Archive for January, 2015
Weather Forecast For Sunday February 1
Sunday, February 1 is expected to be partly cloudy, with the high to be near 17°C/63°F and the low to be near 16°C/61°F, according to Weather Underground. Winds are expected to be to the NW at 40 to 55 km/h. The relative humidity is expected to be near 53%. Sunrise will be at 7.13am and sunset will be at 5.51pm. High tide will be at 6.49am and 7.07pm,... Read more of this article
Sagicor Moves Barbados HQ After Downgrade
Sagicor Financial Corp plans to move the company’s headquarters out of Barbados after the island’s downgrade led to a rating downgrade of Sagicor Life. The life insurance and financial service was downgraded by Standard and Poor’s last month, two weeks after the rating agency lowered the sovereign rating for Barbados from B to BB-. The statement... Read more of this article
Wells Injured As Huddersfield Go Down To Leeds
Nahki Wells was injured ten minutes into his game today [Jan 31] when the 24 year old’s Huddersfield Town team faced Leeds United at the John Smith’s Stadium and were defeated 2 – 1 at their home field. After the game Huddersfield Town Manager Chris Powell said, “Nahki [Wells] got a blow on his foot early on and it swelled up; he... Read more of this article
M+P Models To Represent Lillian Lightbourn
In a social media post that refers to Miss Bermuda Lillian Lightbourn as “gorgeous,” UK-based M+P Models has revealed that Ms Lightbourn will become part of their commercial board. M+P’s post on Facebook, which included four photos of Ms. Lightbourn, said, “How gorgeous is our new girl Lily Lightbourn?! Welcome to the commercial... Read more of this article
BBFS To Host Girls Football Skills Clinic & Camp
Bermuda’s Brazilian Football School [BBFS] invites all female football players to their Girls [age 9 to 16] only camp which will be hosted at BHS from February 9th – 13th, 2015, A spokesperson said, “The camp will focus on technical, tactical and skills development in group play. A core focus will be individual and team preparation... Read more of this article
Bermuda Coalition To Attend CADCA Forum
Eleven representatives from Bermuda Coalition are headed to the Washington D.C. area to join more than 2,500 substance abuse prevention specialists and advocates from throughout the USA, Canada, Hawaii, Africa, and South America for Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America’s [CADCA] 25th Annual National Leadership Forum, set to be held from February... Read more of this article
February TV: Celebrating Black History Month
[Written by Shavonne Jeffries, Bermuda CableVision] 2015 marks the 100-year anniversary of The Association for the Study of African American Life and History [ASALH], the organisation at the origin of the yearly commemoration of black history. With this milestone, the ASALH has chosen “A Century of Black Life, History, and Culture” as the 2015 National... Read more of this article
Mt. Logan Re Appoints New Independent Director
Mt. Logan Re Ltd has appointed Dave Brining as Non-Executive Independent Director, effective immediately. Mr. Brining has over 30 years of reinsurance and financial experience during which he has held a number of senior positions in both management and underwriting. Between 1999 and 2005, Mr. Brining was Executive Vice President of Max Capital Group,... Read more of this article
Minister Crockwell’s Trip To London Cost $5,956
A trip last month by Minister of Tourism Development and Transport Shawn Crockwell to London cost $5,956.39, according to the latest listing on the Government’s travel webpage. The trip duration was listed as December 14 – 16, 2014, and the webpage listing said, “The Ministry of Tourism Development and Transport made a presentation to... Read more of this article
Futsal League To Open With Triple-Header
The Women’s Futsal League Season will kick off today [Jan 31st] inside the Warwick Academy gymnasium with a Triple Header. In the 5:00pm opener Hamilton Parish will take on the Dandy Stars, this will be followed by Young Men Social Club and the Somerset Hurricanes at 6pm. The evening will be closed out with the PHC Lady Zebras taking on the Chicas... Read more of this article
Photos: St. David’s Defeat Ireland Rangers 3 – 2
At Lord’s in St. David’s on Sunday [Jan 25], the hosting St. David’s team was able to secure a 3-2 victory over the Ireland Rangers. Jiriko Powell gave the visiting Rangers the lead in the 25th minute while Fiqre Crockwell equalized for St. David’s in the 49th minute. Taj-Rae Outerbridge put the visitors back in front with a goal in the... Read more of this article
Bermuda Stock Exchange Report: Jan 30 2015
Today [Jan 30] saw the close of the BSX’s week finish with 50,000 shares traded on the day, valued at $99,500.00 BD. All 50,000 shares were traded by Bank of N.T. Butterfield Ltd, closing at an even $1.99 per share. The BSX finished the week at 1,364.08, also even on the day. There were 0 advances, 0 declines, and 71 remained unchanged heading... Read more of this article
