Archive for July, 2010
OneBeacon Reports Drop In Net Income
Bermuda-based insurer OneBeacon reported net income attributable to common shareholders of $8.6 million, or 9 cents per share, down from a profit of $128.2 million, or $1.35 per share, in last year’s second quarter. Second quarter comprehensive net income and net income were both $9 million and operating income was $18 million or $0.19 per share.... Read more of this article
Alligator Causes Delay For Teen Golfer
[Updated] Earlier today [July 31] a Bermudian teenage golfer playing in an international tournament had a slight delay after he managed to hit his ball extremely close to an alligator. Ryan Roberts was playing in Day 3 of the 2010 Optimist International Junior Golf Championships in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, when on the 11th hole the ball landed... Read more of this article
Photos: 2010 Cup Match Waterslide
Yesterday’s (July 30) Cup Match pitch saw more than the usual batting and bowling, as after the game was suspended due to rain spectators took the pitch for a furious session of watersliding. The sliders were enthusiastically cheered on by the crowd as they sprinted and dove headfirst on the tarp-covered pitch. Not everyone present appeared to... Read more of this article
Witness Against Torture Group Meets Uighurs
Three Christian activists from Witness Against Torture traveled to Bermuda on July 16, 2010 to meet with four Uighur men who were detained in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba for more than seven years, and resettled in Bermuda in 2009. The Bush administration conceded that the men are not “enemy combatants,” and in October 2008 a federal judge ordered their... Read more of this article
Bermuda Civil Aviation Signs AVISA Contract
The Bermuda Department of Civil Aviation (BDCA) has signed a contract with AVISA, the global air safety and maintenance experts, to provide airworthiness assessment and technical services. The contract, the third one between the two entities, will see AVISA supply airworthiness and technical services for the Bermudian-registered fleet of aircraft based... Read more of this article
PLP’s Terry Lister Takes Campaign To Twitter
In his bid to seek the leadership of the Progressive Labour Party (PLP), MP Terry Lister has taken to the micro-blogging network Twitter, and it is believed he is the first Bermudian politician to actively use the service. His recent debut on Twitter, where communication is limited to 140 characters, was met with enthusiasm by the politically-inclined... Read more of this article
2010 Cup Match: $141.3 Million In Circulation
According to the Bermuda Monetary Authority, the amount of Bermuda Dollar notes and coin in circulation over this Cup Match holiday weekend is $141.3 million. This compares with a total of $137.2 million at the same period last year, an increase of 2.9 %. The total amount of notes and coins issued to the banks by the Bermuda Monetary Authority between... Read more of this article
Videos: Paradise Lakes 2010 Cup Match Concert
The Cup Match party wasn’t all on land, as yesterday [July 29] locals took to the water for a free concert by the band ‘Go Down Berries’. This is the band’s third annual floating Cup Match concert, and took place from about 4:30 to 7:30 in Paradise Lakes. Locals listened in while on their boats, kayaks, flotation devices and... Read more of this article
Police & Regiment Rescue Teen Sailor
Around 9:30pm last night (July 29), the Police Marine Unit received a report of an overturned sailboat off the North Shore in the area of Admiralty.House. Marine Unit officers as well as soldiers from the Bermuda Regiment’s Boat Troop responded in Police vessels and commenced the search for the solo sailor, a 17 year old young man. Using flares and... Read more of this article
Sluggo Says Goodbye to Cup Match
One of Bermuda’s most talented and colourful sporting figures has said his good-byes to Cup Match, as earlier today [July 30] an emotional Dwayne “Sluggo” Leverock said, “I have played for 15 years and the time has come for me to call it a day, I played for you the fans and gave my all, I am grateful for everything we have shared... Read more of this article
Photos: 2010 Cup Match Spectators Day 2
This year’s Cup Match cricket game is now over, having ended in a draw for the fourth year in a row after being called off due to inclement weather. Despite the rain, spectators were out in force and plenty of fun was had off the field. View over 50 photos below, and for more Cup Match photos see here, and for all our Cup Match coverage click... Read more of this article
Police Appeal For Help With Missing Man
(Updated) The Bermuda Police Service is appealing for the public’s assistance in locating 28 year old Antonio Pacheco of Pembroke. Mr. Pacheco was last seen at The Bistro at The Beach on Front Street in the City of Hamilton around 3am Wednesday, July 28th 2010. He is described as: Caucasian male Approximately 6’ tall Weighs around 190 pounds ... Read more of this article
