Archive for March 12th, 2010

Videos: 2010 Pride Bermuda Celebrity Lockup

Videos: 2010 Pride Bermuda Celebrity Lockup

Scroll down for a few videos of the 2010 Pride Celebrity Lockup was held on Friday March 12. A cross section of prominent Bermudians allowed themselves to be placed ‘behind bars’ for the drug prevention fundraiser. “Prisoners” included Comedian Bruce Barritt, former professional footballer Shaun Goater, Bermuda Democratic Alliance Chairman... Read more of this article

Photos & Report: 2010 Celebrity Lockup

Photos & Report: 2010 Celebrity Lockup

Scroll down to check out photos and a report of some of Bermuda’s biggest names ‘behind bars’. The second annual ‘Celebrity Lock Up’ was held Friday March 12 at Number Six Shed on Front Street, with a cross section of prominent Bermudians generously donating their time for the event, allowing themselves to be placed ‘behind... Read more of this article

Video: Blakeney Says Guns Rented for $2,000

Video: Blakeney Says Guns Rented for $2,000

Watch below as Minister Glenn Blakeney discusses the rental of guns in Bermuda. Minister Blakeney says that “Those that are in possession of them, are sometimes renting them out for two, three thousand dollars“. He goes on to discuss the probability of forensic testing confirming this theory. Rampant gun crime is a fairly recent phenomenon... Read more of this article

Platinum Housing: Avg $35,000 Per Month Each

Platinum Housing: Avg $35,000 Per Month Each

The NYTimes reports that Bermuda based insurance company Platinum Underwriters Holdings Ltd spent $1.7 million to house four of its top executives in 2009. In the company’s preliminary proxy statement, Platinum disclosed that it spent almost $1.7 million in housing allowance for the four executives. This works out at an average of $35,000 a month... Read more of this article

19th Century Bermuda: Whipped for Sunday Work

19th Century Bermuda: Whipped for Sunday Work

Looking back into Bermuda’s history provides an interesting insight into exactly how much things have changed. Many years ago Bermuda had a law calling for the “strict observation of the Lord’s Day, commonly called Sunday.” Working, engaging in sports, fishing, sailing, playing cards, and “idle wandering from house to house”... Read more of this article

Bermuda Transfer Scrutinized in California Election

Bermuda Transfer Scrutinized in California Election

California gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman has come under scrutiny for a Bermuda financial connection. The self-made billionaire is vying to be the Republican candidate for California Governor in the November 2010 election. The democrat backed California Accountability Project is peering into millions of dollars transferred to both Bermuda and the... Read more of this article