Author Archive: Bernews1

National Rugby Team Heading To Atlanta

The Bermuda National team is heading out to Atlanta on Thursday [May 8] to play USA South Rugby on Saturday 10th May as part of the North Caribbean Championship put on by NACRA. Bermuda have made several changes to the team that got demolished by Mexico 56-9. The friendly international was part of the build up to the championship games. National team... Read more of this article

Johnson To Release “Selling Bermuda” Today

[Updated] Ayo Johnson — founder of Think Media — announced that the company’s first digital journal, Politica, goes live as of 11 a.m. today [May 7]. Mr. Johnson [pictured] said he and his team spent months developing the site, the company’s infrastructure, while researching “Selling Bermuda” a lengthy report on his inquiry into... Read more of this article

World Asthma Day Highlights Awareness & Care

Yesterday [May 6] Bermuda marked World Asthma Day, an annual event organized by the Global Initiative for Asthma to improve asthma awareness and care throughout the world. An event was held at City Hall, with Open Airways giving away free spacers, free pillows or a microfiber cleaning cloth and free asthma education. “80 countries around the... Read more of this article

Friendly Society: ‘Bentley Is Not A Member’

Following recent media reports, the Bermuda Friendly Societies Association [BFSA] said they wish to “make it clear that it is not part of, or in any way involved with, Bentley or with the organization known as Bentley Friendly Society.” Last month the Transport Control Department [TCD] said that “individuals with a Bentley Mutual Insurance... Read more of this article

Bermuda Rugby Football Union Annual Awards

The Bermuda Rugby Football Union held their Annual Awards for the 2013-2014 Season. Jo Hickley from the Police was named the Women’s Rookie of the Year, while Mariners player Chakote Wainwright was named the Men’s Rookie of the Year. Wainwright also took home the Men’s Youth Player of the Year Award, while Renegades player Carmel Hanna was named... Read more of this article

Opinion Column: Glenn Fubler “Be The Change”

[Opinion column written by Glenn Fubler] Archbishop Tutu and his daughter, Mpho, announced a new publication: The Book of Forgiving – A Guide to the Process of Forgiveness, in an extensive BBC Radio interview on May 5th . The book connects Tutu’s personal life with his public persona; capturing his relationship with his late-father. I heard the... Read more of this article

Allied World Bermuda Thirty2°/Sixty4° Suite

Allied World Assurance Company Holdings, AG has launched theAllied World Bermuda’s Thirty2°/Sixty4°℠ suite that addresses a wide range of liability exposures currently facing corporations and their executives and employees. The Thirty2°/Sixty4° suite offers five distinct primary coverage components: Directors & Officers Liability, Employment... Read more of this article

Somers Limited April 2014 Share Repurchases

Somers Limited, a Bermuda exempted financial services investment holding company, announces that during the month of April 2014, Somers purchased 3,300 of its own common shares at an average cost of $12.25 per share. The Shares will be cancelled with immediate effect. Somers Limited is a listed exempt financial services investment holding company whose... Read more of this article

Bermuda Netball League Double Header Results

The Bermuda Netball Association’s Summer League Season continued at the Bernard Park with a Double Header. Two close games produced 95 goals in total. The match between the Teachers and Young Men Social Club Lady Bluebirds ended 27 – 27. Kimale Evans scored 20 goals for the Teachers, with Tanika White adding 7 goals, Fredricka Samuels scoed a game... Read more of this article

BHB: Losses Will Not Affect Cost Or Quality

Following the recent news about the substantial losses incurred by Sir Robert McAlpine Holdings in relation to the KEMH Redevelopment Project, the Bermuda Hospitals Board [BHB] said these losses will have “no adverse impact either on the cost of the project to BHB or on the completion of the new Acute Care Wing in June 2014.” BHB said, “BCM... Read more of this article

Corporation: We Can Legally Clamp Vehicles

The Corporation of Hamilton today [May 6] responded to the comments made by the Senior Magistrate Archibald Warner’s on its clamping practices in City car parks. Yesterday the Senior Magistrate rejected a man’s guilty plea for damaging a clamp on a cycle, saying that the Bermuda Hospitals Board — who clamped it due to a parking issue —... Read more of this article

Teen Pregnancy Prevention Month To Launch

Since 1998, Teen Services has joined forces with the National Teen Pregnancy Prevention Campaign, which is recognized worldwide, in observing May as Teen Pregnancy Prevention month. The purpose of the campaign in Bermuda is to increase public awareness on teen pregnancy. The ultimate aim of the campaign is to help young people make wise choices and... Read more of this article