Author Archive: Bernews1

CURB Lunchtime Lecture Series Continues

Citizens Uprooting Racism in Bermuda in collaboration with Bermuda National Gallery is continuing its series of free social justice lunchtime lectures this week with a presentation entitled “My Body, My Rights.”. Presenters Suzanne Wilson and Amnesty International Bermuda will discuss a global campaign movement initiated on 14 February to... Read more of this article

Flight Diverts, Child In Stable Condition In ICU

A child is in stable condition of the Intensive Care Unit after falling ill on a Virgin Atlantic flight en route from Miami to the UK. The flight diverted to the island just past 9pm last night [Mar 31]. According to an online flight tracker, the flight departed Bermuda just past midnight. A police spokesperson said, “At approximately 9:05pm... Read more of this article

Loving Story, The Central Park Five To Screen

A documentary film that was short-listed for the Best Documentary Academy Award, and another that was considered the best documentary of 2012 by the New York Film Critics Circle, will screen at the Weekend Film Series on Sunday April 7. “The Loving Story” will screen at 3 p.m., while “The Central Park Five” will screen at 5.15... Read more of this article

Police Attend Collision Between Car And Horse

Last night [Mar 31] police officers attended a collision between a car and a horse in Paget. The police said the tan coloured horse “made good its escape” after bolting across the road and colliding with the front of a car, which resulted in damage. A police spokesperson said, “At around 7:30pm on Sunday, police attended a collision... Read more of this article

Masterworks Discovers 1855 Bermuda Photo

The Masterworks Museum of Bermuda Art has recently purchased a very rare daguerreotype of St. George’s, which will go on display shortly. It is, in all likelihood, one of the earliest known photographic images of the island, said a Masterworks spokesman. “We are confident Henry Whittemore, who was an itinerant American daguerreotypist and... Read more of this article

Aspen, SpatialKey Team On Flood Application

SpatialKey — a leader in insurance analytics — announced today [Apr.1] that it has enhanced Bermuda re/insurer Aspen’s underwriting workflows, resulting in their ability to write higher quality UK flood business. SpatialKey’s Flood Underwriting application provides detailed flood maps with purpose-built workflows and analytics to optimise... Read more of this article

Swimming Coach On Day #1 Of Carifta Games

National Swim Coach Ben Smith spoke about the first day of competition of the 2013 Carifta Swimming Championships in Jamaica, a day which saw Bermuda win two medals. Coach Smith said, “On Saturday March 30th [the first session of swimming] at the National Sports complex pool in Kingston Jamaica we had 20 individual swims and the 11 and 12 girls relay.... Read more of this article

Videos: BIFF Unveils Trio Of Festival Highlights

The Bermuda International Film Festival has unveiled three highlights of the upcoming event, the acclaimed productions which have been selected as the special opening, centrepiece and closing night screenings. In opening film “Ginger and Rosa”, two teenage girls, best friends since they were toddlers, are driven apart by a scandalous betrayal... Read more of this article

Lamb Foggo Daytime Diagnostic Service To Stop

Bermuda Hospitals Board today [Apr 1] confirmed that the Lamb Foggo Urgent Care Centre will remain open for its out of hours urgent care services, but will no longer have a limited daytime diagnostic service available on weekdays effective today. This means the urgent care service will continue to be staffed by a physician, nurses and diagnostic technicians... Read more of this article

BBFS Girls Football Festival Second Day Report

The inaugural Bermuda’s Brazilian Football School [BBFS] International Girls Football Festival saw two matches being played and the BFA National Academy hold trials for players born in 1997-1998 on the second day. The opening rounds were played under wet and windy conditions but gradually improved. The second day saw both matches end in a draw, as... Read more of this article

Enstar Completes Purchase Of HSBC Insurers

Bermuda-based Enstar Group Limited announced today [Apr.1] that one of Enstar’s wholly-owned subsidiaries completed the previously announced acquisition from Household Insurance Group Holding Company of HSBC Insurance Company of Delaware and Household Life Insurance Company of Delaware, as well as its three subsidiary insurers, on March 31, 2013.... Read more of this article

Madelyn Moore Wins Her Second Carifta Medal

Madelyn Moore won her second medal of the 2013 Carifta Swimming Championships in Jamaica, taking Bermuda’s Carifta medal tally to three each in swimming and track & field. The 12-year-old scooped up her second medal of these games when she placed second in the 11–12 100m backstroke in a time of 1:14.10, which came a day after her gold... Read more of this article