Author Archive: Bernews1

City of Hamilton Four Seasons Arts Festival

The City of Hamilton today [May 12] announced the start of the Four Seasons Arts Festival. The highly anticipated Arts Festival which comprises two parts, Art in the Dark and Art in the Park, is expected to bring lots of attention and recognition to local artists while encouraging support for the city’s bars and restaurants. In making the announcement,... Read more of this article

BDA Commercial Bank: $1.35 Million Profit

The Bermuda Commercial Bank Limited [BCB] reported a profit of $1.35 million for the six months ended March 31, 2011 equating to fully diluted earnings per share of $0.20. This compares with a net loss of $1.47 million for the six months ended March 31, 2010. Additionally, we recorded a $5.52 million unrealised gain on our investment portfolio. Total... Read more of this article

Bus Schedule: Heading to Arbitration

[Updated] This morning [May 12] Minister of Transport Terry Lister and BIU President Chris Furbert are holding a press conference to provide an update on a planned new bus schedule, and you can tune into the live video below. As locals are well aware, there has been issues with the bus service lately, with Transport Minister Terry Lister saying the... Read more of this article

Dr. Ming To Speak In London: Project Ocean

The Director of Environmental Protection, Dr. Frederick Ming, will represent Bermuda in part of Selfridges’ ‘Ocean Talks’ in London – one of a number of events being held in aid of Selfridges’ Project Ocean. Spearheaded by Selfridges and ZSL [Zoological Society of London], Project Ocean is a call-to-action marine conservation campaign aimed... Read more of this article

OBA Party Announcement Postponed

Today’s [May 12] scheduled announcement from the One Bermuda Alliance [OBA] has been postponed, with a spokesman saying it was due to “unforeseen circumstances which did not come up until last night.” The OBA will consist of members from both the Bermuda Democratic Alliance [BDA] and United Bermuda Party [UBP]. On May 3 members of... Read more of this article

Sims Wins Orchard Open & $15,000 Prize

After finishing T1st at 14-under par on the Peach State Professional Golf Tour, Bermudian golfer Michael Sims won the Orchard Open in Georgia in a one hole playoff against Jay McLuen. Mr Sims shot a first round 5-under par 67, before shooting a second round 3-under par 69. On the final day he came from four shots back in regulation to tie Mr McLuen... Read more of this article

Aspen Receives Florida Collateral Approval

Bermuda-based Aspen Insurance Ltd. has been approved by the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation to post reduced collateral and operate in Florida as an eligible re/insurer. This makes Aspen the twelfth Bermuda reinsurer to operate in Florida with similar terms. Aspen reported capital and surplus of $1.6 billion, which exceeds the $100 million... Read more of this article

“Desperate Lengths To Preserve Status Quo”

Bermuda Democratic Alliance Chairman Michael Fahy said the filing of the injunction earlier this week by some members of the UBP shows “the desperate lengths some will go through to preserve a status quo.” On May 3, members of the United Bermuda Party [UBP] met and voted to authorize party officers to dissolve the UBP and merge with the... Read more of this article

Wednesday Night Sailing Results

Wednesday Night Sailing got underway in the Hamilton Harbor. Thirty boats went to the starting line, with Trumps crossing the line sixth in a time of 1:13.39, and with the corrected time they finished first in a time of 1:05.57. Elusive was the second boat to cross the line clocking 1:10.27, but they finished second with their corrected time of 1:06.03,... Read more of this article

Want $1,000? Win This Saturday’s Dance Battle

This coming Saturday [May 14] at The Berkeley Institute, TROIKA in association with The Broadway Dance Centre of New York will be hosting a Performing Arts Master Class Workshop entitled ‘GROOVE’. There will be a ‘dance battle’ at the end of the workshop day at 5:30pm. The winner will be judged by the guest faculty and will win $1000.00,... Read more of this article

Video Previews: May 15 Weekend Film Series

A charming documentary that has broken box office records at Film Forum in New York, and an Italian comedic drama that was the country’s nominee for the 2011 Foreign Language Film Academy Award®, are the featured films at the ‘Weekend Film Series’ on Sunday May 15. The documentary, Bill Cunningham New York, screens at 3 p.m. while The First Beautiful... Read more of this article

Burchall: Change And More Change

[Written by Larry Burchall] “Death is rarely a pretty or happy event. Sometimes, though, death is theatrical. I recall watching old-time cowboys die on the silver screen. They’d get hit. Stagger three steps to the left. A half step to the right. Knees would buckle and their upper body would subside in a slow dramatic fall. Then, with a dying breath... Read more of this article