Archive for March, 2016
Bermuda Florists Demco And Petals Merge
Two of the island’s florists have combined forces, with Demco merging with Petals, saying that the merger will “offer clients greater accessibility to resources.” Mrs. Carmen Phillips, President of Demco, said, “The distinctive style and philosophy of Petals is a natural complement to the extensive floral services we already... Read more of this article
Column: Cross-Selling Our One-Stop Shop
[Opinion column written by Ross Webber] About a year ago, the BDA joined a couple of Bermuda-based global law firms for meetings in London—including a sit-down with a private-equity group. It is encouraging and rewarding when industry stakeholders adopt the “Team Bermuda” approach to business development, and this particular appointment promised... Read more of this article
Column: Bermuda’s ‘Grass-Roots Revolution’
[Opinion column written by Larry Burchall] Between Friday 11th March and Thursday 17th March 2016, Bermuda experienced a grass-roots revolution. During those seven days: A woman began a first time ever ‘hunger strike’ in the grounds of Parliament. In a first time ever display of raw people power, thousands of Bermudians, shut down Supreme Courts... Read more of this article
Column: How Is Policy Working For Bermudians?
[Opinion column written by Chris Famous] Over the past few years, Bermudians have been bombarded from several angles with the narrative that we must give a pathway to permanency for an estimated 9,000 guest workers and 1,500+ PRC holders. The argument given is that by doing so they will remain in Bermuda and continue to contribute to our economic activity... Read more of this article
Bermuda Netballers To Compete In Barbados
The Jean Pierre Youth Netball Championship is set to be held in Barbados on April 2nd, with Bermuda to be among the nations competing. Each year over 300 young netballers and officials from several countries participate in these Championships, which started in 1998 and held annually in a different Caribbean territory. The main objective is to foster... Read more of this article
A.M. Best Affirms Ratings Of Third Point Re
A.M. Best has affirmed the financial strength rating of A- [Excellent] and the issuer credit ratings [ICR] of “a-” of Third Point Reinsurance Company Ltd. and Third Point Reinsurance Ltd. A.M. Best also has affirmed the ICRs of “bbb-” of Third Point Re Holdings, Inc. and the ultimate holding company, Third Point Reinsurance Ltd. Concurrently,... Read more of this article
Troika Auditions For “The Color Purple” Musical
Troika Bermuda is getting set to hold casting auditions for ‘The Color Purple, The Musical about Love,’ to be held at the CedarBridge Academy Dance Studio. A dance audition will be held at 12.00pm on Saturday, April 2, with an open call at 2.30pm; call backs will be held on Sunday, April 3. All auditioners must attend with a headshot and... Read more of this article
Photos: Bermuda Golf Association Easter Classic
Some 42 golfers took part in the Bermuda Golf Association’s Easter Classic at the Oceans. The Oceans was a 36 hole stroke play event in which the first 18 holes were played at Ocean View Golf Course in the morning and the second 18 holes were played at the Mid Ocean Club in the afternoon. The Ocean View Golf Course saw a 7:30am shotgun start, while... Read more of this article
Bermuda Stock Exchange Report: March 30 2016
Today [March 30] saw 70,300 shares trade on the Bermuda Stock Exchange, valued at $245,595.00 BD. 50,000 shares were traded by Bank of N.T. Butterfield Ltd, closing even at $1.69 per share, while another 5,000 shares were traded by BF&M Ltd, closing up 1.5% at $17.25 per share. The other 15,300 shares were traded by Ascendant Group Limited, closing... Read more of this article
Weather Forecast For Thursday March 31
Thursday, March 31 is expected to be partly cloudy with gusty winds, with the high to be near 22°C/72°F and the low to be near 20°C/68°F, according to Weather Underground. Winds are expected to be SE. The relative humidity is expected to be near 60%. Sunrise will be at 7.07am and sunset will be at 7.38pm. High tide will be at 2.23am and 2.45pm,... Read more of this article
Shadow Minister Congratulates Carifta Athletes
Shadow Sports Minister Michael Weeks extended his congratulations to the island’s Carifta Games athletes, who combined to win some 22 medals at the events in Grenada and Martinique. Mr Weeks said, “On behalf of the Progressive Labour Party, I would like to welcome back the Carifta track and field team who represented us well in Grenada over... Read more of this article
Health Council Release 2016/17 Corporate Plan
The Bermuda Health Council has released its Corporate Plan for fiscal year 2016-2017, saying that as they enters their 10th year, the Corporate Plan 2016/17 focuses on” four priority areas: care quality, regulation, finance and economics and accountability.” Some of the objectives in these priority areas include to: Protect employees’... Read more of this article
