Archive for November 20th, 2011
2010 Health Financing Summit Report
As Bermuda prepares for the 2011 Health Financing Summit, take a look back at the 2010 – which summarizes last year’s discussions at the Summit, which was held at the Fairmont Hamilton Princess. The objectives of the Health Financing Summit 2010 were three-fold, to: engage industry stakeholders in discussion about rising healthcare costs and possible... Read more of this article
Videos: Premier’s Concert Showcases Local Talent
Scores of people turned out last night [Nov.19] at the Ruth Seaton James Auditorium to see some of the Island’s top young performers take the stage for the Premier’s Concert. The Premier’s Concert — first introduced in December of 1985 by then Cultural Affairs Officer Ruth Thomas — is presented by the Department of Community... Read more of this article
Photos/Video: Tokio Youth Bike Races
The Tokio Youth Mountain Bike Series kicked off yesterday [Nov.19] with scores of children turning up at the Arboretum to participate in the races. The free seven race series, sponsored by Tokio Millenium Re Ltd. and Bicycle Works, is sanctioned by the Bermuda Bicycle Association, returns for a sixth year on November 19th. - Its aim is to introduce... Read more of this article
Group To Host Parallel Computing Seminar
A world authority in the field of parallel computing will be providing an introductory seminar on the subject to the Bermuda .NET Users Group next month [Dec.1], Before moving to Bermuda, Tiberiu Covaci worked in Sweden as developer and architect in different projects. In 2004 he started Many-core, a company that helped customers around Europe to... Read more of this article
Videos: Minister Furbert Sings In UK
[Updated] Tourism Minister Wayne Furbert’s version of “Bermuda Is Another World” at a London hospitality event reached an international audience when his impromptu performance went out over the social networking site Twitter, he revealed in Parliament on Friday [Nov. 18]. Mr. Furbert said he sang the opening verse of the island’s... Read more of this article
Enduring Legacy Of Bermuda’s Mary Prince
Published exactly 180 years ago, Bermuda slave Mary Prince’s narrative of her life of servitude on the island and in the Caribbean has lost none of its power to shock. Or to inspire understanding and reconciliation among peoples. For Mary Prince’s first-hand account of the atrocities of slavery was not just intended as an indictment of... Read more of this article
Chris & Ashley Estwanik Win 2011 Bacardi 8K
[Updated with full results] Husband and wife duo Chris and Ashley Estwanik repeated their wins from last year, and ran away with the Male and Female Bacardi 8K Titles this morning [Nov.20]. The race started and finished at Bacardi Headquarters, with runners heading along Pitt’s Bay Road to Cox’s Hill Roundabout, St. John’s Road, North Shore Road,... Read more of this article
Corona League Results & Cup Draw
Yesterday [Nov.19] in Corona League action, St. George’s Colts and West End United drew, BAA beat Valley, St. David’s lost to the North Village Rams, and Flanagans Onions defeated Robin Hood. The St. George’s Colts drew 1 – 1 with West End United after Sinclair Gibbons scored for the St. George’s Colts, while Matthew Carvelho found... Read more of this article
KPMG Gives Back To Bermuda Community
Corporate volunteering is an integral part of the KPMG corporate responsibility strategy in Bermuda, the company said. And aside from charitable undertakings individual employees are encouraged to participate in on an ongoing basis, every year the company sets aside a day for the firm to work with the local community. Employees of the Bermuda offices... Read more of this article
Day #1: Equestrian Fall Show
The BHPA Fall Show got underway at the national Equestrian Center on Vesey Street yesterday [Nov.19] with the competitors and horses competing in front of Judge Susan Hawes, from Calgary and Bermuda’s Pam Mahoney. Itza Miracle with Keira Whited won the Puddle Jumping 0.70m – Horses & Ponies Class, while Damsel Fly and Caitlin Bean won the... Read more of this article
Cambridge Beaches Hosts Celebrity Golfers
During a summit meeting with US President Dwight Eisenhower held at Bermuda’s Mid Ocean Club in 1953, Sir Winston Churchill is said to have looked out over its famous course and repeated his celebrated observation that playing a good round of golf was as difficult as chasing a quinine pill around a cow pasture. Most golfers can relate to the former... Read more of this article
Rachel Brown Is Top Of Perez Hilton’s Pops
One of her parents is from Bermuda, the other is Ethiopian. So it’s hardly surprising American singer-songwriter Rachel Brown’s music fuses island, world, hip-hop and even country sounds into an enchanting groove. Her music is so enchanting, in fact, she recently won on-line gossip/entertainment maven Perez Hilton’s regular song cover... Read more of this article
