Archive for December 1st, 2011

Coco Reef Tobago Wins Hotel Award

For the fourth consecutive year, Coco Reef Resort & Spa in Tobago received the 2011 World Travel Award for the “Caribbean’s Leading Hotel”. Bermuda hotelier and owner of Coco Reef Resorts Ltd., John Jefferis accepted the award at the ceremony held at the Sandals Resort in Montego Bay, Jamaica. Coco Reef Resorts also owns sister property Coco... Read more of this article

Gorham’s 2nd Installation: Solar Energy

Alternative Energy Systems (Bermuda) Ltd. (AES) has been given approval by Gorham’s True Value Home Centre to complete the second installation of the photovoltaic solar energy system to generate electricity at its store in Pembroke. The second phase of installation will consist of an additional 86 kilowatts of capacity that combined with the 16 kilowatts... Read more of this article

Warwick Academy Christmas Fair

This coming Saturday [Dec.3] Warwick Academy will host their Annual Christmas Fair from 10am to 5pm. With free admission and parking, the fair will feature various fun events and offerings including Kiddieland, a Giant Slide, visits with Santa, Karaoke area, food stalls, book stalls, game stalls, baked goodies and more. Related Stories Warwick Academy... Read more of this article

Roberts & Glasford On BBA Executive

The Directors of the Bermuda Bicycle Association have approved the addition of two members to the Executive Committee, with Wenda Roberts and Arthur Glasford joining the committee with immediate effect. The committee is now comprised of Jeff Amaral, Martin Bolton, Peter Dunne, Glasford, Nigel Godfrey, John Narraway, Wenda Roberts and Duncan Simons.... Read more of this article

CedarBridge Students Raise $2,500

Big-hearted students at CedarBridge Academy banded together to raise funds for a fellow student battling leukemia yesterday [Nov.30] CedarBridge’s Mikaela O’Brien, Tracey Trott, Roshanda Caines and Leroyce Mills: More than $2,500 was raised through a “Grub Day” for Nahge O’Brien, who was diagnosed with leukemia in December,... Read more of this article

Phillips Top Scorer In Slovakia Win

Bermudian professional basketball player Sullivan Phillips was the top scorer for BC Prievidza of the Slovakia National Basketball League, in their win over eighth-ranked Vahostav-Zilina yesterday [Nov.30]. Mr Phillips led the team in scoring with 21 points, he also had 6 rebounds and 6 assists. Prievidza managed to secure a one-point victory 86-85,... Read more of this article

‘Rudolph’ Film Wins TV Ratings By A Nose

A Bermuda filmmaker’s evergreen Christmas special chased off a herd of scantily clad supermodels to win the top spot in US TV ratings on Tuesday [Nov. 29]. The 39th CBS broadcast of Bermudian Arthur Rankin Jr.’s “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” clocked nearly 13 million American television viewers — a four percent improvement... Read more of this article

Bermuda’s ‘Most Wonderful Time’

It’s the most wonderful time of the year in Bermuda — and veteran entertainer Chris Broadhurst today [Dec.1] released a Bermudianised version of the classic Christmas song to prove the point. The Bermudian singer/songwriter’s local take on “The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year” — a festive season perennial since... Read more of this article

‘Lightning Strikes’ For Bermuda Writer

The latest book in the ongoing “Bermy Chick” chronicles is now available — a new page-turner by author Cha’Von K. Clarke about an outwardly successful Bermuda woman whose upwardly mobile future could be threatened by past indiscretions. “Everyone has a ‘Black Sheep’ in the family — and at least one woman... Read more of this article

Northern Offshore Options Exercised

Bermuda’s Northern Offshore, Ltd. today [Dec.1] reported that its subsidiary, Northern Offshore UK Limited, has received a early declaration from Maersk Olie og Gas AS exercising both of the remaining one-year options for the jackup rig Energy Endeavour. The anticipated commencement date of the option period is April 2012, which commits the... Read more of this article

‘Magisterial Study’ Of Military Memorials

It’s been said memorials become relics if they do not stir the modern conscience — and the Bermuda National Trust and the National Museum hope to do just that with a newly launched joint publication. “Bermuda Memorial Inscriptions” by H.R and R.C. Tulloch looks at inscriptions from all the memorials found in the naval, military... Read more of this article

‘Disposable’ Bermuda Sidecars Blasted

Berkshire Hathaway Inc.’s Franklin [Tad] Montross has criticised Wall Street, private-equity firms and some Bermuda operations for creating “disposable” sidecars he claims may not have the backing of their founders in three to five years. “The investment term is obviously out of sync with the duration of the liabilities,” Montross,... Read more of this article