Archive for September, 2017

Duffy: “It’s Nice To Be Back For A Local Triathlon”

Flora Duffy returned to the Island to help inspire Bermuda’s triathletes when she took part in the annual Tokio Millennium Re Sprint Triathlon and Duathlon event on Sunday. The world champion took part in the swimming leg of a winning team, and stayed throughout the event, where she was surrounded by young fans. “It was nice to be back here for... Read more of this article

Digicel: ‘Next Generation Internet Technology’

Digicel’s fibre internet will be rolled out in Bermuda in the coming weeks, offering “the fastest and most reliable way to access the internet.” A spokesperson said, “The need for amazing connectivity has never been stronger, with the need to grow minds and businesses. Now that’s made possible thanks to Digicel’s fibre internet... Read more of this article

KPMG In Bermuda Make Leadership Changes

KPMG in Bermuda announced leadership changes, saying that effective October 1, 2017, the role of Chairman and Chief Executive Officer will be split. Neil Patterson will retain the firm’s Chairmanship and Mike Morrison, Head of Advisory, will become the firm’s Chief Executive Officer. This marks the first time in the firm’s history where a leader... Read more of this article

Fireminds Receives ‘Major Equity Investment’

Fireminds announced that it has “received a major equity investment from ATN International, Inc. to expand its operations.” The transaction closed on September 8th, 2017 and “positions Fireminds to enhance and increase its product offerings and undertake international expansion,” the company said, adding that “Founder... Read more of this article

Tobacco Bay Beach Reopens To Swimmers

The Ministry of Health is reopening Tobacco Bay beach to swimmers as “tests this weekend show levels of bacteria have dropped to within the normal range.” “Monitoring by Environmental Health scientists will continue and seawater sampling results will be updated on www.gov.bm/seawater-monitoring-programme-bathing-beaches later this... Read more of this article

Photos & Video: City Food ‘Street Festival’ Event

The City of Hamilton’s City Food Festival wrapped up over the weekend, ending the week-long food lovers event. The Festival featured a number of food and drink-centric events over the course of the week, including Just Desserts, a Chef Competition, Gosling’s Rum Dinner at Marcus’, Food Walk in Chancery Lane, a Wine Tasting, and the... Read more of this article

Reza Cuts A Massive Slice Of Entertainment

[Written by Vejay Steede] Flummoxed. Just straight flummoxed. Not that you should go to an illusionist’s show and try to figure things out, but, let’s be honest; most of us have a secret desire to watch something impossible and think to ourselves: “Yeah, I can do that.” Thing is, most of us can’t begin to unravel the mysteries of magic and... Read more of this article

100WF Donates $20K To Centre Against Abuse

The 100 Women in Finance [100WF] Gala held in June at the Commissioner’s House supported the Centre Against Abuse [CAA], resulting in the Gala Committee making a donation of $20,000 to support the CAA’s programmes. A spokesperson said, “The inaugural Bermuda event was attended by leaders in the financial services industry, and guests included... Read more of this article

List: Payments From Confiscated Asset Fund

A list of payments from confiscated asset fund was provided by National Security Minister Wayne Caines in the House of Assembly on Friday [Sept 22]. The list includes $3,522,350 to ‘Government departments’, $212,366 in ‘court-ordered legal fees and other fees,’ and $667,800 to ‘local beneficiaries’ for a total of... Read more of this article

Photos: Ethiopian Orthodox Maskel Demera

Bermuda’s Ethiopian Orthodox Church celebrated Maskel Demera on Sunday [Sept 24] at their Debre Genet Cathedral Church in St George’s, with a Liturgical Service followed by the lighting celebration. According to UNEESCO, “The festival of Maskel is celebrated across Ethiopia on 26 September to commemorate the unearthing of the True... Read more of this article

Photo Set II: 2017 Tokio Millennium Re Triathlon

Triathletes of all ages hit the water and streets of Hamilton on Sunday morning as the 2017 Tokio Millennium Re Sprint Triathlon and Duathlon took place. Matt Thompson and Karen Smith were crowned the 2017 Tokio Millennium Re Triathlon Male and Female Champions, while world champion Flora Duffy made a ‘guest appearance’ to compete with a team,... Read more of this article

HSBC Church St Line/Drive Through Changes

At the HSBC Church Street branch transaction and customer wait times were “significantly longer at the dedicated Seniors’ teller than at the main teller line,” and a “decision was made to incorporate the Seniors’ teller into our main teller lines,” the Bank said. Following comments made at the recent town hall about the change... Read more of this article