Archive for January, 2012

Bermuda Netball Star Profiled In UK

Bermuda nursing student Kiara Baxter, recently selected, to represent England at the upcoming Under-21 World Netball Championships, is featured in the online edition of Britain’s “Nursing Times” magazine today [Jan. 25] Bermuda Hospitals Board scholarship winner Ms Baxter, 20, moved to the UK last year to study, has been named in... Read more of this article

Bermuda Team Uncovers Fuel Risk

Bermuda inspectors have uncovered risks in the aircraft refuelling process at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport, concluding a “potential disaster” could be in the making unless urgent remedial steps are taken. With most of Russia’s airline fleet registered on the island, a team of experts representing the Bermuda Department of Civil... Read more of this article

SUV & Bike Collide in Devonshire

[Updated] At approximately 8am this morning [Jan.25] there was an accident involving an SUV and a motorbike at the junction of South Road and Brighton Hill Road in Devonshire. While it appears that no one sustained any injuries, morning commuters faced temporary traffic delays while emergency personnel attended to the scene. Update: A police spokesperson... Read more of this article

Spike In LSE Entities Based Here

Bermuda is home to the fourth largest number of non-UK entities listed on the London Stock Exchange [LSE] than any other jurisdiction globally, according to figures from the market authority. LSE data shows that at the end of December 2011 there were 45 Bermuda-incorporated entities listed on either the Main Market, the Alternative Investment Market,... Read more of this article

Assured Guaranty In Deal With Radian

Bermuda-headquartered Assured Guaranty Ltd. announced yesterday [Jan. 24] that Assured Guaranty Municipal Corp. has entered into an agreement to reassume $12.9 billion of par it had previously ceded to Radian Asset Assurance Inc. Also, through Assured Guaranty Corp., Assured Guaranty has agreed to reinsure approximately $1.8 billion of Radian Asset... Read more of this article

Agency Places PartnerRe Under Review

Ratings agency A.M. Best Co. has placed under review with negative implications the financial strength rating [FSR] of A+ [Superior] and issuer credit ratings [ICR] of “aa-” of Bermuda’s Partner Reinsurance Company Ltd. and its affiliates. A.M. Best also has placed under review with negative implications the ICR of “a-”... Read more of this article

Premier To Host Town Hall Tonight

Premier Paula Cox will host the second on a series of Town Hall meetings to discuss the upcoming National Budget tonight [Jan.25] at the Leopard’s Club in Hamilton starting at 7.30pm. Premier Cox will be joined by Patrice Minors, Minister of Economy,Trade and Industry; Wayne Perinchief, Minister of National Security; Michael Scott, Minister of Government... Read more of this article

Hayward: Economy, Race, Environment

Yesterday [Jan.24] Chairman of the Bermuda Environmental Sustainability Taskforce [BEST] Stuart Hayward Speech spoke to the Hamilton Rotary Club. Mr Hayward touched on a number of matters including environmental, economic, racial and social aspects. “We don’t produce a single thing that the rest of the world needs,” said Mr Hayward. “All... Read more of this article

Bermuda Festival Review: Alvin Ailey

[Bermuda Festival Review - written by Alan C. Smith] The junior company of the legendary Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre delivered dependably on the opening night of Ailey II. While I was not personally blown away, and I gathered by audience reaction and comments I was not alone in this, there was impressive passion, athleticism and flawless technique... Read more of this article

Photos: Four Whales Fight Over Female

Whale researcher Andrew Stevenson captured photos of four male humpback whales fighting over a female on Monday [Jan.23], with the ocean love fest taking place approximately 25 miles off Bermuda in deep waters. Mr Stevenson said it was the first time he has witnessed humpback mating behaviour entirely consistent with courting humpbacks he has observed... Read more of this article

BDOT’s Marketing Push Overseas

The Bermuda Department of Tourism [BDOT] said they are continuing their marketing push overseas with a “campaign that involves radio broadcasts, television commercials, billboards in high traffic locales, wrapped trolleys and more.” The campaign kicked off in earnest on Monday [Jan.23]. Television viewers in New York and Boston will experience... Read more of this article

Workshop: Teaching Adaptive Behaviours

Wednesday, January 18th saw Tomorrow’s Voices Autism Centre hold its fifth monthly workshop in its year-long 2011/12 Training Institute. The 2-hour interactive workshop, titled “Teaching Adaptive Behaviours To Youth With Disabilities”, highlighted that adaptive behaviours are particularly important for youth with disabilities as these young people... Read more of this article