Archive for December 14th, 2010
UBP Candidate: Suzanne Roberts-Holshouser
This morning [Dec 14] the United Bermuda Party introduced Senator Suzann Roberts-Holshouser as the party’s new candidate for Constituency #4, St. George’s South. The former St. David’s MP has deep family roots in the East End. A Bermuda College graduate, she is well known as a television weather presenter and is currently the operations... Read more of this article
Free CableVision Channels For Holiday
Bermuda CableVision is extending the gift of a Free Preview to all its customers for the holidays. During the event, all subscribers to CableVision’s television service will be able to access the company’s full line-up of channels, with the exception of Pay-Per-View and HDTV, at no additional cost. The Free Preview will run for more than two weeks,... Read more of this article
Photos: Housefire On St Monica’s Road
[Updated] Smoke poured into the air this morning [Dec 14] in the St Monica’s Road, Pembroke area after a house caught on fire at approximately 10am.. The Bermuda Fire Service responded with at least three fire vehicles, and a number of personnel. It is unclear at this time whether anyone was injured, however area residents told us they believe... Read more of this article
Opinion Column: Paycuts are Coming
[Written by Larry Burchall] If, as promised, the Minister for Finance cuts $150,000,000 from next year’s Budget, the Minister will be slashing some Government services and operations, as well as cutting Civil Service and BIU employee pay. Or the Minister may try an accounting sleight-of-hand and say that only ‘capital spending’ will be cut. Out... Read more of this article
Singer’s Heart Belongs To Elbow Beach
A British singer and television personality once voted the sexiest woman alive in the UK says she is living happily ever after after marrying in Bermuda 12 years ago – even naming an album of romantic songs “Elbow Beach” in honour of the venue where her nuptials took place. Louise Rednkapp, 36, married Liverpool Football midfielder... Read more of this article
Beazley Drops Bid for Rival Hardy
Beazley, the Lloyd’s of London insurer, today [Dec 14] said it has given up its attempt to acquire Hardy Underwriting Bermuda after having their third bid [$287 million] rejected. In a brief statement today, Beazley said it had submitted a final offer of up to 350 pence per share for Hardy, however Hardy said it would only consider an offer substantially... Read more of this article
Historical Video: ‘Neptune’s Daughter’ Resurfaces
Almost a century old, film footage of Bermuda shot for a silent-era mermaid fantasy has resurfaced in an Australian movie archive. Long considered a lost film, the 71-minute movie about a mermaid who falls in love with the surface-dwelling king.was shot on location in Bermuda in 1913 and made an overnight star out of Annette Kellerman, an Australian-born... Read more of this article
Video: Animated 2010 Hurricane Season
A new animation programme based on US National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration tracking data provides a dramatic visualisation of the just-ended 2010 hurricane season, showing the near-misses Bermuda experienced this year — as well as the island’s close brush with Igor. The Atlantic hurricane season runs between June and November.... Read more of this article
New Bermuda Book: Freedom’s Flames
The second book in the ‘Icon Series’ has been released by Colwyn Burchall Jr. – “Freedom’s Flames: Slavery in Bermuda and The True Story of Sally Bassett.” The book, which is aimed at younger readers, was written by Bermudian Colwyn Burchall Jr, who presently divides his time between freelance writing and working as a... Read more of this article
