Author Archive: Bernews1

Minister: West End Bus Improvements

Bus Operators will allow passengers to board and disembark between the last stop at Watford Bridge and the new depot, Transport Minister Derrick Burgess said this morning [Jan.3]. Minister Burgess said, “Discussions have taken place between the Department of Public Transportation and the Bermuda Industrial Union to cement this arrangement thereby... Read more of this article

Barbara Tannock’s Trial Date Set

In this morning’s [Jan.3] Supreme Court Monthly Arraignments the trial date for Barbara Raveen Tannock was set for 7th May 2012. Ms Tannock, a former bank executive, is charged with multiple counts of theft, and is alleged to have stolen almost $100,000. After appearing in Court late, and her lawyer Larry Mussenden apologizing to the Court, the Chief... Read more of this article

Sailing: Optimist Worlds Update

Team Bermuda is at the half-way point of the 2011 IODA Sailing World Championship, the penultimate event for sailors under the age of 16. The team of five sailors from the Bermuda Optimist Dinghy Association (BODA) have had three days of racing on Hawke’s Bay in Napier, New Zealand. Organizers from the host Napier Sailing Club were challenged... Read more of this article

Video: Teresa Perozzi Fight Highlights

Watch a brief video clip of Bermuda’s Teresa Perozzi take on Trinidad’s Lorissa Rivas on December 30th, when she walked away with the WBA Middleweight Title and the WBC Silver/Final Elimination Title in Trinidad & Tobago. This was Ms Perozzi’s eighth win in 13 bouts [with four defeats and a draw], while Ms Rivas fell to four wins and three... Read more of this article

Importing Heroin: Not Guilty Plea

Four men, all charged with being involved in a conspiracy to import heroin, appeared at the first arraignment session of 2012 this morning [Jan.3]. All four pleaded not guilty. The charge was that between a date unknown and 2nd June 2011, they had conspired to import a quantity of heroin. The four were: Warwick resident Lorenzo Wayne Lottimore 32; Hamilton... Read more of this article

Photos: Football Friendship Finals

The North Village Rams won the Friendship Trophy Sunday [Jan.1] after defeating the Somerset Trojans 4 – 0. Eight minutes into the game the Trojans goalkeeper Shaquille Bean made two saves in less than a minute to keep the score at 0 – 0. Five minutes later North Village Rams winger Keishen Bean had a right footed shot pushed against the upright... Read more of this article

Latvian Denies Gun & Drug Charges

In this morning’s [Jan.3] Supreme Court Monthly Arraignments 28-year-old Latvian national and ocean sailor Janis Zegelis was charged with number of firearm and drug offences, and pleaded not guilty to all charges. He had been charged with importing and also possessing a 9mm Beretta automatic pistol; importing and possessing 192 rounds of 9mm ammunition;... Read more of this article

Two Men Deny North Shore Shooting

In this morning’s [Jan.3] Supreme Court Monthly Arraignments two men pleaded not guilty to conspiracy to murder charge. Pelealkhali Williams [23] and Jonathan Dill [28] both pleaded not guilty to charges that in October 2011, they had conspired with others not before the Courts to murder Rodney Grimes; and that they had similarly conspired to commit... Read more of this article

Ship Finance, Frontline Amend Terms

Bermuda’s Ship Finance International Limited today [Jan. 3] announced that it has successfully completed previously announced amendments to its chartering agreements with oil tanker firm Frontline Ltd. Also headquartered in Bermuda, Frontline — one of the world’s largest oil tanker shipping companies — announced the completion... Read more of this article

Helen Of Troy Seals P&G Deal

Bermuda-based consumer products company Helen of Troy Ltd today [Jan. 3] said it had closed an agreement to acquire the PUR water purification products business from Procter & Gamble [P&G]. The PUR business sells and markets a variety of high-quality water filtration products under its namesake PUR brand. The division offers products including... Read more of this article

Socius: Women’s Health Research

Bionovo Inc., a US pharmaceutical company focused on the discovery and development of safe and effective treatments for women’s health and cancer, today [Jan.3] announced that it has entered into a $5 million securities purchase agreement with Socius CG II, Ltd., a Bermuda-based subsidiary of Socius Capital Group, LLC. “In a challenging... Read more of this article

Powerboat Overturns Off Sandys

Two men escaped without injury earlier today [Jan. 2] after their powerboat overturned off the West End. A police spokesperson said officers responded to reports of an overturned powerboat in the waters off East Shore Road in Sandys Parish at around 2 pm. “On arrival officers found the boat ashore and the two men onboard at the time uninjured,... Read more of this article