Archive for May 17th, 2012
$5,000 Prize Offered In BDOT Video Competition
The Bermuda Department of Tourism [BDOT] will be sponsoring a local competition for residents interested in promoting the Island through film. The quarterly video competition is open to all Bermuda residents and the winner stands to win $5,000. Minister of Business Development and Tourism Wayne Furbert recently announced the new initiative at the BDOT’s... Read more of this article
Delegation To Travel To Singapore & Hong Kong
The Ministry of Business Development and Tourism and Business Bermuda are leading a trade delegation to international conferences in Asia as well as hosting high level promotions in the region’s two leading financial centers. The delegation will begin its tour in Singapore. They will engage in meetings with local business leaders before attending... Read more of this article
Police: No Further Action On Man In Sheet
The police released a statement today [May 17] saying the incident last month in which a man was found bound and wrapped in a sheet was “regrettable and misguided,”and as there was no criminal intent no further police action is required. Last month the police said that police were on patrol in the North Shore Road, East Park Lane Pembroke... Read more of this article
“Surviving The Economic Slowdown” Seminar
Small business owners convened this morning [May 17] at HSBC Bermuda’s Harbourview Centre in a business seminar entitled “Surviving the Economic Slowdown”. Organised by HSBC Bermuda in collaboration with the Bermuda Economic Development Corporation, the seminar was attended by over 60 business owners and featured a panel of expert speakers... Read more of this article
OBA: ‘Cannot Spend Our Way Out Of Recession’
[Updated] The One Bermuda Alliance held a press conference this afternoon [May 17], with Leader Craig Cannonier and Shadow Finance Minister Bob Richards speaking on the Ireland Island housing project. Last week Minister of Public Works Michael Weeks announced the project, which he said would cost $36 million and be paid for by the West End Development... Read more of this article
Open House For Emergency Medical Services Week
Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs) at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital (KEMH) will mark Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Week beginning 21 May at City Hall. They will be joined by representatives from the Police and Fire Departments and St. John’s Ambulance in hosting an Open House between 10:00am to 2:00pm. Members of the public are invited to... Read more of this article
Saltus School Launches iPad Programme
Students in the Lower Primary Department at Saltus Grammar School are taking learning into their own hands—literally. The school has launched a pilot iPad programme for its youngest students, becoming the first Bermuda school to do so. “This initiative is in keeping with Saltus’s vision to be at the forefront of technology integration in the classroom—it... Read more of this article
Logic Cricket Players Of The Week: Tucker, Cann
Tthe Logic Premier Player of the Week is Kwame Tucker of Southampton Rangers Sports Club. In the game against Devonshire Recreation Club, Mr Tucker scored 122 runs to help lead his team to a season high total of 400 for 5. The Logic 1st Division Player of the Week is Lionel Cann of Warwick Workmens Club. In the game against PHC Mr Cann guided his new... Read more of this article
Cruise Passenger Fined $800 For Cannabis
26-year-old Brooklyn resident Jonathan Cruz — who is visiting Bermuda as a passenger on the cruise ship “Norwegian Star” — this morning [May 17] pleaded guilty to possessing 12 grams of cannabis. According to the Crown Prosecutor, at 1:52pm on Wednesday 16th May, a Bermuda Customs K-9 search team had found the illegal drug in a cabin... Read more of this article
Mengel Named Interim Orient-Express CEO
Bermuda baseed Orient-Express Hotels Ltd. announced that Board member Philip R. Mengel has been named Interim Chief Executive Officer while the Board continues its search for a permanent CEO. J. Robert “Bob” Lovejoy, who has been serving as Interim CEO since July 2011, will remain Chairman of the Board. Mr. Mengel said, “On behalf... Read more of this article
Low Flying Airplane Over Bermuda Today
A specialist survey aircraft will fly at low altitudes over Bermuda today [May 17], taking high resolution aerial photography of the island, using a camera mounted in the fuselage. As the public was advised in late March, an aerial survey of Bermuda is currently underway with the aim of providing current geographical data of the island. Plane flying... Read more of this article
Parliamentary Questions About Construction Costs
Yesterday [May 15] in the Senate the Government responded to questions posed by the Opposition regarding a Bermuda Housing Corporation project from a decade ago. The project was built in the Orange Hole St David’s area, and consisted of 20 units. Bermuda Composite Construction served as the main contractor, while Bermuda Building Services... Read more of this article
