Tag: Africa
Luiri Gold Registration In Bermuda Complete
Luiri Gold Limited announced that as of September 14th, all administrative actions in connection with the Company’s move of registration from the Province of British Columbia and to Bermuda as an exempted company under the Bermuda Companies Act have been completed. Luiri Gold Limited is a developing gold resource company dedicated to creating... Read more of this article
Premier Cox Expresses Condolences To Ghana
Premier Paula Cox has extended condolence to the Government and people of Ghana on the passing of President John Atta Mills. Mr Atta Mills had ruled the West African country since 2009 and died yesterday [July 24] at age 68. His Vice-President John Dramani Mahama has been sworn in as his replacement.In her message, Premier Cox stated: “On behalf... Read more of this article
Kosmos Signs Contracts With Mauritania
Bermuda-based Kosmos Energy Ltd. said today [Apr. 9] it has signed three production-sharing contracts with the government of Mauritania, allowing the company to explore oil offshore the North-western African country. Kosmos will operate the three blocks with a 90 percent stake. Mauritania’s national oil company, Societe Mauritanienne des Hydrocabures... Read more of this article
Cricket: Bermuda Defeat Uganda In UAE
Stephen Outerbridge captained the Bermuda team in the ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier 13th Place Play-off against Uganda in the United Arab Emirates today [Mar.23]. Uganda won the toss and sent Bermuda to bat, Bermuda scored 179/4 in their allotted 20 overs, Janeiro Tucker was the top scorer with 62 not out, while Fiqre Crockwell added 47 and Lionel Cann... Read more of this article
Blood Diamond Case: Bermuda Firm Cited
Angola’s attorney general has summoned witnesses to testify in a case involving a Bermuda-registered mining company which implicates some of the top figures in the country’s military and security establishment in acts of torture and murder in the diamond fields of north-eastern Angola. The witnesses’ hearings will start tomorrow [Mar.... Read more of this article
Festival Review: “Mother to Mother”
[Bermuda Festival Review: Mother to Mother – written by Alan C. Smith] Mother to Mother, a one woman play, performed masterfully on the City Hall Theatre stage by singer, playwright, actress Thembi Mtshali-Jones, was rewarded with a standing ovation on Tuesday, January 31st. The play, based on a story by Sindiwe Magona and adapted for the stage by... Read more of this article
PLP Mourns Jamaica’s Thompson
The Bermuda Progressive Labour Party is mourning the death of Dudley Thompson, the Jamaican lawyer and former Cabinet Minister who defended the late MP and Bermuda Industrial Union official Dr. Barbara Ball when she stood trial following the 1965 Belco riots. Mr. Thompson [pictured here] died in New York on Friday, January 20, 2012, a day after celebrating... Read more of this article
Dominion Drops Selous Agreement
Bermuda-based Dominion Petroleum has relinquished an oil production sharing agreement it had signed with Tanzania Petroleum Development Corporation over a decade ago, as the firm seeks to distance itself from the controversial exploration works in the Selous game reserve. Larger than Switzerland, Selous is the world’s largest game reserve and... Read more of this article
Spike In LSE Entities Based Here
Bermuda is home to the fourth largest number of non-UK entities listed on the London Stock Exchange [LSE] than any other jurisdiction globally, according to figures from the market authority. LSE data shows that at the end of December 2011 there were 45 Bermuda-incorporated entities listed on either the Main Market, the Alternative Investment Market,... Read more of this article
Bermuda Debate Team In South Africa
The Bermuda Debate Society has sent a local delegation to participate in the World Schools Debate Championships in Cape Town, South Africa, starting on Tuesday [Jan. 17]. Michael Cabot, Shannon Denham, Daniel Pell and Marcus Bean make up the team of young debaters. They will be accompanied by Christianna Hiles, their team coach, and Marisa Sharpe,... Read more of this article
