Author Archive: Bernews1

Police Team To Row One Million Metres For Charity

Members of the public are encouraged to join police officers and support staff from Somerset Police Station as they row one million metres as part of their Community Outreach Programme. The event is being hosted at the Sandys 360 Sports, Aquatic & Enrichment Centre and starts at 3pm on Wednesday, July 11th 2012, with the ten member police team... Read more of this article

Upcoming: 2012 Bermuda Dog Shows

The Bermuda Kennel Club will be hosting the 2012 Bermuda Dog Shows offering Conformations Shows, Obedience and Rally Obedience. The shows will be held on Saturday and Sunday, October 20th & 21st, 2012 at Somersfield Academy, Devonshire. Conformation shows, also referred to as breed shows, are where each purebred dog is judged against the ideal breed... Read more of this article

Daniels, Pearman Win Jack Daniels Golf Round

Daniel Augustus and Dwayne Pearman showed why they are still the two top golfers in Bermuda with a joint first place finish on this weeks Jack Daniels Golf Tour. Both Augustus and Pearman finished on even par 71′s with Pearman making a bogey on 18 to lose out on solo first place, while Augustus couldn’t get the birdie putts rolling finishing... Read more of this article

Video: ABIC Celebrates 35 Years Of Scholarships

Past and present scholarship recipients and their mentors from international business organizations attended the Association of Bermuda International Companies’ [ABIC’s] reception to celebrate 35 years of support for the ABIC Education Awards last week. Roy Fellowes, Chairman of the ABIC Education Awards, welcomed everyone to the event, stating,... Read more of this article

Minister Hails Tourism Production As Success

Minister of Business Development and Tourism Wayne Furbert today [July 10] hailed the local production element of the Department of Tourism’s new advertising campaign a great success. Minister Furbert recently visited the set where the island’s latest advertising campaign was being shot to meet the local models and the team from FuseIdeas advertising... Read more of this article

International Jury Penalizes Newport Yacht

[Written by John Rousmaniere] The International Jury for the 2012 Newport Bermuda Race has penalised the yacht Carina 15 minutes in elapsed time because a professional sailor briefly steered the boat during the race. The rules of the St. David’s Lighthouse Division in which Carina sailed (and which the boat won) require that only amateur sailors steer... Read more of this article

ICC Americas U/18: Canada Defeat Bermuda

The first match of the 2012 ICC Americas Under 18 Match Play Camp between Canada and Bermuda took place yesterday [July 9] at the Central Broward Regional Park in Lauderhill, Florida and saw Canada pick up the victory. Canada won the toss and elected to field first. Bermuda opened with William White and Christian Burgess who put on a 50 run partnership... Read more of this article

Photos: Shihan Donovan Waite Seminar

[Written by John Manderson and Chris Ingham] Sensei Donovan Waite of Philadelphia’s Aikido of Center City, 7th Dan-Shihan (7th degree black belt) is a world traveler recently teaching a seminar in Hungary before flying home to refresh his luggage for his trip to Bermuda for Bermuda Aikikai’s summer seminar. He has conducted many Aikido seminars... Read more of this article

Bermuda U/19 Rugby Team Win In Mexico

The Bermuda Under 19 team stormed to a 59-6 win over the Mexico Aztecs in their second game of the North American Caribbean Rugby Association [NACRA] Under 19 Tournament under very hot conditions in Mexico. The opening try came off a well-executed backrow move off of a scrum on the Aztecs 22 yard line which sucked in the Aztec defenders thus allowing... Read more of this article

Film Trailers: ‘Weekend Film Series’

A documentary film about a courageous civil rights activist whose bravery led to his murder, and a heartfelt comedy starring Jane Fonda, Catherine Keener and Elizabeth Olsen, are the featured films at the ‘Weekend Film Series’ on Sunday, July 15. Booker’s Place: A Mississippi Story will screen at 3 p.m., while Peace, Love and Misunderstanding,... Read more of this article

AWAC Launches U.S. Primary Casualty Division

Bermuda-based Allied World Assurance Company Holdings, AG has expanded its U.S. casualty operations with the launch of a new Construction Casualty division. New lines of business being offered are: commercial general liability and commercial automobile as well as railroad protectives and owners & contractors protective. Product offerings for the... Read more of this article

Conyers Promotes Lawyers In Bermuda, Hong Kong

Conyers Dill & Pearman has promoted 3 lawyers to the role of Partner/Director. Bernadette Chen of Conyers’ Hong Kong Corporate team has been promoted to Partner, while Karen Corless and Jason Piney of Conyers’ Bermuda Corporate and Private Client teams have been promoted to Director. John Collis, Chairman of Conyers’ Executive Committee,... Read more of this article