Author Archive: Bernews1

Former CEO ‘Made False Statements’

The former CEO of a Bermuda-based investment company made false statements to induce investors to buy worthless shares, a London jury has been told. Geoffrey Pearson, 63, has pleaded not guilty to 13 counts of making misleading statements to the financial markets between June and October 2005 while he was CEO of Langbar International Ltd. Langbar is... Read more of this article

Nahki Wells: ‘I’ll Prove Carlisle Wrong’

Bermudian striker Nahki Wells has told a Cumbrian newspaper today [May 10] he will return to England in the next football season and prove Carlisle United wrong. The 20-year-old, who was dropped by Carlisle last week after a four-month trial with the First Division club, said he will be back in the UK “without a doubt” and says he is already... Read more of this article

New Year’s Evil Focus Of Comic Mystery

[Written by Steven Rees Davies] If you are fans of the fashions and glitzy parties of the 1940s, or of films like “The Philadelphia Story” starring Cary Grant, James Stewart and Katherine Hepburn, you had better prepare yourselves and book tickets for a night of 1940s comic revelry as the Bermuda Musical and Dramatic Society take us back... Read more of this article

Caribbean-Canada Emerging Leaders’ Dialogue

Twelve participants of the Caribbean-Canada Emerging Leaders’ Dialogue (CCELD) will be visiting Bermuda from Saturday 4 June to Tuesday 7 June, 2011. The CCELD is an intensive two-week conference that provides a regional approach to leadership development by bringing together 120 high-calibre, men and women from business, government, labour, and civil... Read more of this article

Sophie Tod Joins Appleby As Senior Associate

Appleby has announced the recruitment of an additional experienced Bermudian lawyer to the Bermuda Private Client and Trusts team. Sophie Tod has joined the Bermuda Private Client team of Appleby as a Senior Associate. She has approximately 10 years of experience and has worked for leading law firms in Geneva, the UK and Bermuda. She was also formerly... Read more of this article

Dame Jennifer Visits Paget Primary School

Government, politics and law were some of the topics of conversation today [May 9] when the Minister of Education Dame Jennifer Smith visited Paget Primary School. She chatted with the school’s Primary 4 Social Studies class about her role as the Minister of Education. Minister Smith also fielded some questions from the nearly three dozen inquisitive... Read more of this article

May 12th: One Bermuda Alliance Launch

The One Bermuda Alliance [OBA] will launch this coming Thursday [May 12]. On May 3, months of speculation ended when members of the United Bermuda Party [UBP] met and officially voted to authorize party officers to dissolve the UBP, and merge with the Bermuda Democratic Alliance [BDA] to form a new party. Senator Jeanne Atherden confirmed the vote,... Read more of this article

44 Volunteers To Travel To Zambia

Bermuda Overseas Missions [BOM] will be sending a team of 44 volunteers to Zambia in Southeastern Africa this summer to build homes for families impacted by the economic recession and the AIDS epidemic. As part of the Global Village Volunteer programme of Habitat from Humanity the BOM team will join other teams from around the world in Ndola, a mid-size... Read more of this article

Nineteen Yachts Set Sail For Bermuda

A multinational fleet of 77 sailors on 19 yachts flying the flags of 12 countries will be sailing to Bermuda, then cruising the Azores archipelago before heading for Lagos in Portugal. The main fleet started from Nanny Cay on Tortola, British Virgin Islands on 05 May. The second fleet started from Hampton, Virginia on 06 May. The two fleets will rendezvous... Read more of this article

Tucker Murphy Wins Division: Norway Ski Contest

Bermuda’s Tucker Murphy put on a stellar performance to win his age division in a 42km ski marathon in Norway, finishing over 20 minutes ahead of the second place finisher. Mr Murphy – the only Bermudian skier to ever represent the island at the Winter Olympics – won the 20-29 year old age division in the 19th Annual Svalbard Ski Marathon... Read more of this article

Guilty Plea: Obstruction & Resisting Arrest

32-year-old Raymond Burgess, who had been sprayed with Captor spray and then Taser’ed, this morning [May 9] pleaded guilty to three charges. The three charges, obstructing Police, assaulting a Police officer, and resisting arrest; stemmed from an attempt by Police to search Mr Burgess after Police had formed the opinion that Mr Burgess might be in... Read more of this article

Alterra: Incorporate Reinsurance Co. in Brazil

Bermuda based Alterra Capital Holdings Limited today [May 9] announced that it is planning to apply for a license to incorporate a local reinsurance company in Brazil. W. Marston (Marty) Becker, President and Chief Executive Officer of Alterra, commented: “It has been just over a year since we set up Alterra Latin America, and we are continuing to... Read more of this article