Archive for December 3rd, 2011
Video: Perozzi To Fight in Trinidad
Bermuda’s Teresa Perozzi will battle Trinidad’s Lorissa Rivas for the WBC and WIB Women’s Middleweight Title Belts on Boxing Day in Trinidad. We spoke to Ms Perozzi about the upcoming bout, where she will for the second time in her career do battle in Trinidad. Ms Perozzi is coming off a lay-off but is quickly finding her fighting skills coming... Read more of this article
Harness Pony Racing Results
Harness Pony racing action at the National Equestrian Center on Vesey Street last night [Dec.2] saw Big Red Machine and Colin Mello once again blaze the track clocking a time of 1:02/1 in the 1:04/4 and Faster Class, EJ Carreiro and Abbey’s Dream finished second in the class with a time of 1:04 flat and GV Crystal Ball with Edward Roque in the bike... Read more of this article
Claire Howard To Compete In Guatemala
One of Bermuda’s top equestrian competitors will be participating next week in the final of the FEI World Jumping Challenge to be held in Guatemala City from December 6th to 10th 2011. Claire Howard won the right to represent Bermuda in this prestigious event by finishing second behind a rider from the Dominican Republic in our area which comprises... Read more of this article
Photos: Cedarbridge’s Santa’s Pink Suit
Students of the CedarBridge Drama Department presented “Santa’s Pink Suit,” a family comedy written and directed by Patricia Nesbitt last night [Dec.2]. The set represented Santa’s house at the North Pole, and the play opened with a scene on May 24th when Bermudians celebrate Bermuda Day and ends on Christmas Eve. On Bermuda... Read more of this article
Health Minister Speaks On FutureCare
Speaking in the House of Assembly yesterday [Dec.2] Minister of Health Zane Desilva responded to Louise Jackson’s recent statements on FutureCare saying, “Although we applaud the tenacity and passion of our Honourable Member, yet again we have found that the research and fact gathering have been poor.” Speaking earlier this week, the... Read more of this article
Video: East End ‘Here Comes Santa Claus’
Santa Claus bypassed Santa Claus Lane last night [Dec.2] and instead came right down Duke of York Street in St. George’s to St. Peter’s Church. During the National Trust Christmas Walkabout in the East End, members of the Bermuda Menuhin Foundation Youth String Orchestra performed the festive season favourite “Here Comes Santa Claus”... Read more of this article
Bermuda Artist Is In Her ‘Elements’
Artistic harmony has long been defined as meaning the relationship between all the elements used in a composition is balanced. Now Bermuda artist Lexy Correia [pictured] has interpreted this rule both literally and figuratively for her first solo show “Elements” which opens at the Bermuda Arts Centre at Dockyard tomorrow [Dec. 4]. The acrylic... Read more of this article
Lazard: Regulatory Change ‘Necessary’
The CEO of Bermuda’s Lazard Ltd. says regulatory changes to the US banking industry were “necessary” and “appropriate” in the wake of the financial crisis. “There needs to be some separation of the activities that people do for their own account versus the ones that they do on behalf of clients,” Kenneth Jacobs said yesterday [Dec.2]... Read more of this article
Video: How Bermuda Saved Jamestown
When the survivors of the Bermuda “Sea Venture” wreck arrived in Virginia in 1610, they found the English settlement of Jamestown reduced to what has been called “a worlde of miserie” — with famished colonists eating dogs, cats and snakes. And perhaps one another. The castaways, who finally escaped from the island aboard... Read more of this article
Video: Putting Portuguese History In Focus
Every year, five weeks after Easter, Bermuda’s Portuguese community act out a colourful, 300-year-old tradition which started in the Azores. The annual Senhor Santo Cristo dos Milagres Festival is the highlight of the Portuguese Catholic calendar with hundreds packing into St. Theresa’s Cathedral. This festa is modelled after the one that is... Read more of this article
Best Spotlights New XL Bermuda Team
Ratings agency A.M. Best says XL Insurance [Bermuda] Ltd. is solving insurance problems in innovative ways with a new team launched to handle unique, highly complex insurance risks. James Loder –chief underwriting officer/senior vice president of XL’s new Complex Situational Insurance Team – said the team is focusing on creating... Read more of this article
