Archive for July 16th, 2010

A Visitor’s View: Tourism & St George’s

[Written by Thomas Griffin, a frequent visitor to Bermuda for over 35 years] In the Summer of 1973 I visited the island of Bermuda for the first time. My sisters had visited the island numerous times before me throughout the 1960s. I was a junior in high school, a year from graduation, and it was a glorious time to be in this paradise called Bermuda.... Read more of this article

Municipalities Reform Act Tabled In House

This morning [July 16] Minister Zane DeSilva tabled the Municipalities Reform Act 2010 in the House of Assembly. The Government proposal has been in the news alot, with a public poll done by the Corporation after Hamilton showing that the majority of Bermudians are not in favour of a “Government takeover” of the City. The Corporation has... Read more of this article

BSX: Over $1 Billion In Cat Bonds Listings

The Bermuda Stock Exchange has seen a record number of cat bonds list on the exchange in 2010 taking the value of Insurance Linked Securities (ILS) listed to over $1 billion for the first time, according to its President and Chief Executive Officer, Greg Wojciechowski. The Exchange, which has recently benefited from new insurance regulations brought... Read more of this article

BELCO Asks For Energy Conservation

Bermuda Electric Light Company Limited (BELCO) is urging all residential and commercial customers take steps to conserve energy from now until the Cup Match holiday. Through 28 July, BELCO will be doing maintenance work on several engines, while the process of commissioning its three new gas turbine engines continues. From now until Cup Match, Plant... Read more of this article

First Bermuda Group New CEO: Jonathan Clipper

First Bermuda Group yesterday [July 15] announces that it has appointed Bermudian Jonathan Clipper as Chief Executive Officer, effective that day. In his new role, Mr. Clipper will be responsible for directing the operations of the company. He will also be responsible for strategic planning, ensuring the company meets its statutory obligations and... Read more of this article

XL Awards Scholarship To Oxford Bound Teen

XL Group announced that the 2010 XL Scholarship has been awarded to Warwick Academy graduate Kevin Minors. The XL Scholarship is a four-year full scholarship open to Bermudians working towards a degree in insurance-related studies. Eighteen-year-old Kevin, the son of Kevin Sr. and Carol Minors, of Sandys, was selected from a field of 48 applicants for... Read more of this article

“If A Fugitive Can Use Technology, So Can You”

The text below is from Crimestoppers Bermuda: If a fugitive can use technology, so can you … HOW DO YOU THINK the families and friends of victims that have been MURDERED or injured through gun violence must feel when reading/hearing this in the media … whilst this individual is apparently being sheltered by persons within our community! What does... Read more of this article

Escapee: Too Hot To Come Out Of Hole

Many locals are complaining about the heat today [July 15], and amongst them is escaped suspect Alvone Maybury who posted on his Facebook account at 11:30 this morning that he “I’ma turn myself in later 2night, its to hot to come outta my hole ritht now.” Mr Maybury had told both Bernews and ZBM yesterday that he planned to turn himself... Read more of this article