Archive for January, 2015
HASC Long Course Club Championships Results
The National Sports Center Pool recently hosted the HASC Long Course Club Championships. Evan Farrow won the 13-14 Boys 400m Freestyle touching the wall in a time of 4:50.62, Jude Moseley finished second with a time of 5:10.47 and Zebedee Wakely finished third clocking Personal Best time of 5:44.88. Tyler Smith recorded a time of 4:47.03 on his way... Read more of this article
Pimentel Finishes First Day Of ISAF World Cup
Cameron Pimentel experienced the full brunt of the weather during Monday’s [Jan 26] opening at the ISAF Sailing World Cup in Miami as conditions ranged from sunny and bright to storming and sideways rain. Robert Scheidt, winner of five medals at the Olympiads, was quoted on the regatta website as saying, “A windy, tough day; this early in the... Read more of this article
Freisenbruch-Meyer Continental League Results
In Freisenbruch-Meyer Continental Bowling League action at the Warwick Lane, Debbie Ball finished the night with the Women’s High Scratch honors of 220, Patrice Tucker bowled a 213 and Edna Mae Tuzo recorded a 211. With 645 pins on the night Clyde Burgess was the Men’s High Scratch Series bowler of the night, Troy Richardson was second with 631... Read more of this article
Bermuda Woman Jailed For 4 Years In Guyana
A Bermuda woman has been jailed for four years in Guyana after being convicted of attempting to smuggle cocaine onto an outgoing flight to the United States, two reports from the Guyana press have said. Njere Fubler admitted to ingesting a total of 551 grams of cocaine when she appeared before the Courts in Guyana, with the reports saying Ms. Fubler... Read more of this article
Bermuda M&A To “Combat Competitive Stress”
According to Fitch Ratings, the Bermuda market is seeing increased consolidation activity in 2015 as “several companies have recently jumped into the merger and acquisition [M&A] forum to combat the competitive stress in the re/insurance market” and the ”trend is driven by challenging market conditions that are limiting organic... Read more of this article
Festival Refutes Entertainment Union’s Claims
The Bermuda Festival has refuted claims that they did not paid Travelers Fees for the visiting artists for this year’s 40th Festival, saying they paid “the requisite fees” and it is “unfortunate that statements such as this are made” against The Festival “whose sole mandate is to promote the performing arts in the... Read more of this article
Bermuda Stock Exchange Report: Jan 27 2015
Today [Jan 27] saw a volume of 9,235 shares trade on the Bermuda Stock Exchange, valued at $36,804.65 BD. 4,335 shares were traded by Bank of N.T. Butterfield Ltd, closing at an even $1.99 per share, while another 700 shares were traded by BF&M Ltd, also staying even at $17.75 per share. The other 4,200 shares were traded by KeyTech Ltd, which... Read more of this article
Weather Forecast For Wednesday January 28
Wednesday, January 28 is expected to be mainly cloudy and windy with occasional rain, with the high to be near 19°C/66°F and the low to be near 14°C/57°F, according to Weather Underground. Winds are expected to be to the WSW at 30 to 50 km/h. The relative humidity is expected to be near 64%. Sunrise will be at 7.15am and sunset will be at 5.48pm. High... Read more of this article
Government Issues Labour Dispute Notice
[Updated] Pursuant to section 4 of the Labour Disputes Act 1992, Minister of Home Affairs Michael Fahy has declared that a “labour dispute exists between the Government of Bermuda and the following Government Departments and All Ministry Headquarters.” The list of government departments includes Fire Services, Corrections, National Drug... Read more of this article
Opinion: MP Leah Scott….Are We There Yet?
[Opinion column written by OBA MP Leah Scott] When I was a little girl, my mom used to take us on road trips. I remember her getting out the Triple A Triptik, plotting the map, packing our bags, and loading we three girls in the back seat of the car. I don’t think that we were out of the driveway before we were shouting “Mom…are we... Read more of this article
BBBS To Host “Thank Your Mentor” Event
[Updated] Big Brothers Big Sisters [BBBS] of Bermuda is getting set to host their “Thank Your Mentor” Day celebration in order to commemorate the end of Mentoring Month in Bermuda, with the event to be held on Thursday, January 29, 2015 at the City Hall steps from 12.30pm to 1.30pm. A spokesperson said, “We will be inviting other mentoring... Read more of this article
Landscape Maintenance Disrupted By Meeting
The ongoing Bermuda Trade Union Congress [BTUC] meetings have lead to a disruption in parks maintenance around the island the Department of Parks said today [Jan 27], advising that landscape maintenance at both parks and government properties had been effected. A spokesperson for the Department of Parks said, “The Department of Parks would like... Read more of this article
