Author Archive: Bernews1

Latin Restaurant Relaunching As Victoria Grill

The restaurant formerly known as Latin will be completely changing its cuisine and will be relaunching as Victoria Grill, a North American city style bistro. Featuring upscale~casual and widely appealing food to suit all tastes and price points, Victoria Grill, located at 29 Victoria Street, will reopen on Wednesday October 12, 2011 for lunch and... Read more of this article

Lianna Aggarwal Awarded Caledonian Grant

The Caledonian Society of Bermuda announced that Lianna Aggarwal was awarded the 2011 Caledonian Society Education Grant. Ms Aggarwal is completing a 5 year undergraduate degree in Veterinary Medicine at the University of Glasgow, Scotland, UK. The Caledonian Society Education Grant is a onetime grant of $5,000 awarded to a Bermudian Student in full-time... Read more of this article

Aidaluna Inaugural Cruise To Bermuda

Aida Cruises, the largest cruise line catering to the Germen-speaking market, made their inaugural cruise to Bermuda on September 29, with the arrival of the Aidaluna carrying 2,085 passengers to the Island. The next Aidluna cruises are scheduled to return to Bermuda on October 13 and October 27. Minister of Transport Terry Lister said: “Recognising... Read more of this article

Endurance Q3 Loss Estimates

Bermuda-based Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd today [Oct.7] announced initial estimates of catastrophe losses incurred in the third quarter of $26 million related to the July Danish flood, $21 million related to Hurricane Irene and $11 million related to the September Texas brushfires. In addition, during the third quarter, Endurance incurred $41... Read more of this article

Upcoming: Construction Association Fun Day

The Construction Association will host a Fun day this Sunday [Oct.9] from 1 – 6pm at Clearwater Beach. In addition to a fun day of family oriented fairground activities, the feature event will be the Kings of Construction Challenge; a strong-man type competition pitting teams of construction workers against each other in feats such as the Truck Pull,... Read more of this article

Tourism, Import, Retail Statistics 2011

The Department of Statistics released the Quarterly Bulletin of Statistics which show that in the second quarter of 2011 [April to June] air arrivals and expenditure were up, while cruise visitor arrivals and expenditure decreased. Retail purchases both locally and overseas dropped, as did imports to the Island. Air Arrivals Air arrivals during the... Read more of this article

Two Injured In Motorcycle Accident

[Updated] There was an accident involving two motorcycles in the Botanical Gardens area of South Road in Paget this morning [Oct.7]. We unofficially understand that two persons were injured and two ambulances attended. Traffic in the South Road area was diverted while emergency personnel tended to the injured riders, and police officers investigated... Read more of this article

Rick Astley Describes ‘Perfect Storm’

1980s pop star Rick Astley described his ‘worst experience on holiday’ as being in Bermuda during a storm in 1991, and seemed none to happy with the hotel’s dress code. Mr Astley, whose music video spurned the internet meme rickrolling, is an English singer-songwriter best known for his 1987 song, “Never Gonna Give You Up”,... Read more of this article

Government Statement: Telecommunications

The Ministry of Environment, Planning and Infrastructure Strategy released a statement saying “the Government wishes to reiterate that it has not changed its policy regarding telecommunications licences” and that they anticipate that telecommunications regulatory reform legislation will be tabled in November. The full statement follows below: The... Read more of this article

Videos: Seniors Tea At Police Club

As part of their Police Week 2011 celebrations, the Bermuda Police Service hosted a Seniors Tea on Tuesday [Oct.4] to recognize the island’s senior citizens. The well attended event saw those gathered were served by police officers and support staff while enjoying food, music by Gene Steede and his band, as well as prizes won by correctly answering... Read more of this article

Sharpe Finishes 2nd in Canada

Bermudian swimmer Rebecca Sharpe – swimming for the Toronto University Women’s Swimming Team – competed against the Guelph Gryphons, Waterloo Warriors and York Lions in Waterloo, Ontario. Sharpe took part in two events, she finished 5th in the Women’s 50 Yard Backstroke clocking a time of 30.85, and finished 2nd in the Women’s 200... Read more of this article

Ming Named Sesame Workshop CEO

Bermudian H Melvin Ming has been appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of Sesame Workshop, which is the organization behind TV shows including ‘Sesame Street’ and ‘The Electric Company.’ “Mel is a tireless champion of our work here and around the world, and he will continue to bring his passion and leadership... Read more of this article