The latest design in Bernews’ weekly Wallpaper Wednesday series features stunning Bermuda waters shimmering with colours at sunset. To access more phone wallpapers with Bermudian themes, as well as social media cover graphics, visit BermudaCovers.com, and if you would like to request a specific Bermuda-related phone wallpaper design, please feel free to email us at support@bernews.com. […]

“A pregnant porbeagle shark may have been eaten by a great white shark near Bermuda, in the first recorded incident of its kind,” according to a story in the New Scientist. The report said, “In October 2020, Brooke Anderson, then at Arizona State University, and her colleagues tagged a pregnant porbeagle shark [Lamna nasus] south-east of […]

The Argus Group has released its third annual Sustainability Report, “charting meaningful progress in addressing challenges including climate change and social equity.” A spokesperson said, “The focus is on how Argus is living its purpose to be “a powerful force for sustainable wellbeing” by embedding enterprise-wide, material changes that benefit their people and the planet. “Featured […]

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources [DENR] responded to reports of ‘spotted lanternflies’ — an invasive insect species — discovered aboard two cruise ships, with DENR noting that “both ships fully cooperated with DENR’s protocols, ensuring the effective elimination of the invasive pest.” A Government spokesperson said, “On September 2, 2024, the Department of […]

BEST and Bermuda College’s Eco Lunch & Learn on September 26 will feature Noelle Young, who “will challenge the traditional notion of resilience.” A spokesperson said, “BEST [Bermuda Environmental Sustainability Taskforce] and Bermuda College are excited to invite the community to attend their first Eco Lunch & Learn presentation of the season. On Thursday, September […]

The Ministry of Home Affairs announced its sponsorship of a free screening of “Shark Country” at the Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute [BUEI] on Tuesday, October 1st from 7.00pm to 9.00pm at the Tradewinds Auditorium. A Government spokesperson said, “The Ministry of Home Affairs is proud to announce its sponsorship of a free screening of Shark […]

Appleby announced it retained its Planet Mark Business Certification for 2024, achieving a 37.2% reduction in carbon emissions and reaffirming its commitment to sustainability. A spokesperson said, “Appleby is pleased to announce that it has retained its Planet Mark Business Certification for a further year, reducing carbon emissions by 37.2% and underlining the Group’s commitment […]

On October 3, the Bermuda Monetary Authority hosted its third annual Community Day, with over 200 staff volunteering for five charities in activities such as gardening and beach cleanup. A spokesperson said, “The Bermuda Monetary Authority [Authority or BMA] participated in its third annual Community Day event on Thursday, 3 October. This employee-led initiative unites […]

The Rotary Clubs of Bermuda recently held a cleanup at the Riddles Bay Mangrove Reserve, while also inspiring the island’s Brownies to “become stewards of the environment.” A spokesperson said, “This year, the Rotary Clubs of Bermuda have been cited for their interest and continued concern about the environment. Rotarians held a most successful cleanup […]

The Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute [BUEI] announced that registration for the Island’s 4th Annual Youth Climate Summit taking place November 18th-23rd is now open. A spokesperson said, “The Youth Climate Summit [YCS], a weeklong event for students ages 13-22, engages and educates young people on global climate issues and is the foundation for a year […]

The Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute [BUEI] announced the upcoming BUEI Talk ‘A Half Century Under The Sea: 50 Years Of Diving In Bermuda’s Waters’ presented by Dr. Edward Schultz on Thursday, November 14th at 7.00pm in the Tradewinds Auditorium. A spokesperson said, “The Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute [BUEI] is excited to announce the upcoming BUEI […]

Bermudian ice hockey player Blake Montgomery made his debut for the London Knights in their 8-7 win away to Guelph in the Ontario Hockey League [OHL] yesterday [November 10]. Montgomery has joined Knights on an OHL Scholarship and Development Agreement. The forward, who was drafted by National Hockey League [NHL] team the Ottawa Senators in […]

Connor Hupman, Noah Maranzana, and Katherine Wheddon contributed to a successful start to the 2024-25 varsity season for the Baylor School swim team, as they secured victories over Concord Christian School [CCS] and Montgomery Bell Academy [MBA] at the Baylor School Natatorium. The Baylor men’s team dominated both opponents, defeating MBA 145-35 and CCS 146-29. […]

[Written by Stephen Wright] Karting driver Scott Barnes is aiming for a return to the podium in the Shifter Masters class at the Skusa SuperNationals in Las Vegas, which gets underway today [November 13]. Barnes claimed podium finishes in 2021 and 2022 before suffering misfortune last year, placing fourteenth after disqualification in the final qualifying […]

American brothers and social media sensations Wesley and George Bryan IV will be among the star-studded field for the Butterfield Bermuda Championship at Port Royal Golf Course. Wesley, who is already a familiar face on the PGA Tour, and George have garnered 459,000 subscribers to their YouTube channel, Bryan Bros Golf, which features golf trick-shots, […]

The Department of Parks, the Bermuda Youth Library, and author Dr David Chapman invite families to the grand opening of the new Botanical Gardens StoryWalk on Saturday, 23 November. A Government spokesperson said, “The celebration will begin with a ceremony at 10:15 am, followed by a Story Time at 10:30 am on the Celebration Lawn. “The Botanical […]

Zemira Webb and the Southern University women’s soccer team won the Southwestern Athletic Conference [SWAC] championship title with a 1-0 victory over Texas Southern University. Taylor Henry scored the game’s lone goal in the 16th minute, assisted by Alyssa Romero. Southern University’s defense held Texas Southern scoreless for the remainder of the match, securing the […]

Warwick Academy won the Bermuda School Sports Federation Primary School B division six a side tournament after defeating Saltus Grammar School in a fast paced final. A spokesperson said, “Saltus grabbed the early initiative but could not find a way past Warwick goalkeeper Adam Pedro who made a string a fine saves to keep Saltus […]

“This year’s PLP Throne Speech promised taxi owners a payroll tax relief, but legislation still has to be tabled and passed before the relief can be meted,” Shadow Transport Minister Susan Jackson said. Ms Jackson said, “Taxi owners expected the tax relief in September, but were met with resistance from TCD staff. Now there’s confusion […]

Bermudian actor Daren A. Herbert is getting set to play the lead role in “Welcome Back To Harlem: A Hellfighter’s Story” with Rooted Theatre in Vancouver, Canada, with the theatre turning to the online community for help in funding the production. According to the theatre’s promotional material, “Welcome Back To Harlem: A Hellfighter’s Story” is […]

Bermuda’s Rebecca Faulkenberry is set to hit the stage again next month, appearing alongside her Spiderman co-star Justin Matthew Sargent in Sweet Dreams at New York’s “54 Below” club on July 2nd. The theater describes the production by saying, “Sweet Dreams is a modern day retelling of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Nights Dream told through the […]

Following on the success of her recent performances of the one-woman production “Chain,” local actress Nishanthi Bailey will be holding an encore performance on Saturday night [July 5]. “Chain” will be presented exclusively at the Daylesford Theatre on Washington Street in Hamilton, located behind City Hall, beginning at 7pm and 9.30pm. Tickets are available from […]

PlayList Management [PLM], a local talent management and development company, has joined forces with Studio 27, an Atlanta-based talent/development company. This partnership was created during PLM’s annual Developing Artists Program 2014, which was recently completed in Atlanta. A spokesperson said, “Studio27 Model and Talent, founded by director and owner Cheryl Harris, is a full artist […]

The Famous for 15 Minutes Playwriting Festival is getting set to celebrate its 12th year, with all proceeds to go towards the BMDS Charitable Trust, which gives out bursaries to students studying in Theatre Arts. This year’s event will run from August 28 – 30 and from September 3 – 6, 2014, with six original 15-minute […]

Bermudian actor Daren A. Herbert has been cast in the leading role of Burrs, a vaudeville star who performs in blackface, in the upcoming stage production of The Wild Party – a role that has traditionally been played by a white actor. The production, which has long been difficult to put together in either the […]

The Premier and Minister of National Security Michael Dunkley today [Aug 27] extended his support and well wishes to Troika Bermuda in advance of their upcoming production of Beauty and the Beast, which kicks off tomorrow evening [Aug 28]. Troika’s modern take on the Academy-Award winning animated classic will include all of the songs written […]

PinkSand Entertainment will be hosting “Wine Down Wednesdays – Scandal Edition” on Wednesday September 24th from 6:30pm at Muse Restaurant SkyBar featuring a Scandal quiz with prizes, video recaps, predictions for this season, conversation and more. The promo flyer said, “This month will see the return of ABC network’s hit primetime drama Scandal starring Kerry […]

A play celebrating the life of legendary Bermudian musician Hubert Smith — best known for being the composer and singer of Bermuda is Another World – is presently running at the Fourways Inn, where it is set to continue until October 5th. “Hubert Smith: The Play” was spearheaded by Dale Butler, and the performers include […]

The Gilbert and Sullivan Society of Bermuda is getting set to present “The Pirates Of Penzance!” from October 9 through October 18, 2014 at the Earl Cameron Theatre at City Hall, with a special “Pirate Happy Hour” to be held from 4.00pm through 6.00pm on October 4, 2014. A spokesperson said, “During the October 4 […]

The Salvation Army West End Community Church [WECC] Blacklight Mime and Puppet Ministry will be presenting ‘Glow Party’ on Saturday [Nov 1] starting at 7.00pm at the Earl Cameron Theatre, City Hall. The production involves young people from the ages of 8 – 20 doing Glow in the Dark [blacklight] puppetry along with help from […]

The Berkeley Institute Arts Department will be presenting Elton John and Tim Rice’s Aida: School Edition, a contemporary musical take on a grand classic tale, based on the Verdi opera. The story centers on Aida, a Nubian princess who becomes enslaved by Radames, an Egyptian soldier. A forbidden love blossoms between them and their example […]

Due to roof damage at City Hall in the recent storms, the Bermuda Musical and Dramatic Society [BMDS] has postponed the pantomime production of the Pied Piper to January 2015, where it will will take place at the Ruth Seaton James Auditorium. A BMDS spokesperson said, “The Bermuda Musical and Dramatic Society has recently been […]

Warwick Academy is getting set to present a production of Frisco 77, a musical show set in the 1970s and focusing on the disco culture of the time. Official Warwick Academy ‘Frisco 77′ trailer: The show will debut with a gala dinner on November 19, 2014, while also showing on November 20, 21, and 22. […]

PlayList Management, LLC [PLM], a local talent management & development company, has joined forces with Scott Cooper, CEO & Founder of Talent Inc. and Evolution Management Company to host a Model and Talent Audition Workshop on Saturday, January 31st, 2015. PLM said, “Scott wants to see Bermuda’s talent and will offer industry insider advice on […]

The Saltus Grammar School production this year is ‘Our Country’s Good’ by Timberlake Wertenbaker and it will be held in Alumni Hall in the Saltus Secondary Department, February 26th-28th. It is an Olivier Award winning play described as being about “a very dark period in British history”. A spokesperson said, “We hope you enjoy this […]

Bermudian actor Daren A. Herbert is getting set to take on the role of Burrs, a vaudeville performer who makes his living in blackface, in a Toronto-based production of the musical ‘The Wild Party’. The Toronto production is casting — for the first time, to anyone’s knowledge — a black actor in the role, according […]

The Zone of Avoidance is a region of the sky that's obscured by the disk of the Milky Way. The gas and dust block our view in visible telescopes, but other wavelengths like radio and infrared can pierce it to see what's on the other side. Astronomers used the MeerKAT radio telescope to survey beyond the Zone, observing hundreds of galaxies, of which only 29% were already known. This is helping to map the Great Attractor galaxy cluster on the far side of the Milky Way.

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NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab has announced a second round of layoffs for 2024, this time laying off 325 people – about 5% of its workforce. The announcement was made on Nov. 12 in a memo sent to employees, which notes the layoffs could have been even larger. The last cut was made this past February, …

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Navigating the harsh terrain of other rocky worlds has consistently been challenging. The Free Spirit campaign unfortunately failed in its goal to will the plucky Martian rover out of the morass it found itself in, despite two years of continual effort from some of the world’s best engineers. To combat this difficulty, other engineers have …

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One of the most challenging aspects of astrobiology and the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) is anticipating what life and extraterrestrial civilizations will look like. Invariably, we have only one example of a planet that supports life (Earth) and one example of a technologically advanced civilization (humanity) upon which to base our theories. As for …

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Grace Kellyová (12. listopadu 1929 – 14. září 1982) byla filmová ikona, jež stihla prožít pod dohledem veřejnosti dva životy: ten kratší patřil úspěšné hollywoodské herečce, ten delší monacké kněžně. Oba obestírá romantický opar dokonalosti. Neprávem: neobešly se totiž bez kontroverze, pragmatičnosti i obyčejného lidského zoufalství.

Německému kancléři Olafu Scholzovi selhala zdržovací taktika. Po rozpadu vlády počítal s vypsáním předčasných voleb v březnu příštího roku. S tímto plánem narazil, volby proběhnou už 23. února. Opoziční favorit na kancléře Friedrich Merz prosazuje silnější podporu Ukrajiny. 

Před 50 lety zavraždil ve městě Amityville třiadvacetiletý Ronald DeFeo celou svou rodinu. Motivy zločinu jsou dodnes neznámé a celý příběh je opředen mnoha nevyjasněnými okolnostmi. Není proto divu, že lidoví vypravěči a filmoví scénáristé začali vinu svalovat na démony. Strašidelné filmy o posedlém domu v Amityville nejsou bohužel jedinou hororovou sérií inspirovanou skutečnými událostmi.

Elon Musk proměnil sociální síť X ve svoji osobní zbraň a využil ji způsobem, jejž málokdo očekával.  Zatímco si příznivci Demokratické strany stěžovali na pravicovou propagandu, Musk se věnoval sázkařským trhům.

Pro hromadné násilí proti Izraelcům v holandském Amsterdamu jen proto, že jsou Židé, se vžilo slovo „pogrom“. I když je původem z ruštiny, dobře vystihuje smysl události – je to pokus o genocidu v malém. Jak známo, v kapce mořské vody je vždy přítomen celý oceán se všemi jeho příznaky a kvalitami. Leč ve většině znaleckých posudků k amsterdamskému pogromu se zračí snaha nepochopit, nebo za každou cenu pokřivit jeho niterný původ a význam.

Voyo a Televize Nova uvedly novou seznamovací reality show Bachelor. Jeden muž si mezi osmnácti „soutěžícími“ hledá na řeckém ostrově partnerku. „Cením, že máme první sérii českého Bachelora a český Honza v něm hledá nevěstu. Jako kdyby to psala Božena Němcová,“ říká Martin Bartkovský v podcastu Poprask. S Šimonem Holým a Hankou Trojánkovou Biriczovou navštívili premiéru Bachelora. Jak se jim první díl líbí?

Piráti mají za sebou zásadní sjezd, na kterém si zvolili jako předsedu bývalého primátora Prahy Zdeňka Hřiba. Nahradí tak ve vedení strany jejího dlouholetého předsedu Ivana Bartoše, který byl na sjezdu za potlesku všech přítomných slavnostně digitalizován.

Kdykoli to někdo v uplynulých měsících řekl nahlas, znělo to jako vtip. Mike Tyson, světová boxerská legenda, která byla v ringu naposledy v roce 2005, bude v osmapadesáti letech znovu zápasit. Železný boxer v důchodu neodolal lákavé nabídce hubatého sedmadvacetiletého influencera Jakea Paula, který se pokořením legendy chce vydat na cestu profesionálního šampiona boxu. Serióznosti akce navíc moc nepřidalo, že byla v červnu odsunuta z původního termínu. Nyní je ale všechno jinak. Oba bojovníci zveřejnili svá tréninková videa, ve kterých dřou jako koně. Proběhly mediální tréninky i tiskové konference. Do Texasu míří na boxerský galavečer sto tisíc lidí a na Netflixu, který to bude pro své předplatitele streamovat živě, se jej chystá zhlédnout sto milionů diváků. Díky pozvání Netflixu jsem v texaském Arlingtonu osobně a na webu reflex.cz vám přinesu postřehy z této monstr akce.