Archive for November 15th, 2010

Orient-Express: Closing $123.6 Million Offering

Bermuda-incorporated Orient-Express Hotels Ltd. today [Nov 15] announced the closing of its previously announced public offering of 10,000,000 Class A common shares. The company also announced that the underwriters for the offering exercised in full their over-allotment option to purchase an additional 1,500,000 Class A common shares, bringing the total... Read more of this article

Premier in London: Overseas Territories Meeting

Premier Paula Cox left the island last evening [Nov 14] to attend the annual Overseas Territories Consultative Council [OTCC] meeting in London. The meeting with Heads of Government of the Overseas Territories is held annually and affords leaders the opportunity to meet with the UK Minister and other policy leaders on matters of concern. Accompanied... Read more of this article

Nov 16 Lunch & Learn: Bermuda’s Political Parties

BEPRO, a branch of the Chamber of Commerce, is hosting a ‘Lunch and Learn’ tomorrow [Nov 16] to learn about Bermuda’s political parties. The event will take place at the Chamber of Commerce beginning at 12pm until 1.15pm. BEPRO’s membership includes young professionals from all industries looking to network and develop together.... Read more of this article

Nov 18: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Day

Bermuda Hospitals Board (BHB) and Open Airways are marking World Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Day on Thursday, 18 November with an Open House in the lobby at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital. COPD is a major cause of disability as well as a leading cause of death. Worldwide, more women die of COPD than breast cancer and more men die... Read more of this article

Premier Opens London Aviation Office

Premier Paula Cox is currently overseas participating in the annual Overseas Territories Consultative Council (OTCC) meeting in London, and today [Nov 15] officially opened the Department of Civil Aviation’s London office. Earlier today, Premier Cox joined the Governor, who is also in attendance at the OTCC meetings, and the Director of the Department... Read more of this article

Video Previews: Weekend Film Series

A French romantic comedy and an anti-nuclear documentary are the featured films at the ‘Weekend Film Series’ on Sunday November 21. The documentary, Countdown to Zero, screens at 3 p.m. while Heartbreaker – a smash hit at the French box office with more than three million admissions – will screen at 5.15 p.m. Tickets, $15, are on sale now in... Read more of this article

BDA Commercial Bank: Net Profit of $1.18 Million

Bermuda Commercial Bank today [Nov 15] reported a net profit of $1.18 million for the financial year ending September 30, 2010. During the year ended September 30th, 2010, the Bank recorded a net unrealized loss of $1.86 million within other comprehensive income compared to a gain of $1.81 million for 2009. The 2010 loss resulted primarily from a reclassification... Read more of this article

Bermudian Actor in Witherspoon Comedy

Coming fresh off a role in the summer comedy hit “Hot Tub Time Machine”, Bermudian actor Daren A. Herbert is now set to appear alongside Oscar winner Reese Witherspoon and TV comedienne Chelsea Handler in an upcoming romantic comedy. Currently in production in Vancouver, British Columbia the film “This Means War” is about two... Read more of this article

Minister’s Remarks: Global Entrepreneurship Week

This morning [Nov 15] Colonel David Burch, in his capacity as Acting Minister of Environment, Planning and Infrastructure Strategy gave a statement on the initiatives of Global Entrepreneurship Week, an initiative which is supported by a trio of Ministries, including the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, the Ministry of Environment, Planning... Read more of this article

Jack Black Discovers Lilliput…off Bermuda

Actor Jack Black plays Lemuel Gulliver, a mailroom clerk at a New York newspaper who discovers Lilliput off the coast of Bermuda, in a modern-day comedic version of the Jonathan Swift classic “Gulliver’s Travels”. In the upcoming new movie Gulliver is a mailroom clerk at a New York newspaper. After Gulliver bluffs his way into an assignment... Read more of this article

Relocation of the Environmental Health Section

Last week the Environmental Health Section of the Department of Health relocated their offices from the Old Hospital Building on 7 Point Finger Road, Paget to the Continental Building, Burnaby Street, Hamilton. They moved from the old hospital in order to make way for the new King Edward Memorial hospital which will be built on the Point Finger Road... Read more of this article

Police Report Burglary-Free Weekend

The Bermuda Police stated that they received no reports of burglaries this past weekend, which is a welcome change from the standard weekend reports which normally involve at least one burglary, if not more. In addition, there were no shootings or serious road traffic accidents, however the weekend was marred by two serious incidents; the armed robbery... Read more of this article