Author Archive: Bernews1

OBA’s Francis On Planning Review Delay

[Updated] Four months after Walter Roban resigned following the planning appeal controversy, One Bermuda Alliance candidate Anthony Francis said the length of time the review is taking “seems extraordinary especially in the light of the controversy that was caused.” Environment, Planning and Infrastructure Minister Marc Bean is reviewing... Read more of this article

Rebecca Faulkenberry To Appear At Birdland

Bermuda’s theatrical sensation Rebecca Faulkenberry will be singing the blues next week when she joins award-winning orchestrator Jonathan Tunick and his Broadway Moonlighters at New York’s legendary Birdland jazz club on Monday [Mar. 19]. One of Broadway’s premier orchestrators, Mr. Tunick will be leading a big band of Broadway musicians... Read more of this article

Photos/Results: Corona League Football

Corona League Football action continued on Saturday [Mar.10] with three games being played at the BAA field. BAA 12 Valley 0 BAA got six goals from Neal Churchill, while Peter Coleman and Damien Mendoza both scored twice. Jermaine Simons and Adam Shaw added a goal each to the game total. Lock n Key 5 Lobster Pot 5 Stevie Astwood scored four times for... Read more of this article

Two Arrests: Suspicion Of Drunk Driving

Around 3:25am yesterday morning [Mar.14] a 33 year old Sandys parish man was arrested on suspicion of impaired driving after police observed a jeep travelling along South Road in Paget in an erratic manner and caused it to stop. A few hours before that, police received a report of a car travelling erratically along Middle Road in Warwick. Officers observed... Read more of this article

Upcoming: Devonshire Parish Council Night

The Devonshire Parish Council invites all Devonshire residents to the 2012 “Meet Your Council Night.” The event is taking place on Monday, March 26th 2012 at the Christ Church Devonshire Hall. This event will give Devonshire residents the opportunity to meet the members of the Council, express their concerns over Parish issues and to hear... Read more of this article

Allied World’s Bender On RAA Panel

Allied World Assurance Company Holdings announced yesterday [Mar. 14] that John Bender, president and Chief Operating Officer for Allied World Reinsurance Company will speak on a panel at the forthcoming Reinsurance Association of America [RAA] conference being held in Bermuda next Wednesday [Mar. 21]. Mr. Bender [pictured] will speak as part of the... Read more of this article

European Cinema In Focus At BIFF

“Corpo Celeste” and “Declaration of War” [pictured], two films screening at the 15th annual Bermuda International Film Festival [BIFF] will add a distinctly European flavour to this year’s proceedings. Promising new director Alice Rohrwacher explores a young girl’s troubled Catholic confirmation in the gritty coming-of-age... Read more of this article

25 Year Sentence For Attempted Murder

22-year-old Anwar Muhammad was sentenced to 25 years in prison today [Mar.14], after being convicted of attempted murder earlier this year. Mr Muhammad was charged with the shooting of Princeton Burrows in August of 2010 in Sandys parish. Mr Burrows was shot while at the junction of Middle Road in Sandys and Woodlawn Road [outside Maximart] at 3.45pm... Read more of this article

Webcast Replay: ‘Your Right to Know’ Forum

Tune in and watch live as The Centre for Justice hosts a public forum at the St Paul’s Centennial Hall this evening [Mar.14] entitled ‘Your Right to Know’. The topics for discussion will include the Public Access to Information Act [PATI], the Ombudsman Act, the Good Governance Act and the Audit Act. The panel of speakers include Heather Brooke... Read more of this article

Video: ‘Eat Well Bermuda’ Launched

Minister of Health Zane Desilva hosted a press conference this morning [Mar.14], to launch the Bermuda Dietary Guidelines. Minister Desilva said, “It gives me great pleasure to be here today to launch Eat Well Bermuda: Bermuda’s Daily Dietary Guidelines. Thanks must go to the Department of Health, the Bermuda Hospitals Board and the Bermuda... Read more of this article

OBA Rollout Nadia Hamza In C#35

[Updated with videos] Attorney Nadia Hamza will stand for the Opposition in Constituency #35 Sandys North Central, the One Bermuda Alliance announced this afternoon [Mar.14]. Ms Hamza with Opposition Leader Craig Cannonier: Sandys North Central is presently held by the PLP’s Dennis Lister who won 66.43% of the vote vs the UBP’s Donald Hassell... Read more of this article

PLP Confirm John Gibbons As Candidate

[Updated with video] This afternoon [Mar.14] the Progressive Labour Party confirmed that John Gibbons will represent them in Constituency #2, St. George’s West. The East End constituency will see a three-way battle, with Mr Gibbons set to go up against the UBP’s Kim Swan and the OBA’s Nandi Davis. Mr. Gibbons, the son of John (deceased)... Read more of this article