Author Archive: Bernews1

BELCO: Prepared For Direct Impact From Hurricane

BELCO said they are “prepared for Hurricane Leslie to have direct impact on the Island this weekend.” The company’s Hurricane Response Plan is activated and systems, supplies and staff are ready, and the company’s fleet of trucks is fully fuelled and stocked. Hurricane Leslie is presently carrying maximum sustained winds are 75mph [120km/h],... Read more of this article

Tropical Storm Leslie Upgraded To A Hurricane

Tropical Storm Leslie has just been upgraded to a hurricane, making it the sixth hurricane of the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season. Leslie’s maximum sustained winds are 75mph [120km/h], making it a Category One hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale. In their latest update today [Sept 5] the U.S. National Hurricane Center said Leslie... Read more of this article

Delegation Attending Sri Lanka Conference

The 58th Commonwealth Parliamentary Association Plenary Conference will be hosted by the CPA Sri Lanka Branch in Colombo, Sri Lanka, and the CPA Bermuda Branch Delegation to the 2012 Plenary Conference will include Delegation Leader Stanley Lowe [PLP], CWP Caribbean Region Representative Lovitta Foggo [PLP], Dennis Lister [PLP], Donte Hunt [OBA] –... Read more of this article

Videos: Foul Smelling Liquid Floods Bakery Lane

[Updated] Bakery Lane in Pembroke is flooded with some form of liquid this afternoon [Sept 5], which has a rather unpleasant foul odour. Some of the workers and customers in the area could be seen shielding their noses as they walked around. The flooding is only a few inches high, however all the car drivers we have seen thus far have declined to... Read more of this article

Service Outage Affects Some Phone Customers

[Updated] A service outage at BTC today [Sept 5] is presently affecting some landlines as well as some Digicel cell towers that rely on BTC data links. A statement from Digicel said: “Digicel Bermuda wishes to inform its customers that calls to BTC landlines are currently being affected by a service outage at BTC. The service outage is also affecting... Read more of this article

Students Join Rego Sotheby’s: Summer Internship

Three students were selected to join the Rego Sotheby’s International Realty team for the company’s summer internship program, and Dominique Rawlins, Sarah Daniels and Dominick Wright started with little prior knowledge of the Real Estate world and walked away with a greater appreciation of the business. Ms. Rawlins is an honor student enrolled... Read more of this article

Tips: Keeping Vehicles Safe During The Hurricane

With the potential of Tropical Storm Leslie hitting Bermuda as a hurricane, Terry Heilbron at Bermuda’s HWP Group provided the checklist below on keeping vehicles as safe as possible during a hurricane: Take a look at your vehicle to determine what may need to be done to keep it in good working order after the storm, when you’re likely to... Read more of this article

Bike & Car Collide On St David’s Road

At approximately 10.30am this morning [Sept 5] a collision occurred involving a motorbike and car on St David’s Road near the junction with Dolly’s Bay Road. Emergency service personnel responded to the scene and attended to the motorbike rider until an ambulance arrived. The rider is understood to have sustained non life threatening injuries... Read more of this article

Wed, Sept 5th: Tropical Storm Leslie Updates

[Updating] The latest forecasts from both the Bermuda Weather Service and U.S. National Hurricane Center this morning [Sept 5] continue to show Tropical Storm Leslie strengthening into a hurricane and passing close to Bermuda this weekend. At 5am this morning, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said Leslie was 490 miles south south-east of Bermuda,... Read more of this article

Hamilton Docks To Close On Friday To Prepare

[Updated] A statement issued by Stevedoring Services Ltd said that the Hamilton Cargo Docks will be closed on Friday [Sept 7] for deliveries, and encouraged importers to collect any remaining cargo as soon as possible. CEO Peter Aldrich said: “Given the current track and intensity of Hurricane Leslie and the time required to prepare, the Hamilton... Read more of this article

FIFA Rankings: Bermuda Moves Up To 102nd

Bermuda continues to move up in the FIFA World Rankings and are now 102th in the latest rankings released earlier this week by FIFA – the world governing body of football. In August 2012, Bermuda was ranked 120th. The last time Bermuda was ranked as high as 102nd was in 1994. Spain is ranked in first place, while the Turks and Caicos, Bhutan, Montserrat... Read more of this article

PartnerRe Authorizes Repurchase Of Shares

Bermuda-based PartnerRe’s Board of Directors has approved a share repurchase authorization for a total of up to 6 million common shares, effective immediately. A statement from the Company said: “This authorization supercedes the Company’s previous authorization. Under its prior authorization and through August 31, 2012, the Company... Read more of this article