Author Archive: Bernews1

Equestrian: Terceira, Nisbett Continue in Belgium

Bermudian equestrians Jillian Terceira and Patrick Nisbett both continued competing in the International Jumping Horse Show Belgium. Nisbett and Quick Z finished 27th in the 1.40m Class, they recorded a Clear Round time of 70.56. Nisbett and Farah van Klapscheut finished the 1.45m Class, the pair had 4 Penalty Fault Points and they recorded a time of... Read more of this article

Police Community Action Team To Host Clinic

Police are encouraging residents to come out at 5pm on Saturday [Apr 12] and visit officers from the Police Community Action Team at Gorham’s Ltd where they are hosting a Police Community Clinic. A Police spokesperson said, “The ‘Meet Your Community Action Team Officers’ [CAT] – Police Community Clinic will take place at 5pm this Saturday... Read more of this article

Blue Capital Completion of Placing Programme

Blue Capital Global Reinsurance Fund Limited yesterday [Apr 9] filed a statement with the Bermuda Stock Exchange relating to the Placing Programme announced on 17 April 2013. The filing read: “The Company announces that the Placing Programme, which opened on 16 April 2013, has now completed. The Company has issued, in aggregate, 72,351,028 ordinary... Read more of this article

Woman Pleads Not Guilty To Assaulting Man

Appearing in Magistrates Court today [Apr 9], 27-year-old Deonna Hill pleaded not guilty to unlawfully causing grievous bodily harm to a man earlier this week. Senior Magistrate Archie Warner set bail at $3,000, required a Surety, and set trial for July. A Police spokesperson previously said that they responded to a report of an assault that took... Read more of this article

Junior Sailors Competing In IODA Championship

[Written by Talbot Wilson] A team of young Optimist Sailors left Bermuda this week for Punta del Este, Uruguay to represent Bermuda at the International Optimist Dinghy [IODA] South American Championships. They are the cream at the top of a crop of up and coming and very talented young Bermuda sailors. Racing will begin 12 April and conclude 19 April. The... Read more of this article

Partial Closure Of KEMH Ground Floor Corridor

The Bermuda Hospitals Board said that construction works of the Acute Care Wing will necessitate the closure of a portion of the ground floor corridor between the Continuing Care Unit [CCU] and the main lobby of the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital [KEMH] this month. This section of the corridor will be closed for approximately four weeks. A spokeperson... Read more of this article

Man Denies Unlawfully Employing Man At Garage

A 51 year old man appeared in Magistrates Court this morning [Apr 9], where he denied charges alleging he illegally employed a Jamaican national. Ricky Johnson pleaded not guilty to unlawfully employing Owen Morrison on 18th March 2014, at Ricky’s Auto Garage in Wellbottom, Southampton. Mr Morrison had earlier pleaded not guilty to working without... Read more of this article

Newly Merged Consumer Affairs Relocates

The Ministry of Home Affairs advised that Consumer Affairs has relocated its office to the D. Rego Building, 3rd Floor, 75 Reid Street, Hamilton. They were previously located in the Ingham and Wilkinson Building on Front Street, but have now moved into the facilities of the Rent Commission. The Minister of Home Affairs Michael Fahy made the announcement... Read more of this article

More Smartphones For Spring At CellOne

CellOne announced their spring 2014 smartphone lineup featuring the Nokia Lumia 1020 and the Samsung Galaxy S5. The first week of April saw the soft launch of the all new Nokia Lumia 1020. This is the Telco’s first of a series of smartphones being introduced in the Windows arena. Available in 3 colours, black, white and yellow, the device is already... Read more of this article

Video: Rare Footage Of Elusive Ocean Oarfish

The rare capture of footage of a giant oarfish in California serves as a reminder of when an oarfish washed up in Bermuda 150 years ago; creating a frenzy as it was thought to be a “sea serpent”. The oarfish observers were kayaking as part of a tour with the Shedd Aquarium in Baja, California and the video was posted online on Monday [Apr... Read more of this article

Football U/14 & U/16 Teams Off To Alabama

The Bermuda Football Association announced the players and officials comprising the National Academy Under 14 and Under 16 select teams that will participate in the 2014 Open Cup that will be held in Decatur, Alabama. The teams depart Bermuda today [Apr 9]. The Under 14 Select has been placed in the Under 14 Boys Gold Division [Flight B] and the Under... Read more of this article

Bermuda Netball Players Off To Winning Start

The combined youth team of Bermuda and St. Marten started off with a win on Monday [Apr 7] in Antigua & Barbuda where they are playing in the development division of the Jean Pierre Netball Tournament. Representing Bermuda are Satashie Rogers, Zaji Smith and Zakiyah Durham, while Kimale Evans is the coach and Bermuda Netball Association representative. In... Read more of this article