Archive for December 1st, 2010

$10,000 Per School: Adopt A School

During a press conference this afternoon (Dec 1) the Minister of Education Dame Jennifer Smith publicly recognised members of the community who have signed up to be a part of the Adopt A School initiative, which included former Premier Dr Ewart Brown, Minister Zane DeSilva and Senator David Burt. The Adopt A School programme is the brainchild of Minister... Read more of this article

David Cox Denies Murder of Yankee Rawlins

This morning [Dec 1] during the monthly arraignment sessions in Supreme Court 31-year-old David Jahwell Cox of Club Road, Smiths denied the premeditated murder of Troy “Yankee” Rawlins. He also denied charges of possessing a firearm and using a firearm with intent to commit an indictable offence. He was remanded in custody and will go on... Read more of this article

Upcoming: Festive Fists Fight Night

The Teachers Rugby Football Club will be hosting the 12th Annual Fight Night this coming Saturday (Dec 5) at the Berkeley Institute Auditorium starting at 8pm. Billing it as “an action packed night to start off the Holiday Season,” tickets for “Festive Fists” start at $85 and are available online from www.premiertickets.bm, from any TRFC member,... Read more of this article

Project Agreement for New Hospital Signed

Bermuda Hospitals Board (BHB) today (Dec 1) announced that it has signed a project agreement with Paget Health Services to design, build, finance and maintain a new building on the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital site. Paget Health Services (PHS) is a consortium of local and international firms. The new building will be a purpose-built structure... Read more of this article

Bermuda To Sign TIEA With China

Tomorrow, the Premier and Minister of Finance Paula Cox will sign a Tax Information Exchange Agreement (TIEA) with the Peoples Republic of China. This will be the third such treaty signed in Bermuda, after TIEAs with Canada and Portugal were signed earlier this year. To date Bermuda has signed a total of 23 Agreements (22 TIEAs and one Double Taxation... Read more of this article

Madeiros New Chairman: Centre on Philanthropy

Insurance executive Brian Duppereault officially handed over the chairman of the Board position to Bermudian Brian Madeiros at The Centre on Philanthropy’s Annual General Meeting on Monday November 29, at Charities House in Paget. Mr. Madeiros, who assumed the position on July 1 of this year, paid tribute to Mr. Duppereault’s five years at the helm,... Read more of this article

19-Year-Old Briefly Escapes Police Custody

[Updated] A short while ago this afternoon (Dec 1) a person took off running and escaped from Police custody in Hamilton, however was quickly taken back into custody. An eyewitness told us the person “just took off“ and the Police gave chase until they ran out of his eye view. He then said additional Police officers responded, and there were Police... Read more of this article

Video: Marine Police Assist Fishing Boat

This morning (Dec 1) the fishing boat No Man’s Land, with three people aboard, was located a few miles off of St. George’s, when the crew made a distress call after the boat began rapidly filling with water. The Bermuda Maritime Operations Center received the call on Channel 16 at approximately 10:20am from a local fishing saying their boat was... Read more of this article

Maybury Pleads Not Guilty: Attempted Shooting

“Facebook Fugitive” Alvone Maybury appeared in court today (Dec 1) during the monthly arraignment sessions and plead not guilty to conspiring with others to shoot Raymond “Yankee” Rawlins on December 16, 2009. Mr Maybury was charged with firearm related offences, and also with conspiring with Anthony Swan and others to shoot Raymond Rawlins. As... Read more of this article

Allied World Completes Redomestication

Allied World Assurance Company Holdings announced today (Dec 1) that it has completed the previously announced redomestication of its group holding company from Bermuda to Switzerland. The new Swiss holding company will remain subject to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission reporting requirements, the applicable corporate governance rules of... Read more of this article

Two Failed Handbag Snatches: Man Arrested

Two female would-be victims of a handbag snatcher refused to let go of their purses and left the suspect to flee empty handed yesterday evening, and a man was subsequently arrested in connection with both incidents. Police say that yesterday [Nov 30] a 41-year-old Pembroke woman was walking along Parliament Street in Pembroke near the junction with... Read more of this article

History: Ramsbotham on Politics, Race, Riots

Former Governor Sir Peter Ramsbotham said entrenched racism turned Bermuda into “a one-party dictatorship” in the 1960s and ’70s and was the underlying cause of the 1977 riots. The riots, which broke out 33 years ago, convulsed Bermuda for three days, causing three deaths along with millions of dollars in property damage. The immediate... Read more of this article