Archive for March, 2011

Industrial Accident: 67-Yr-Old Man Injured

Yesterday afternoon [Mar.28] a 67-year-old man was injured in an industrial accident on Woodlands Road in Pembroke. A Police spokesman said, “Around 2:15pm on Monday, Police responded to a reported industrial accident on Woodlands Road in Pembroke. The Bermuda Fire & Rescue Service also attended the scene.” “It appears that the... Read more of this article

Jimmy Keys To Perform Again in Bermuda

Jimmy Keys, a former regular on the Bermuda entertainment circle, will be heading back to Bermuda in May for a two night performance. The event is a fundraiser for the Bermuda Hockey Federation [BHF], and will be held at the Fairmont Hamilton Princess on May 6th and May 7th, starting at 8pm. Tickets are available at www.bdatix.bm for $75 each. Mr Keys... Read more of this article

Bermuda Rugby U16 Tour of Ontario

[Written by Ian Henderson] The Bermuda Rugby Football Union (BRFU) has selected a representative team for a National Under 14 Tour of Ontario against a number of the top Ontario rugby schools, including Trinity College School, in the middle of April. This comes at the end of another successful season of rugby for this age-group, which was only started... Read more of this article

“All Dressed Up” Shelly Hamill Spring Collection

Tile mosaic artist Shelly A. Hamill will be highlighting her Spring Collection of “All Dressed Up” at Regali Boutique at Tucker’s Point Hotel & Spa on Friday, April 8th from 6 – 8 p.m. As a child, her maternal grandmother, also an artist, guided Ms Hamill’s artistic eye and talent. Encouraged to seek inspiration in the extraordinary... Read more of this article

Natural Environment Teaching Workshop

Wednesday, March 23rd saw Tomorrow’s Voices Autism Centre continue to strengthen the skills and knowledge of the public when it held its final monthly workshop in its year-long 2010/11 Training Institute. The 2-hour interactive workshop, titled “Natural Environment Teaching (NET)”, dispelled the myth that learning can only take place... Read more of this article

Murder Trial: Antonio Myers Found Guilty

Antonio Myers was found guilty in Supreme Court today [Mar.28]. The Jury returned at 4:15pm to ask two questions. One – What if the defendant handled the gun before the killing? What if he handled the gun after the killing not knowing that it had been used in the killing? Justice Greaves re-directed the Jury tell them that they were not to speculate... Read more of this article

Alterra Bermuda Receives Florida Approval

Alterra Capital Holdings Limited announced today [Mar.28] that Alterra Bermuda Limited received approval from the State of Florida to qualify as an “Eligible Reinsurer,” which allows lower collateral requirements on non-domestic reinsurers that are highly rated and financially secure. Alterra Bermuda Limited will now be able to post 20... Read more of this article

You’re Fired! Looking at Legal Aspects

[Written by attorney Kyle Masters, an associate at Trott & Duncan] In the current climate of economic uncertainty, the last thing an employee wants to have are doubts about is job security. Is it possible for an employer to ‘fire’ an employee on the spot? This article will examine the protections provided to an employee by the Employment Act... Read more of this article

Cricket: Bermuda Lose Practice Match in Dubai

Bermuda played UAE in a practice game in Dubai as part of their Training Camp prior to the start of the Pepsi ICC World Cricket League Division 2 Tournament today [Mar.28], going down by 8 runs. Final score: UAE 251/9 Bermuda 243/8. UAE won toss and opted to bat, they scored 251/9 from their allotted 50 overs. Arshad Ali was the top scorer with 76,... Read more of this article

Exhibit Of Bermuda’s Slavery Archives Opens

Minister Neletha Butterfield recently opened the Bermuda Archives Slavery Exhibit featuring Bermuda’s pre-emancipation period and displaying selected narratives written in the early 1830s by three women of very different circumstances. Pictured below from left to right are CedarBridge Academy students along with Mrs. Kalmar Richards, Principal of... Read more of this article

MPs Expected to Approve SDO Today [Passed]

[Updated - SDO passed] Marking the fourth time the bill has come up for debate, the revised Tucker’s Point Special Development Order [SDO] is back before MPs in the House of Assembly today [Mar.28], and is widely expected to pass. The original SDO passed in the House of Assembly March 1st, with votes 2-1 in favour of the SDO. As in the Senate,... Read more of this article

Jury To Deliberate In Myers Murder Trial

At 1:20pm this afternoon [Mar.28], Justice Carlyle Greaves sent the jury out to consider all the evidence that they have heard and bring back a verdict in the trial of Antonio Myers. Mr Myers is on trial on two counts. Count one is murdering Kumi Harford. Count two is using a firearm to commit an indictable offence. Justice Greaves asked the jury to... Read more of this article