Archive for January 3rd, 2012
Video: Teresa Perozzi Fight Highlights
Watch a brief video clip of Bermuda’s Teresa Perozzi take on Trinidad’s Lorissa Rivas on December 30th, when she walked away with the WBA Middleweight Title and the WBC Silver/Final Elimination Title in Trinidad & Tobago. This was Ms Perozzi’s eighth win in 13 bouts [with four defeats and a draw], while Ms Rivas fell to four wins and three... Read more of this article
Importing Heroin: Not Guilty Plea
Four men, all charged with being involved in a conspiracy to import heroin, appeared at the first arraignment session of 2012 this morning [Jan.3]. All four pleaded not guilty. The charge was that between a date unknown and 2nd June 2011, they had conspired to import a quantity of heroin. The four were: Warwick resident Lorenzo Wayne Lottimore 32; Hamilton... Read more of this article
Photos: Football Friendship Finals
The North Village Rams won the Friendship Trophy Sunday [Jan.1] after defeating the Somerset Trojans 4 – 0. Eight minutes into the game the Trojans goalkeeper Shaquille Bean made two saves in less than a minute to keep the score at 0 – 0. Five minutes later North Village Rams winger Keishen Bean had a right footed shot pushed against the upright... Read more of this article
Latvian Denies Gun & Drug Charges
In this morning’s [Jan.3] Supreme Court Monthly Arraignments 28-year-old Latvian national and ocean sailor Janis Zegelis was charged with number of firearm and drug offences, and pleaded not guilty to all charges. He had been charged with importing and also possessing a 9mm Beretta automatic pistol; importing and possessing 192 rounds of 9mm ammunition;... Read more of this article
Two Men Deny North Shore Shooting
In this morning’s [Jan.3] Supreme Court Monthly Arraignments two men pleaded not guilty to conspiracy to murder charge. Pelealkhali Williams [23] and Jonathan Dill [28] both pleaded not guilty to charges that in October 2011, they had conspired with others not before the Courts to murder Rodney Grimes; and that they had similarly conspired to commit... Read more of this article
Ship Finance, Frontline Amend Terms
Bermuda’s Ship Finance International Limited today [Jan. 3] announced that it has successfully completed previously announced amendments to its chartering agreements with oil tanker firm Frontline Ltd. Also headquartered in Bermuda, Frontline — one of the world’s largest oil tanker shipping companies — announced the completion... Read more of this article
Helen Of Troy Seals P&G Deal
Bermuda-based consumer products company Helen of Troy Ltd today [Jan. 3] said it had closed an agreement to acquire the PUR water purification products business from Procter & Gamble [P&G]. The PUR business sells and markets a variety of high-quality water filtration products under its namesake PUR brand. The division offers products including... Read more of this article
Socius: Women’s Health Research
Bionovo Inc., a US pharmaceutical company focused on the discovery and development of safe and effective treatments for women’s health and cancer, today [Jan.3] announced that it has entered into a $5 million securities purchase agreement with Socius CG II, Ltd., a Bermuda-based subsidiary of Socius Capital Group, LLC. “In a challenging... Read more of this article
