Author Archive: Bernews1

PLP To Host Town Hall Meeting [Cancelled]

[Updated] The Progressive Labour Party will be holding a Town Hall Meeting this coming Thursday [Feb 13] at 7:30pm at the Warwick Workman’s Club in Warwick. The topic will be commercial immigration, and the panelists will be PLP MP Walter Roban, PLP MP Walton Brown and Eugene Johnston. In last November’s Throne Speech [PDF], Government announced... Read more of this article

Somers Limited January Share Repurchase

Somers Limited, a Bermuda exempted financial services investment holding company, announced that during the month of January 2014, Somers purchased 48,000 of its own common shares at an average cost of $12.04 per share. The Shares will be cancelled with immediate effect. Somers Limited, formerly known as Bermuda National Limited, is a listed exempt... Read more of this article

Video, Photos: Plane Makes Emergency Landing

[Updated with photos + video] Police officers are restricting traffic in the area by the airport this evening [Feb 7] due to a plane making an emergency landing. A police spokesperson said, “Emergency landing procedures have been initiated surrounding L. F. Wade International Airport due to a small plane attempting to land with reported landing... Read more of this article

Minister Gibbons To Visit California For Meetings

The Minister of Education and Economic Development, Dr Grant Gibbons will travel to California next week to conduct a series of business meetings. “During the three day trip [including travel time] the Minister will meet with various influencers of jurisdictional decision making, particularly firms involved with private equity, venture capital,... Read more of this article

WOW Clarifies Speculation Over Spectrum Issue

World on Wireless [WOW] has moved to quash speculation that they could be going out of business, saying nothing could be further from the truth. The Company said, “Due to articles written on the migration of World on Wireless [WOW] from the 700Mhz to 500Mhz spectrum, there appears to be speculation on the blogs that WOW may be going out of business.... Read more of this article

Chamber Of Commerce Fires Joanne MacPhee

The Bermuda Chamber of Commerce has fired Joanne MacPhee following the incident that occurred during the BIU march on Hamilton. She previously served as the Executive Director, and has been terminated effective immediately. Ms MacPhee described herself as “absolutely gutted by the Chamber Board’s vote of no confidence”, and extended... Read more of this article

Longtails Spotted Off Spittal Pond, Church Bay

The first Longtails of the year are back, according to President of the Bermuda Audubon Society Andrew Dobson, who said that Audubon member Keith Rossiter spotted two off Spittal Pond, and also noted they were seen off Church Bay. Speaking previously, Mr. Dobson said: “Small numbers of longtails are usually seen in the early part of February but... Read more of this article

Veendam Cruise To Return To Hamilton In 2015

According to the Holland America Cruise Line website, the Veendam cruise ship will return to Bermuda in 2015, set to make six calls which all stop in Hamilton The ‘Veendam’ started service to Bermuda in 2010, making weekly sailings from New York, tendering from Murray’s Anchorage to St. George’s on Tuesdays and docking in Hamilton Wednesdays... Read more of this article

PwC: “CEOs Concerned About Slow Growth”

New research from PwC has revealed that 70% of reinsurance and insurance CEOs are concerned about slow or negative growth in developed markets and 47% view increasing market share as the main opportunity for growth in 2014. PwC’s 17th Annual Global CEO Survey, launched last month, set out to uncover how chief executives across industries are searching... Read more of this article

Family Centre To Host 3rd Annual Fundraiser

Family Centre is inviting everyone to the 3rd Annual ‘Celebrate the Night’ on Saturday, March 1st at the Fourways Inn in Paget from 7pm to 11pm. “The services provided by Family Centre to children and families with serious risk and challenges has greatly increased in recent years”, a spokesperson said. “Fundraising and community... Read more of this article

Opinion Column: ‘Reckless, Unpatriotic Attacks’

[Written by OBA MP Sylvan Richards + Updated with PLP response] Here is something that I bet the majority of Bermudians had no idea was happening: PLP leaders for months now have been publishing articles in an online newspaper telling the people of the Caribbean that the Government of Bermuda is deceitful and anti-democratic, willing to crush democratic... Read more of this article

Man Pleads Not Guilty To Handling A Bullet

A 25-year-old man pleaded not guilty in Magistrates Court this morning [Feb 7] to unlawfully handing a bullet. Princeton Hunt denied unlawfully handling ammunition — one 7.62mm bullet — on a date unknown between 7th July 2010 and 21st August 2013. He also pleaded not guilty to a second charge of possessing, in August 2013, just over 33... Read more of this article