Author Archive: Bernews1

Bermuda Chairs Regional Crime Stoppers

Bermuda’s Alex MacDonald explained that Crime Stoppers has a pivotal role to play in the maintenance of law and order, civil living, and good governance in the Caribbean region when he became chairman elect of a new regional body earlier this month. On Monday, March 12, the inaugural meeting of the Caribbean/Bermuda and Latin America Crime... Read more of this article

Bermuda’s Gaslog Ltd. To Launch IPO

Based in Bermuda with executive offices in Monanco, GasLog Ltd. [GLOG] has scheduled a $400 million initial public offering [IPO] with a market capitalization of $1.071 billion at a price range mid-point of $17 for Friday, March 30, 2012. The IPO managers are Goldman Sachs; Citigroup; J.P. Morgan and UBS. GLOG is growth-oriented international owner,... Read more of this article

Videos: Author On Deadly Bermuda Voyage

Surviving a life-threatening situation does not have to drastically change a person’s life as a Massachusetts author discovered interviewing survivors of an ill-fated voyage from Connecticut to Bermuda for his bestseller “Overboard!” On May 16 author Michael J. Tougias will give a slide lecture at the Holmes Library in Halifax on the doomed... Read more of this article

Reinsurers Mull Enormous 2011 Losses

Large losses from natural disasters weighed heavily on both the Bermuda and global reinsurance industries in 2011, industry journal “Business Insurance” reports today [Mar. 26]. Insured losses from catastrophes including floods in Australia and Thailand, earthquakes in New Zealand, and a quake-initiated tsunami that devastated part of Japan... Read more of this article

Police Recover Bike Used In Shooting

[Updated] The police have appealed for witnesses to the shooting this past weekend, saying they suspect the gunmen were on a dark coloured motorcycle wearing dark helmets, and were travelling in a westerly direction on Cavendish Road before discharging several shots in the Reid Street, Spurling Hill area. The incident took place at approximately 3:50am... Read more of this article

Gale Warning & Thunderstorm Advisory Issued

At 5.30am this morning [Mar.26] the Bermuda Weather Service issued a Gale Warning and Thunderstorm Advisory, both valid from this afternoon through to this evening. A Small Craft Warning is also in effect from this morning through to Wednesday. Today’s forecast predicts winds south-southwesterly moderate to strong gusts to gale force, increasing... Read more of this article

Dept. Of Planning Appoints Tamsyn Doran

Ms Tamsyn Doran was appointed to the post of Planner after 10 years of work experience within the Department of Planning. Ms Doran began her career with the Department in 2000 as a summer student working in the Forward Planning Section. “I was eager for the opportunity to have a ‘real life’ experience in the field of planning in determining if... Read more of this article

46-Yr-Old Man In ICU After Accident

A 46-year-old man is in stable condition in the Intensive Care Unit after being involved in a two vehicle collision at the junction of South Road & Tribe Road #2 South in Warwick on Friday night [Mar.23]. “It appears that an auxiliary cycle was traveling along South Road and a SUV was traveling along Tribe Road #2 South when the vehicles collided... Read more of this article

Premier: Surveying The Past, Mapping The Future

This weekend Premier Paula Cox attended the 50/50 Conference in the Cayman Islands where she was the keynote speaker, with her speech titled “Surveying the past, mapping the future.” The Premier said she was assuming the “role of truth teller to tell the story about one of the most successful jurisdictions in this region.” “The... Read more of this article

Kappa Classic Football Continues

The Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity [Bermuda Alumni Chapter] hosted day two of their Annual Kappa Classic at the National Sports Center and the BFA Field yesterday [Mar.24]. Both locations saw large numbers of family and friends of the young players come out in support and enjoy a full day of youth football. Following the matches in the Round Robin stages,... Read more of this article

Results: Rugby Football Union Weekend Action

In Bermuda Rugby Football Union action at the Warwick Academy School Field yesterday [Mar.24], the Mariners defeated the Teachers 23 – 10. The Mariners got Try’s from Allan Styner and Ed Barnes while Tim Peplow kicked 2 Conversions, 2 Penalties and a Drop Goal. Shauntino Simons scored a Try, kicked a Conversion and a Penalty for the Teachers. A... Read more of this article

Video: 100 Year Old Film Made In Bermuda

Bermuda doubled for a besieged 19th century city in British India in a short historical film shot on the island one hundred years ago. Made in Bermuda in 1912, “The Relief of Lucknow” was produced by Thomas Edison’s pioneering East Coast film company for the British market and about ten minutes of the movie’s Bermuda location... Read more of this article