Author Archive: Bernews1

Bermuda’s Swimmers Win Seven More Medals

A strong showing by Bermuda’s swimmers on the second day of the 2014 CARIFTA Swimming Championships in Aruba has seen the team’s medal tally increase to eleven, with seven medals won. Ashley Irby delivered Bermuda’s third gold medal, Jesse Washington added a bronze and a silver, Emma Harvey added two more silvers, Maddy Moore collected... Read more of this article

New AXIS Chief Investment Officer David Phillips

Bermuda-based AXIS Capital Holdings Limited announced the appointment of David Phillips as Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer, effective April 17, 2014. Mr. Phillips will report to Albert Benchimol, President & CEO. Mr. Phillips has more than 18 years experience in investments. Most recently, he was the Head of Investments for... Read more of this article

PartnerRe Wins Innovation Award For iPad App

PartnerRe was honored for their iPad App, PartnerResearch, one of the innovative new products to be recognized at the Risk Management Summit held on March 12, 2014 in New York City. Launched in September 2013, the PartnerResearch App was developed to offer risk managers and business partners free, direct access to a layer of the proprietary modeling... Read more of this article

SPCA Offers Reward For Info On Injured Puppy

[Updated: Reward has been doubled following an anonymous matching donation] The SPCA is offering a $500 reward to anyone who has any information leading to the conviction of the person[s] responsible for placing a puppy with a docked tail in a dumpster in Devonshire on April 10, 2014. As we previously reported, the puppy was found in a dumpster by... Read more of this article

Rubber Duck Derby To Take Place On June 1st

This year’s Duck Derby Race will be held on Sunday, June 1st at Ordnance Island, St. George’s. The major sponsor for this event is BELCO, who have sponsored the Duck Derby for the past seventeen years, and funds raised will go towards Friends of Hospice, the charity supporting Agape House and hospice care in Bermuda. This is their biggest fundraising... Read more of this article

Bus & Ferry Service To Be Reduced Tomorrow

[Updated] Tomorrow’s ferry and bus service will be affected due to BIU meeting which will be held from 10.30am to 12.00pm, the Transport Ministry said today. A spokesperson said, “Bermuda Industrial Union staff from the Department of Public Transportation [DPT] and Department of Marine and Ports [M&P] will attend a meeting on Thursday,... Read more of this article

Aliyyah Ahad Selected As 2014 Rhodes Scholar

The Bermuda Rhodes Scholarship Selection Committee announced that Ms Aliyyah Ahad has been selected as Bermuda’s Rhodes Scholar 2014. Aliyyah is the daughter of Abdallah and Ameenah Ahad of Sandys Parish, Bermuda. Aliyyah attended Bermuda High School and graduated in 2008 with top results in her GCSEs and the International Baccalaureate. Aliyyah... Read more of this article

Bermuda Tourism Authority Appoints Victoria Isley

[Updated] The Bermuda Tourism Authority [BTA] announced that Victoria Isley has been named its Chief Sales and Marketing Officer. Ms. Isley, an American, will oversee all of the BTA sales and marketing efforts in North America based out of its New York office. She will start her new position on June 2, 2014. BTA CEO Bill Hanbury — who worked with... Read more of this article

St Kitts & Nevis To Host 2015 CARIFTA Games

St Kitts and Nevis have been chosen to host the 2015 CARIFTA Games, while the 2016 Games will be held in Grenada. Both islands have hosted the Games before, with St Kitts and Nevis last hosting in 2008, while Grenada last hosted in 2000. Grenada was chosen as host venue for the 2016 games, an interest which had also been expressed by Turks and Caicos... Read more of this article

PLP: Cannot Build With Ideas From Last Century

“The governing OBA promised Bermuda 2,000 jobs, yet in their first year as government, total job losses stand at 1,166,” Shadow Finance Minister David Burt said today [Apr 23]. Saying “we cannot build an economy for the future with ideas from the last century,” Mr. Burt said we “must look forward and be bold,” mentioning... Read more of this article

CARIFTA Swimmers Win 2 Golds & 2 Silvers

Bermuda’s swimmers had an excellent opening day at the 2014 CARIFTA Swimming Championships in Aruba, capturing four medals, two of which were gold, and setting one new CARIFTA record. Both Emma Harvey and Jesse Washington won gold medals, while Harvey added another silver, as did the girls relay team. Emma Harvey won gold in the 50m backstroke,... Read more of this article

Erica Woods Wins “Spirit Of Service” Award

Bermudian Erica Woods from the Marshall University women’s basketball squad was a recipient of the Conference USA Winter Spirit of Service Award, the Herald Dispatch reports. C-USA rewards its student-athletes for significant community service, good academic standing and participation in their sport. The winter awards are for basketball, women’s... Read more of this article