Author Archive: Bernews1

Premier Attends RIMS Sessions on Risks

The Premier and Minister of Finance Paula Cox participated in a series of morning sessions conducted among Bermudian industry professionals at the Risk Insurance Management Society [RIMS] yesterday [May 4] in Vancouver, British Columbia. An early morning panel discussion titled, “The Maturing of the Chief Risk Officer Role,” included a number of... Read more of this article

BMA Internal Capital Models Guidance

The Bermuda Monetary Authority has issued updated Guidance Notes to the Bermuda market for (re)insurers applying to use an internal capital model (ICM) for regulatory capital purposes. The revised Guidance Notes take into account results from the pilot ICM assessments the Authority conducted with selected firms in 2010, and recent international developments... Read more of this article

Academy Award Winner: ‘Bermudian Journey’

Opening to coincide with Bermuda’s Heritage Month, the ‘Bermudian Journey’ exhibit at the ACE Gallery features the photographic work of Academy Award winning Cinematographer Karl Struss taken when he visited Bermuda in the late 1950s. Mr Struss first visited Bermuda in 1912. Enchanted with the island, he returned in the fall of 1913 to... Read more of this article

Tomorrow: Legends Football Game

Tomorrow evening [May 6] KO Productions presents the first ever LEGENDS football game at the BAA Field beginning at 7pm. It will be followed by The Bermuda Corona League vs The Bermuda Premiere League at 9pm. Admission is $5 at the gate, and there will also be music, fun castles, and other activities for all to enjoy. Parts proceeds from the event will... Read more of this article

War Vet, Sports Historian Aitchison Dies

Tommy Aitchison, one of Bermuda’s last surviving Second World War veterans and perhaps the island’s premier cricket historian, has died at the age of 95. Mr. Aitchison [pictured reminiscing at left with Bermudian sports great Austin Hughes] succumbed in Arizona on Tuesday [May 3] following a short illness. He had been living in the US... Read more of this article

Vigil Tomorrow: In Memory Of George Lynch

Tomorrow evening the community action group ‘Colford’s Family Against Violence’ will be hosting a Candlelight Vigil in memory of George Lynch who was gunned down one year ago today [May 5]. Mr Lynch, a born Jamaican, moved to Canada when he was 25, later moving to Bermuda. He held a degree from York University, and worked at King... Read more of this article

21-Year-Old Fined For Cannabis Possession

Today in Magistrates Court a 21-year-old man was fined for drug possession after pleading guilty and telling the Court it was an “honest mistake,” and that he “tried to throw it away but they was too close.” Jay Dill was this morning [May 5] fined $3,200 for possession of the controlled drug cannabis, possessing a grinder intended... Read more of this article

May 14/15: BELCO Cup Cricket Tournament

[Updated with video] Today [May 5] BELCO and the Bermuda Cricket Board [BCB] announced plans for the ninth annual BELCO Cup cricket match, which takes place May 14-15, with play starting at 11:00 AM each day. The top four teams from the 2010 season will battle to become finalists on Saturday during the semi-finals [admission is free for these game]).... Read more of this article

“Stand Up For Bermuda. One Love”

After graffiti containing a gang name and profanity appeared on a wall by the Victor Scott school, two ladies stepped up and painted over it, replacing it with their own message “”Stand Up For Bermuda. One Love.” The painter, who asked not to be named, said she and another lady were appalled that children should be subjected to graffiti... Read more of this article

Humpback Project Wraps Up 2011 Research

The Bermuda Humpback Whale Project has completed its photo-ID cataloguing of the island’s greatest return visitors for 2011 — documenting at least 150 of the magnificent migratory animals in the island’s waters between February and May. Headed by conservationist and filmmaker Andrew Stevenson, the Humpback Whale Project — founded... Read more of this article

Additional Charge For Burrows & Waldron

In Magistrates Court this morning [May 5], adding to the string of charges already laid against them, Kyril Burrows and Calvin Waldron were charged with a further offence. A third co-defendant was said by the Prosecutor to be off the Island and not due to return until the end of May. After exchanges between the Prosecutor and the Magistrate, it was... Read more of this article

Regiment Breaks Marine Recruit Course Record

Members of the Bermuda Regiment have rappelled, crawled, navigated and secured their way to the end of the first phase of their overseas annual training camp. The soldiers broke the recruit course records set by a specialist detachment of Royal Marines that had stood for a decade. The 165 troops mustered at Bermuda International Airport last Saturday... Read more of this article