Author Archive: Bernews1

Cooper Advances to Semis in Tennessee

Local tennis player Alex Cooper has advanced to the semi-finals of the Manker Pattern TC Winter Tennis Tournament in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Playing in the Boy’s 18 Singles Division, Alex Cooper won his round of 16 match defeating Evan Watkins in straight sets 7 – 5, 7 – 6. In his quarter-final match, he was taken to a third set tie-breaker before... Read more of this article

Postponed: Tonight’s Festival String Quartet

Tonight’s [Feb 1] Bermuda Festival of the Performing Arts concert by the Marian Anderson String Quartet has been postponed to tomorrow. ”We regret that flight delays due to weather conditions on the US East Coast have affected some of the musicians, who were slated to arrive yesterday. They are now scheduled to arrive tomorrow afternoon,” said... Read more of this article

Bermuda Media Council To Go Live Tomorrow

The Media Council of Bermuda officially becomes active tomorrow [Feb 2]. The full statement from the Media Working Group follows below: The Media Council of Bermuda officially becomes active tomorrow, Wednesday, February 2. The move ushers in a new era of heightened responsibility and accountability for the media while protecting freedom of expression... Read more of this article

Digicel Launches New 3G+ Site at Tynes Bay

Digicel Bermuda has launched a new 3G+ site at Tynes Bay, Devonshire just one month after launching a 2G site at the same location. Digicel said this site provides a stronger 3G+ cellular signal to businesses and residents in the North Shore, Pembroke area and the North Shore and Middle Road, Devonshire area. Digicel said the site has enhanced both... Read more of this article

US Storm: Bermuda Flight Cancellations

Severe weather conditions in the US have again caused flight cancellations for Bermuda bound flights, with both American Airlines and Jet Blue’s New York flights for today [Feb 1] cancelled, as has Continental’s flight to Newark. CNN reported that: “More than 30 states were under some form of alert due to the storm, with blizzard warnings... Read more of this article

$1.7 Million Drug Case: Canadian Pleads Guilty

Canadian Janet Joan Marie Grant, 47, today [Feb 1] pleaded guilty to importing over a million dollars worth of drugs into Bermuda. Ms Grant, 47, was arrested after arriving on the island on a WestJet flight from Toronto on October 21, 2010. She was alleged to have been in possession of illegal drugs worth $1.7 million. The Ontario resident had five... Read more of this article

Man Appears on Child Pornography Charges

In this morning’s [Feb 1] Supreme Court monthly arraignment session a 43-year-old man appeared in relation to fourteen counts of accessing child pornography and one count of making child pornography. The man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, pleaded not guilty and was represented by lawyer Elizabeth Christopher. Related Stories Court:... Read more of this article

Bermuda Artist Puts Signature On Ship

As has become a Holland America Line tradition, renowned Bermuda marine artist Captain Stephen Card has put his signature on “Nieuw Amsterdam IV”, its 15th and newest vessel, with a series of works celebrating the new cruise ship and its predecessors. The Bermudian artist, who hails from a seafaring background, has several paintings and... Read more of this article

Threatening Words: Pair Plead Not Guilty

This morning [Feb 1] two men appeared in Magistrates Court, and pleaded not guilty to using threatening words. —- Both Macai Simmons, 18, and Kaiwan Trott, 26, were alleged to have threatened another man, and Mr. Simmons [pictured above right] is also charged with unlawfully damaging a motorbike. The Crown alleged that both men verbally threatened... Read more of this article

Partner Re To Class Floods As Separate Events

Partner Re, the leading Bermuda-based reinsurer, said late Monday [Jan. 31] that massive flooding in Australia will be categorised as at least two separate events for insurance purposes because the catastrophe hit during 2010 and 2011. PartnerRe estimated that the Queensland flooding which began in December 2010 [pictured] will trigger losses of $25... Read more of this article

Sharieff Inducted Into USC College Hall of Fame

Bermudian Khari Sharieff was recently inducted into the University of South Carolina Upstate [USC] Athletics Hall of Fame. Mr Sharieff – now a manager at HSBC Bank – was a standout soccer star for the school in the late 1990s, who said his “illustrious career on the pitch was one of the greatest careers of any athlete to ever don... Read more of this article

Analysts: Egypt Crisis’ Impact On Insurance

Multi-national companies must begin re-assessing the adequacy of their insurance coverage — much of it channeled through Bermuda firms – in the wake of political unrest in Tunisia and Egypt, according to analysts at Marsh and Aon. Companies investing, manufacturing, and trading in emerging markets are increasingly realising they face... Read more of this article