Author Archive: Bernews1

Assured Guaranty Hired Lobbyist

Bermuda bond insurer Assured Guaranty Municipal, which backed the debt driving Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, into insolvency, hired a lobbying firm to help prevent the cash-strapped US city declaring bankruptcy. The Hamilton, Bermuda, bond insurer [CEO Dominic Frederico is pictured here], which was on the hook for $194.7 million, last December hired a lobbying... Read more of this article

Exxon Mulls Gulf Keystone Bid

The world’s largest oil company Exxon Mobil Corp, is mulling a $10.9-billion takeover of Bermuda’s Gulf Keystone Petroleum, which concentrates on oil exoloration in Iraq’s Kurdistan region, a British newspaper reported yesterday [Dec.18]. A report in the UK’s “Independent On Sunday” said Texas-based Exxon is planning... Read more of this article

Star ‘Super-Proud’ Of Bermuda Roots

Bermuda actress Rebecca Faulkenberry made her Broadway debut earlier this year as small-town girl Sherrie who arrives in Hollywood in search of stardom in “Rock Of Ages”. Now the young Bermudian is continuing to live out her own dreams of stardom after swinging into another Broadway blockbuster as the title character’s love interest Mary... Read more of this article

Video: BMA Executive On Captives

The Bermuda Monetary Authority’s Shelby Weldon discussed increasing competition for captive insurance business from on-shore US jurisdictions at a recent Chicago conference. He was interviewed by a journalist from the publication “Captive Review” which organised the Mid-West event. Speaking at the “Captive Live USA” Insurance Conference... Read more of this article

Videos: Humperdinck’s ’74 Bermuda Show

Superstar Englebert Humperdinck swapped the glittery showrooms of Las Vegas for some quainter Bermuda settings in a 1974 TV special which featured Canadian songbird Ann Murray and local acts Hubert Smith & The Coral Islanders and the Clayhouse Inn Steel Band. Featuring the singer duetting with Ms Murray in the back of a horse-drawn carriage, sitting... Read more of this article

Shooting: Police Appeal For Witnesses

This morning [Dec.18] the Bermuda Police Service issued an update on yesterday’s shooting outside Gravity Nightclub on North Shore, and appealed for anyone who may have been in the area to contact them. The victim, a 24-year-old man, was shot multiple times in his back, shoulder and arms. As of last night, he was listed as stable in the ICU, and... Read more of this article

Bermuda-Raised Embroidery Queen Dies

Erica Wilson, the needlework instructor who spent the early years of her life in Bermuda and went on to become known as the Julia Child of embroidery, has died in New York at the age of 83. Ms Wilson’s 1962 book “Crewel Embroidery” is credited with reviving the craft and launching a publishing category, transforming her into “America’s... Read more of this article

Results: Day #1 Welcome Home Show

The first day of the Welcome Home Horse Show was held yesterday [Dec.17], and saw some of the island’s best equestrians return home to showcase their skills at the Botanical Gardens. Hosted by the Bermuda Equestrian Federation, in partnership with the Department of Parks, the event features Olympic Qualifiers Patrick Nisbett and Jillian Terceiraas... Read more of this article

Herbert To Lead Acting Workshops

There’s no business like show business like Bermuda’s own Daren Herbert [pictured] knows. The Bermudian star of stage and screen will be returning to the island next month to help introduce aspiring local performers to an array of behind-the-scenes techniques actors need to know for work in movies, television and theatre. The “Bermuda... Read more of this article

BWS: Gale Force Winds Expected

[Updated] The Bermuda Weather Service [BWS] issued a Gale Warning, Thunderstorm Advisory and Small Craft Warning for today [Dec.18]. In the forecast discussion meteorologist Michelle Pitcher said, “Gale force winds are expected to develop late this evening and will become strong gales late tonight as a vigorous post-frontal trough brushes by to... Read more of this article

Video: Lennon Tribute CD Auditions

At the end of the Beatles’ last concert — an impromptu performance on the rooftop of their London office building in 1969 — John Lennon joked “I’d like to say thank you on behalf of the group …and I hope we’ve passed the audition.” And organisers say the Bermuda singers who turned up at Chewstick to try... Read more of this article

Football: Corona & Women’s Results

Yesterday [Dec.17] Corona League action saw Tuff Dogs defeat Lock N Key, while Robin Hood and St. George’s Colts played to a draw. In Women’s Futsal action Dandy Stars One thrashed Hamilton Parish 7 – 0, Dandy Stars Two defeated YMSC Lady Bluebirds, and Robin Hood and PHC Lady Zebras played to a draw. Corona League: Tuff Dogs 6 Lock N... Read more of this article