Author Archive: Bernews1

21-Yr-Old Man Charged With Sexual Assault

Before Magistrate Archie Warner in Magistrates Court this morning [May 18], a 21-year-old Pembroke man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was charged with the unlawful sexual assault of a young girl who was 13-years-old when the offence was alleged to have taken place. The defendant was bailed for $5,000 with one surety and must re-appear for trial... Read more of this article

Local ‘Celebrities’ To Play Cricket Match

Local ‘celebrities’ including Minister Glenn Blakeney, Attorney General Michael Scott, Minister Kim Wilson, Minister Zane DeSilva, Minister Michael Weeks, Michael Jackman, Bruce Barritt, Power Girl, Nadanja Bailey, Gavin Djata Smith, Teresa Perozzi, Jay Donowa, Lionel Cann, and Stephen Outerbridge will take to the pitch to participate in... Read more of this article

Photos: 2011 XL’s Global Day of Giving

This past Monday [May 16] some 2,400 XL employees in 22 countries worked on more than 150 projects during XL’s sixth annual Global Day of Giving. In Bermuda, nine working groups tackled tasks for PALS, Salvation Army, Bermuda National Trust, Bermuda National Museum, Bermuda Zoo Society, Bermuda Hospital Auxiliary, Meals on Wheels, SPCA and Westmeath.... Read more of this article

Premier Cox: BPSU Decision ‘Positive Step’

Premier and Finance Minister Paula Cox today [May 18] welcomed the decision by unionised civil servants to accept a new pay increase, saying it demonstrated “good faith” and would facilitate Government efforts to better manage public spending. In a statement issued this morning after it was announced civil servants had overwhelmingly voted... Read more of this article

White Mountains Selling Two Subsidiaries

Bermuda-domiciled financial services holding company White Mountains Insurance Group, today [May 18] announced it has signed a definitive agreement to sell its Esurance and Answer Financial businesses to The Allstate Corporation for an amount in cash equal to $700 million plus the tangible book value at closing of the entities being sold. Esurance sells... Read more of this article

Centralized Online Golf Booking Website

The Bermuda Department of Tourism has partnered with Bermuda Premier Golf to offer a new centralized tee time system online. Bermudapremiergolf.com allows the potential golfer to select the golf course, tee times, number of players and pay securely online with either Visa, Mastercard or AMEX. Each participant receives a tee time voucher by email which... Read more of this article

Sailing: BODA Completes Selection Trials

The Bermuda Optimist Dinghy Association (BODA) completed their selection trials last week to determine which local youth sailors would qualify to attend the IODA North American Championships this summer in California. According to the BODA selection procedures, the top 7 sailors in the series are eligible to attend the IODA North American Championships.... Read more of this article

Caron Bermuda To Honour Peter Durhager

Caron Bermuda will be hosting its first annual Richard J. Caron Award of Excellence Dinner on Thursday, June 2, 2011 at the Fairmont Southampton Hotel. Under the Distinguished Patronage of the Premier Paula Cox, the inaugural event will honor Peter Durhager, Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer at RenaissanceRe, for his personal... Read more of this article

BDA Health Foundation To Honour Alf Oughton

The Bermuda Health Foundation’s 9th Annual Salute to Service Award Luncheon will be held on Friday, June 24, 2011 again at the Fairmont Hamilton Princess Hotel Harbour View Ballroom. This year, the Foundation has selected former Senate President, the Hon. Alfred (Alf) Oughton as this year’s honouree. Mr. Oughton rose through the ranks at BELCO and... Read more of this article

Photo Slideshow: Beach Tennis

This past Saturday [May 14] beach tennis players took to Horseshoe Bay for an afternoon of play. Beach tennis follows the rules of tennis but with one or two minor changes, it is played in a doubles format with paddles and a decompressed tennis ball with a 5′ 10″ high net. The players will be back out the weekend on Saturday and Sunday... Read more of this article

Miss Bermuda & StyleBermuda ‘Style War’

The Miss Bermuda Pageant has teamed up with StyleBermuda.com for a ‘Style War‘, in which each contestant selected a denim outfit of their own choosing, and the contestant receiving the most votes for her ‘denim style’ will be announced on June 12 at the Miss Bermuda Pageant. The photography was by Tekoa Photography, assisted... Read more of this article

BPSU Members Accept 1.25% Pay Increase

Last night [May 17], 75% of those BPSU members who cast a ballot voted to accept the Government’s offer of a 1.25% pay increase. This pay increase was first offered to the BPSU in January 2011, but members agreed, at that time, to put off any decision until later. The 1.25% increase will be backdated to 1st October 2010. Last month members of... Read more of this article