Author Archive: Bernews1

2013 City Fashion Festival Schedule Announced

Hosted by the City of Hamilton, the City Fashion Festival is an annual, week-long fashion celebration in Bermuda held this year from July 1 – 6. The week commences with Mannequin Monday where participating retailers, salons and sponsors display live models in their windows and throughout their stores. In the evening, the festival’s main events kick... Read more of this article

Man Jailed For Peeping Up Women’s Skirts

A Turkish national appeared in Magistrates Court this morning [May 14] where he admitted using video camera to look up women’s skirts. Kubilay Fidan was jailed for 30 days and Senior Magistrate Archie Warner recommended that be deported after his sentence is completed. Fidan, 41, admitted secretly recording parts of women’s bodies in Miles... Read more of this article

Global Hue: Business Insider Posts Email Trail

“Ewart Brown, the former premier of Bermuda, emailed me recently to accuse me of being a racist simply because I questioned the way the Caribbean archipelago nation paid the ad agency handling its tourism account,” Jim Edwards of Business Insider reports today [May 14]. “I do not know you, but my experience has taught me that people... Read more of this article

Bermuda Recognises International Nurses Day

Minister of Health and Seniors, Patricia Gordon-Pamplin yesterday [May 13] joined with members of the Bermuda Hospitals Board [BHB] and the Bermuda Nurses Association to formally recognise Monday, May 13, as International Nurses Day. The month of May is also Nurses Month, with the theme being Closing the Gap: Millennium Development Goals 8, 7, 6, 5,... Read more of this article

National Trust To Host Three-Day “Devonfest”

The Bermuda National Trust is offering residents a taste of farm life — quite literally — during its three-day “Devonfest” event being in June. The activities get underway on Friday, June 7 with a tour of the Trust’s Devondale property on South Shore Road in Devonshire and culminate with a family brunch at the farm on... Read more of this article

Island Games: Shetland Bringing 45 Participants

With two months to go until the opening ceremony of the 2013 Island Games in Bermuda, the names of the 45 athletes and officials representing Shetland have been announced by Shetnews. Described as a “good spread of experience plus some new names”, the Shetland team will participate in eight sports – athletics, cycling, golf, sailing, clay shooting,... Read more of this article

Lyme Regis Dignitaries Visit St. George’s

The mayor of Lyme Regis — birthplace of Sir George Somers — led an eight-man delegation to Bermuda recently for the annual Peppercorn Ceremony held in St, George’s, the historic English coastal community’s twin town. Mayor Sally Holman and other Lyme Regis dignitaries spent a week on the island to mark the historical and cultural... Read more of this article

Video: Dembiez Perform Real Harlem Shake

Bermuda record label Dembiez has joined the “Harlem Shake” craze, producing this dance video of the production team’s members and artists going wild on the steps in front of Hamilton’s City Hall. But what sets the Dembiez version apart is that the Bermudians are performing the real Harlem Shake, not the joking, jerking, fist-pumping... Read more of this article

Dockyard Historical Re-Enactments Begin

Running through the summer cruise ship season, Dockyard is now offering a free Historical Re-Enactment for visitors to the cultural and shopping complex every weekday except for Thursday. In partnership with Select Sites Group, the West End Development Corporation [Wedco] is hosting the reenactments — which got underway on May 5 – from... Read more of this article

“Historical Heartbeats” Series Continues

The Ministry of Community & Cultural Development’s “Historical Heartbeats” lecture series continues on Wednesday [May 15] with “Writing from the Rock: Bermudian Literature Begins.” The speaker will be Angela Barry [pictured], author and Bermuda College Lecturer, and the event is free to the public. Ms Barry’s book... Read more of this article

Butterfield Bank Share Repurchases

In a filing with the Bermuda Stock Exchange, the Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son Limited announced that during the month of April 2013, the Bank purchased for Treasury 1,080,774 Common Shares at an average cost of $1.40 per share. No 8% preferred shares were bought in April for the Buy Back Program. Related Stories Butterfield Bank Offer Online... Read more of this article

2013 African Diaspora Heritage Trail Conference

Minister of Community and Cultural Development Wayne Scott and the Minister of Tourism and Transport Shawn Crockwell held a joint press conference today [May 13] to make an announcement regarding the upcoming 2013 African Diaspora Heritage Trail [ADHT] Conference. Minister Scott said, “The ADHT conference has become far more than was originally... Read more of this article