Bermuda Amateur Swimming Association season continued with the Kattegat Sharks Sprint Meet at the BASA Pool. Scarlett Spurling won the 13-14 girls 100 SC meter freestyle A – final touching the wall in a time of 1:07.09, Isla Cooze, was second in 1:09.55, and McKenna Kyme, finished third clocking a time of 1:12.03. The […]

Today marks the seventh anniversary of the murder of Patrick Dill — who was fatally shot in Pembroke in 2016 — and the police are renewing their appeal for anyone with any information to please come forward. A police spokesperson said, “Today is the seventh year anniversary of the murder of Patrick Dill. Mr. Dill […]

The Bermuda Police Service [BPS] is once again appealing for any witnesses or information on the murder of Jahkoby Smith, who was killed in 2017. A police spokesperson said, “At around 7:15pm on Saturday 29th July, 2017, some six [6] years ago Jahkoby Smith was fatally stabbed after he was involved in an altercation that […]

According to today’s Official Notices, the Bermuda Police Service will be conducting road sobriety checkpoints starting on Friday, June 17th, with the checkpoints set to take place in Hamilton parish, Smiths, Devonshire, Pembroke, Paget, Warwick and Southampton. Road Sobriety Checkpoint Notice 2022 [PDF here] Related Stories Road Sobriety Checkpoints Over Cup Match Road Sobriety Checkpoints Starting On June […]

“A total of 1,135 motorists were engaged by police officers during the most recent road sobriety checkpoints, which took place at various locations around the island from Thursday, 24th November through Sunday, 27th November 2022,” the police said. A police spokesperson said, “Of that total, 14 motorists were referred for secondary assessment. Six of the […]

Eleven motorists “failed the alco-analyser test at Hamilton Police Station and were arrested for an impaired driving offence” during checkpoints held from February 23 to February 26. Acting Superintendent Robert Cardwell, Tactical Operations Division said, “As advertised, road side sobriety testing was enforced between last week Thursday, 23rd February 2023 and Sunday, 26th February 2023 […]

According to the most recent Official Notices, the Bermuda Police Service will be conducting road sobriety checkpoints starting on Friday, June 16th, with the checkpoints set to take place in St. George’s, Hamilton, Smith’s, Devonshire, Pembroke, Paget, Warwick, Southampton and Sandys. The full Road Sobriety Checkpoint [No. 4] Notice follows below [PDF here] Related Stories […]

According to the most recent Official Notices, the police will be conducting road sobriety checkpoints starting on Friday, June 14th, with the checkpoints set to take place in all nine parishes; St. George’s, Hamilton, Smith’s, Devonshire, Pembroke, Paget, Warwick, Southampton and Sandys. The full Road Sobriety Checkpoint Notice follows below [PDF here]: Related Stories Road […]

October 1 saw 0 shares trade on the Bermuda Stock Exchange. The BSX finished at 2,457.34, even on the day. There were 0 advances, 0 declines, and 52 remained unchanged. The full report for the day is available here [PDF]. Related Stories Bermuda Stock Exchange Report: Nov 8 2024 Bermuda Stock Exchange Report: Nov 7 […]

October 10 saw 300 shares trade on the Bermuda Stock Exchange, valued at $10,725.00 BD. 300 shares were traded by Bank of N.T. Butterfield Ltd, closing up 1.4% at $35.75 per share. The BSX finished at 2,487.16, up 1.09% on the day. There was 1 advance, 0 declines, and 51 remained unchanged. The full report […]

October 11 saw 0 shares trade on the Bermuda Stock Exchange. The BSX finished at 2,487.16, even on the day. There were 0 advances, 0 declines, and 52 remained unchanged. The full report for the day is available here [PDF], and the full report for the week is available here [PDF]. Related Stories Bermuda Stock […]

October 14 saw 62 shares trade on the Bermuda Stock Exchange, valued at $ 2,170.00 BD. 62 shares were traded by Bank of N.T. Butterfield Ltd, closing even at $35.75 per share. The BSX finished at 2,487.16, even on the day. There were 0 advances, 0 declines, and 52 remained unchanged. The full report for […]

October 15 saw 0 shares trade on the Bermuda Stock Exchange. The BSX finished at 2,487.16, even on the day. There were 0 advances, 0 declines, and 52 remained unchanged. The full report for the day is available here [PDF]. Related Stories Bermuda Stock Exchange Report: Nov 8 2024 Bermuda Stock Exchange Report: Nov 7 […]

October 16 saw 2,100 shares trade on the Bermuda Stock Exchange, valued at $65,800.00 BD. 100 shares were traded by Bank of N.T. Butterfield Ltd, closing up 6.3% at $38.00per share, while the other 2,000 shares were traded by Watlington Waterworks Ltd, closing up 3.3% at $31.00 per share. The BSX finished at 2,609.02, up […]

October 17 saw 0 shares trade on the Bermuda Stock Exchange. The BSX finished at 2,609.02, even on the day. There were 0 advances, 0 declines, and 52 remained unchanged. The full report for the day is available here [PDF]. Related Stories Bermuda Stock Exchange Report: Nov 8 2024 Bermuda Stock Exchange Report: Nov 7 […]

October 18 saw 2,500 shares trade on the Bermuda Stock Exchange, valued at $67,375.00 BD. 1,000 shares were traded by Bank of N.T. Butterfield Ltd, closing up 1.3% at $38.50 per share, while another 1,500 shares were traded by BF&M Ltd, closing up 1.3% at $19.25 per share. The BSX finished at 19.25, up 1.12% […]

October 21 saw 2,000 shares trade on the Bermuda Stock Exchange, valued at $9,200.00 BD. 2,000 shares were traded by Argus Group Holdings Ltd, closing down 6.1% at $4.60 per share. The BSX finished at 2,630.97, down 0.27% on the day. There were 0 advances, 1 decline, and 51 remained unchanged. The full report for […]

October 31 saw 0 shares trade on the Bermuda Stock Exchange. The BSX finished at 2,507.61, even on the day. There were 0 advances, 1 decline, and 51 remained unchanged. The full report for the day is available here [PDF]. Related Stories Bermuda Stock Exchange Report: Nov 8 2024 Bermuda Stock Exchange Report: Nov 7 […]

November 1 saw 4,000 shares trade on the Bermuda Stock Exchange, valued at $1,312,443.22 BD. 4,000 shares were traded by Argus Group Holdings Ltd, closing down 7.9% at $4.65 per share. The BSX finished at 2,498.07, down 0.38% on the day. There were 0 advances, 1 decline, and 51 remained unchanged. The full report for […]

An American billionaire accused of allegedly “using a Bermuda-based family charitable trust and other offshore entities to hide assets from the Internal Revenue Service while failing to pay taxes” has had more than $1B in assets frozen by Swiss prosecutors. A Bloomberg Quint story said, “Swiss prosecutors froze more than $1 billion held in bank […]

An American college student and her boyfriend have been jailed for four months in the Cayman Islands after breaking their Covid-19 rules, with the news apparently causing quite some interest in the USA, with ‘Cayman Islands’ trending as high as fourth in the U.S. rankings on Twitter this morning as people discussed the matter. Cayman — a […]

[Updated with video] Bermuda’s Under-14 football team made an impressive start to their Caribbean Football Union Boys’ Under-14 Challenge Series qualifiers at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Trinidad and Tobago, defeating Grenada by a score of 4-0 in their opening match yesterday [August 16]. A brace from forward Jeon Wolfe and an own goal handed […]

The Irbisio Green Energy Fund is officially launching, aiming “to provide an integrated approach to clean technology infrastructure investing.” A spokesperson said, “Irbisio Green Energy Fund is launching today to provide an integrated approach to clean technology infrastructure investing. With an initial target of $100 million to be deployed in two years, Irbisio will finance […]

An 18-year-old male has been arrested in connection with the shooting that injured four people earlier this month, the police have confirmed. A police spokesperson said, “The Bermuda Police Service [BPS], can confirm that an eighteen-year-old male has been arrested in connection with a shooting, which left four people in hospital receiving treatment for firearms related injuries. […]

31 abandoned and derelict boats –  located in areas including Mullet Bay, Ferry Reach, Coney Island, Stovell Bay and more –  will be “removed and discarded,” the Government has advised. These 31 boats are addition to the notices earlier this year about 54 abandoned vessels, with the Government having previously issued two notices of boats set […]

An Interactive Village Gathering will be held on Saturday [Oct 12] from 4.00pm to 5.30pm at the Victor Scott School celebrating the 75th anniversary of free primary education in Bermuda. A spokesperson said, “Reminded of the African proverb ‘it takes a village to raise a child,’ a collaborative group of community stakeholders have come together […]

The Village Gathering event, originally scheduled for Saturday [Oct 12] from 4.00pm to 5.30pm at the Victor Scott School, has been postponed until October 19. A spokesperson said, “Given feedback received from relevant authorities, we are postponing the Village Gathering until Saturday, October 19.” Related Stories ‘Celebrating Early Childhood’ Event On Nov 10 Village Gathering […]

The Village Gathering event will be held on Saturday [Oct 19] from 4.00pm to 5.30pm at Victor Scott School Hall. A spokesperson said, “The collaboration geared to enhance community by staging the Village Gathering to inspire and empower Parents, on Saturday, October 19th from 4 – 5.30 pm at Victor Scott School Hall, has already […]

The Early Childhood Foundation of Bermuda is hosting a “Celebrating Early Childhood” event on November 10th at CedarBridge Academy. A spokesperson said, “The Early Childhood Foundation of Bermuda is hosting a celebratory event focusing on Early Childhood Education. The Celebrating Early Childhood event will be held on Sunday 10th November 2024 at the Kalmar Richards […]

The Department of Education announced that online registration for the Bermuda Public School System’s 2025/2026 school year will open on Monday, November 18th. A Government spokesperson said, “Online Registration for the Bermuda Public School System’s 2025/2026 school year opens from Monday, November 18, 2024 and will close on Friday, November 22, 2024, the Department of […]

Adam Hall’s injury-marred 2023 baseball season concluded with him appearing in 11 games split between two teams. Hall featured in 6 games for the Aberdeen Ironbirds and an additional five games for the FCL Orioles. Throughout these outings, Hall tallied 45 plate appearances, crossed the plate 4 times, notched 6 hits, which encompassed 2 doubles […]

Andrew Armstrong has been named the Rookie of the Week by the Atlantic 10 Conference. The announcement from his University said, “The Atlantic 10 Conference announced their weekly men’s soccer awards and recognized University of Dayton freshman Andrew Armstrong as A-10 Rookie of the Week. “Armstrong scored a pair of goals for the second straight game […]

The North Village Rams secured the Under-15 Leonard DeRosa Holder Cup championship with a decisive 4-1 victory over the PHC Zebras. Amir Brangman-Johnson opened the scoring for the Rams in the 11th minute, followed by a goal from Jason Dixon DeSilva four minutes later. Kruz Iris narrowed the deficit for the Zebras in the 22nd […]

Ronald Kirkland Simmons, 39, was sentenced to 11 years’ imprisonment for sexual assault. Acting Assistant Commissioner of Police Nicholas Pedro said, “The Bermuda Police Service welcomes the sentence in the Supreme Court today [Tuesday, 4th October 2022], in a case where a man seriously sexually assaulted a woman in Pembroke on 20th September, 2020. “The […]

A luxury house described as ‘Bermuda-style’ in Palm Beach, owned by the executive chairman of Ross Dress for Less’ parent company, has been sold for $13.075 million. An Aol report said, “The executive chairman of the parent company of retailer Ross Dress for Less has sold — for a recorded $13.075 million — the North […]

[Updated with photos/videos] At sometime before noon today [May 31] a 17-foot whale was discovered on a small beach area in an enclosure in St George’s located in the vicinity of the Meyer Boat Slip. Local boaters spotted the whale at approximately 11.30am and called in the report, although at first they were unsure what […]

From January – April of this year, 101 individual whales were identified in Bermuda’s waters, with the markings on their flukes serving to identify the majestic creatures as they pass through for their annual migration. Humpback whales can be permanently identified by their unique black-and-white patterns on the ventral [bottom] side of their fluke [tail]. 101 […]

The 2024 Women’s Pan American challenge is set to take place from September 21st – 28th at the National Sports Center. The Pan American challenge is a quadrennial international women’s field hockey competition in the Americas organized by the Pan American Hockey Federation. The tournament serves as the qualification tournament for the next women’s Pan […]

The 2024 women’s Pan American challenge is set to take place from September 21st – 28th at the National Sports Center. The organizers said, “The stage is set for an unforgettable week of elite women’s field hockey as the 2024 Women’s Pan American Cup Challenge kicks off! This thrilling tournament will bring together powerhouse teams […]

In the lone Bermuda Field Hockey Federation match of the evening, the Swizzles came from behind to defeat the Hurricanes 2 – 1. The Hurricanes went ahead in the 28th minute when Jess Charles scored a field goal, but four minutes later the Swizzles were even at 1 – 1 with a Jenn Chisnall penalty […]

Sandys Secondary Middle School won the Bermuda School Sports Federation Under 12 Netball tournament at the Bernard Park Netball Courts. The tournament featured first year students in the middle schools as well as the Primary year 7 students from Francis Patton and Purvis Primary. Sandys defeated Primary School Division 1 champions Warwick Academy in a […]

Matches in the Bermuda netball under 18 and senior division took place at the Bernard’s Park. Under 18 Division Phoenix Fire 37 – North Village Lady Rams 20 Phoenix Fire defeated the North Village Lady Rams 37 – 20. MVP Kammie Mills led the Phoenix Fire to victory with 22 goals, while Hailey Trott added […]

The Bermuda National Trust’s [BNT] Plant & Bake Sale is “set to go ahead rain or shine” this Saturday [Feb 11] from 8.30am to noon at BNT headquarters at Waterville on Pomander Road in Paget. “We invite everyone to Waterville this Saturday to choose from a fabulous selection of plants, from bedding annuals to unusual trees […]

A Tree Assessment Report recommended removing a 176-year-old tree as as any efforts to save the tree “would only serve to prolong its inevitable fate and it would remain a safety issue to the public as well as the surrounding buildings,” the City said. A spokesperson said, “As a result of the incident involving a large […]

HSBC said they are “pleased to be offering a new benefit to our HSBC Visa Platinum debit cardholders which enables them to redeem a 1GB eSIM for 15 days and enjoy global data connectivity.” A spokesperson said, “Download the GigSky app today. These customers will be able to travel the world without incuring data roaming charges […]

Jaden Jones was back in action competing in the Central American & Caribbean Tennis Confederation under-14 tournament in the Dominican Republic. Playing in the  G3 main draw singles, he took on Sebastian Diaz from El Salvador, and was defeated in straight sets 4-2, 4-2. Related Stories Photos: Manders & Cross Win 2011 Argus Open Photos, […]

The Bermuda Lawn Tennis Association [BLTA] announced the team being sent to the Dominican Republic to participate in the 2024 ITF/COTECC U12 Team Competition, which will take place from June 28th – July 5th. The team will consist of three girls Arianna Parra, Lee Terceira, Ella Metschnabel, and Jacky Lambert [Coach]. The three boys are […]

The 2024 ITF/COTECC under 12 team competition continued in the Dominican Republic, with Bermuda’s team making an excellent showing. The Bermuda girls picked up their first win defeating the Dominican Republic Two team 3 – 0. Arianna Metschnabel got Bermuda on the board winning her match 6-3. 6-2. Lee Terceira would then double the Bermuda lead […]

Dage Minors ran a season’s best time in the 1,500 metres at La Classique d’athlétisme in Montreal on Friday [June 21]. Minors, the island’s top middle-distance runner, came fifth in 3min 42.07sec. The race was won by Canadian Jude Wheeler-Dee in 3:39.88. Related Stories 12 Videos: Bermuda Invitational Permit Meet Eighteen Videos: USATF Games & […]