Archive for November 25th, 2010
Photos: Soldiers Awarded for Hurricane Rescue
Bermuda CableVision today [Nov 25] awarded a team of nine officers from the Bermuda Regiment with its latest Community Service Award for ensuring the safe passage of a paralysed man on life support and his heavily pregnant sister to King Edward VII Memorial Hospital as Hurricane Igor battered the island. The Regiment team consisted of: Captain Duncan... Read more of this article
Bermuda Institute Wins Butterfield Challenge
Butterfield hosted the second annual Butterfield Student Challenge this month at the Fairmont Hamilton Princess, and Bermuda Institute walked away with the top prize, with MSA in second and Cedarbridge Academy placing third. Pictured below left to right: Bradford Kopp, Butterfield’s President and CEO; Chanjiv Simons, Bermuda Institute’s Butterfield... Read more of this article
Digicel Wins at World Communications Awards
Bermuda-domiciled Digicel was last night [Nov 24] unveiled as the winner of the “Best Operator in a Developing Market” award at the World Communications Awards 2010. Announced at a glittering awards ceremony at London’s Park Lane Hilton in the UK, Digicel beat competition from the likes of Etisalat Misr, Ezecom, Gateway Communications, Orange... Read more of this article
Recent Incidents Resulting in Arrests
At 3.46 a.m. on Thursday 25th November, Police Officers on patrol on Palmetto Road, Devonshire came across a disturbance in the street. They saw a man standing over a woman who was laying in the street. The officers noted injuries to the woman’s face. The man was arrested for assaulting the woman, and when searched, he was found in possession of a... Read more of this article
UK Butterfield Bank Names New Managing Director
The Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son Limited today [Nov 25] announced that it has appointed Raymond Sykes Managing Director of its London-based subsidiary, Butterfield Bank (UK) Limited. In this capacity, Mr. Sykes will have management responsibility for Butterfield’s private banking operations in the United Kingdom. Mr. Sykes joined Butterfield... Read more of this article
Bermuda’s 2012 CARIFTA Logo Released
The Bermuda Track and Field Association has unveiled the logo for the 2010 CARIFTA Games – which will be held in Bermuda. Bermuda last hosted the event in 2004, which saw the start of the rise of now record holder Usain Bolt of Jamaica who became the first junior athlete to break 20 seconds in the 200 metres, with his winning time of 19.93 set... Read more of this article
US Courts Rule With Insurer: Priest Sex Abuse
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Milwaukee is not entitled to coverage under its commercial general liability policy with Bermuda-domiciled OneBeacon Insurance Co. concerning sexual abuse allegations against former priests because its alleged actions were not accidental, a Wisconsin appellate court has ruled. Affirming lower court decisions, the Wisconsin... Read more of this article
Sprinting: Former Olympians to Face Off
Three of Bermuda’s best all time athletes will face off in a sprinting challenge in a fundraiser for the Bermuda Track and Field Association. Former Olympians Brian Wellman, Troy Douglas and Devon Bean will race a 40m Challenge on Saturday December 4th at 7:00pm at National Sports Centre. One of the best sprinters in Bermuda’s history, Troy... Read more of this article
Michael Douglas Takes Family to Disneyworld
Superstar Michael Douglas has much to be thankful for this Thanksgiving — particularly his improving health. Mr. Douglas and wife Catherine Zeta Jones today released a photograph of them and children Carys, seven, and Dylan, 10, visiting Disneyworld yesterday [Nov. 24] where they celebrated the recent completion of his treatment for Stage IV... Read more of this article
Minister Wilson: Shop Local Campaign
Yesterday [Nov 25] Minister Kim Wilson gave a statement in the Senate on the ‘Shop Local’ campaign, saying the message “it conveys to consumers, that they need to spend their dollars in the local economy.” The Minister said that September marked the eighteenth consecutive month of retail sales decline, with building materials,... Read more of this article
Opposition Leader Issues Thanksgiving Message
Opposition Leader Kim.Swan extended his Thanksgiving wishes: On behalf of my wife Cindy and United Bermuda Party Colleagues, I would like to extend best wishes to our American family and friends for a Happy Thanksgiving. We in Bermuda have enjoyed a long and distinguished friendship with the United States of America. Our American neighbours to the west... Read more of this article
Kara Gibbons on Re/insurance Tour
A Marsh property insurance broker was among a group of Bermudians who participated in an insurance industry educational and networking tour in the United States hosted by Bermuda Under 40s Re/insurance Group. Kara Gibbons, who joined Bowring Marsh in 2005, spent three days with other tour participants in New York attending sessions on a wide range... Read more of this article
