Archive for July, 2011
Bermuda Pacers: Four Golds In North Carolina
The first day of the 2011 Russell E. Blunt East Coast Invitational at Duke University in North Carolina saw the Bermuda Pacers pick up four Gold medals. Justin Donawa won the Intermediate Boys Triple Jump with a leap of 14.03m, while Elisha Darrell won the Boys High Jump leaping 1.52m. With a time of 11:30.32 Zakiyyah Showers won the Gold Medal in the... Read more of this article
Premier On TCD Overspend: “Will Be No Repeat”
Speaking in the House of Assembly yesterday [July 22] about the over spending for the TCD project, Premier Paula Cox said she can “state with great conviction that there will be no repeat of this type of performance under this Government. It is never good enough in my view to duplicate the performances of the past, where these are found wanting.” In... Read more of this article
Dunkley: Maximum Effort Can Reduce Crime
[Written by Senator Michael Dunkley, Shadow Minister for National Security] We appreciate the Police Commissioner’s analysis that the long-term crime trend is going down, and we want to say upfront that the Police deserve credit for recent high-profile successes in gun and drug seizures. However we remain deeply concerned and worried that the most... Read more of this article
Music Video: Corvin Melody ‘Bermuda Is’
Corvin Melody – aka Corvin Lathan-Ratteray – is back on the scene with a new music video and album release. A well known staple of the local reggae music scene in the 90s, Corvin has signed on with the Bermuda Soul record label and his first video is now online. The summer before graduating from high school, Corvin traveling to Jamaica... Read more of this article
XL Remarketing Plans For 8.25% Senior Notes
XL Group plc announced today [July 22] that its wholly-owned subsidiary, XL Company Switzerland GmbH, has entered into a Remarketing Agreement relating to the remarketing of XL’s $575 million aggregate principal amount of 8.25% senior notes due August 2021 comprising a part of the Equity Security Units issued in 2008. Goldman, Sachs & Co. will... Read more of this article
Afternoon Accidents In The East & West
At approximately 2pm today [July 22] there was an accident in the Ord Road, Paget area in which it appears a bike may have struck a truck. It appears the Police removed the bike from the scene in the back of a truck, and we unofficially understand the male bike rider received minor injuries. At approximately 3pm, there was another accident... Read more of this article
Police Seize 15 Cannabis Plants in Devonshire
Police have made yet another seizure of cannabis plants, marking the fifth time plants have been seized in the last few weeks. Last night [July 21] officers confiscated 15 cannabis plants from the Cedar Park Road, Devonshire area. A Police spokesman said, “Around 8pm on Thursday, police attended the Cedar Park Road, Devonshire area after a report... Read more of this article
Ministerial Statement: Budget & Staffing at MAWI
Minister of Health Zane Desilva delivered a statement this morning [July 22] in the House of Assembly about the budget and staffing at the Mid-Atlantic Wellness Institute. The statement follows in full below: Mr. Speaker, there has been some speculation and comment in the media over recent days about the impact of budget reductions on services at the... Read more of this article
Cooper 2nd At Youth North American Champs
Local youth Sunfish sailors Mackenzie Cooper [16] and Benn Smith [12] represented Bermuda at the 2011 Sunfish Youth North American Championships, hosted by the Barrington Yacht Club in Bartrington, RI on July 20th and 21st. In the youth competition consisting of 15 boats, skippers must not have turned 19 before Jan 1 2012.The fleet experienced some... Read more of this article
Joint Select Committee Crime Report Tabled
[Updated with videos] Minister of National Security Wayne Perinchief today [July 22] welcomed the tabling of the Report of the Joint Select Committee on the Causes of Violence and Gun Crime in Bermuda. Dozens of people appeared before the committee including Digicel CEO and Rise Above co-founder Wayne Caines, a group of CedarBridge Academy guidance... Read more of this article
Bermuda Beat Cayman, Qualify For Dubai
[Updated - Bermuda win] The Bermuda cricket team which will face the Cayman Islands at 2:30 today [June 22] has been named; D Hemp, L Cann, F Crockwell, K Leverock, D Minors, R Trott, O Bascome, M Jones, G O’Brien, Damali Bell and J Gilbert. Bermuda won the toss and elected to bowl. This is Bermuda’s fourth game in the ICC Americas Region... Read more of this article
BBFS Announces Soccer@Sea Partnership
Soccer@Sea, Bermuda’s Brazilian Football School [BBFS] and Bermuda’s Sports Management Group [BSMG] have formed a partnership. Soccer@Sea compromises groups going on Royal Caribbean Cruise ships, where they undergoing training as well as meet up with local teams in port to play 5-a-side games and beach soccer tournaments. Owners of Soccer@Sea... Read more of this article
