Author Archive: Bernews1

Photos: Prison Van Catches Fire On North Shore

[Updated with photos] As of 10.00am this morning [Feb 2] traffic is being diverted on North Shore Road in Hamilton Parish after a prison van with six people inside it caught fire. A police spokesperson said, “Around 8:55am Sunday, February 2nd first responders were dispatched to a reported vehicle fire along North Shore Road in Hamilton Parish... Read more of this article

Youth & Senior Netball League Weekend Results

Netballers in both the junior and senior leagues took to the court this weekend, with the Signworx Netts Green, Data Tech Netts Whites, North Village Lady Rams, Young Men Social Club Bluebirds Juniors, Young Men Social Club Bluebirds Younguns, Young Men Social Club Lady Bluebirds, WWC Pink Panthers and Young Men Social Club Blazin Bluebirds all picking... Read more of this article

BBA: Somerset, Southampton & Hamilton Win

Bermuda Basketball Association Premier Basketball League action inside the Somersfield Academy Gymnasium saw a triple-header. In the opener produced 100 points as the Somerset Flyers defeat the Pembroke Canetoads 71 – 29. Kareem O’Connor scored a game high 22 points to lead the Somerset Flyers to victory, while Michael Paynter scored 10 points... Read more of this article

Burrows Wins Miller Snooker Tournament

The Bermuda Snooker Association held a Miller Tournament at Queens Club and the Royal Hamilton Amateur Dinghy Club. The Final went five games with Honky Burrows defeating Timmy Sousa 3 – 2. Burrows won the first game 57 – 43, but Sousa refused to give in winning the second game 55 – 21. Burrows then won the third game 64 – 21, but once again... Read more of this article

Arbitration Panel Awards In Favour Of Nordic

Bermuda-based Nordic American Tankers [NAT] announced on Friday [Jan 31] that an arbitration panel in London has produced an award in favour of NAT. Gulf Navigation Holding PJSC [GulfNav] was the other party in the arbitration. The case relates to the 6 year bareboat charter with GulfNav of the Suezmax vessel Gulf Scandic [now named Nordic Harrier]... Read more of this article

Leeds United Defeat Huddersfield & Nahki Wells

Nahki Wells and his Huddersfield Town teammates matched up against Leeds United today [Feb 1], going down 5 – 1 to the hosts. Huddersfield Town’s Twitter feed summed up the game by saying, “Ward opens the scoring, but Leeds run riot in the second half with a McCormack hat-trick.” The 23 year old Bermudian striker — who... Read more of this article

Nahki Wells Is Ready For Game Against Leeds

Speaking a day before the West Yorkshire derby when Huddersfield Town travel to Elland Road looking to record their third straight victory over Leeds United, Nahki Wells said that “big occasions usually bring the best out of me”. Speaking to htafc.com, the 23 year old Bermudian striker said, “When I played in big, important games for Bradford... Read more of this article

Photos: Mill Creek Road Flooding Slows Traffic

Motorists traversing the Mill Creek Road area this morning [Jan 31] were met with water rising above the creek and flooding the roadway. A high tide at approximately 8.30am combined with heavy downpours throughout the night helped fill the street with inches of water. At the deepest point, the water on the south side of road was about 15 inches deep... Read more of this article

BVA Volleyball Women’s League Results

The latest round of the Bermuda Volleyball Association’s Docksider’s Women’s League took place at two locations, the MSA Gym and the Warwick Academy Gym. In action inside the MSA Gymnasium on Net One, Island Embroidery defeated the Azkals 21 – 12, the MAD Lady Ligers went down 21 – 11 to the Azkals. The Azkals then defeated JNT... Read more of this article

Bermuda Police Probe Cayman Officer’s Death

Officers from the Bermuda Police Service began their investigation into the death of a Royal Cayman Islands Police Service [RCIPS] constable this week. The RCIPS said, “Following a directive from Police Commissioner David Baines that an independent review of the circumstances surrounding the arrest, and the subsequent death, of Police Constable... Read more of this article

Video: Fire Officers Receive NFPA Certification

The Bermuda Fire and Rescue Service yesterday [Jan 30] honored 24 members from their department for successfully completing the NFPA Level 1 Instructors Training Course. Minister of National Security Michael Dunkley was on hand to present the certificates and he congratulated each officer on their accomplishment. “This initiative was facilitated... Read more of this article

PartnerRe Increases Common Share Dividend

Bermuda-based PartnerRe Ltd has increased the annual dividend to $2.68 per common share, from $2.56 per common share. This is the twenty-first consecutive year that the Company has increased the common share dividend since its inception in 1993. The Board declared a regular quarterly dividend of $0.67 per common share. The dividend will be payable on... Read more of this article