Category: News
List: OBA’s 31 Candidates For General Election
The One Bermuda Alliance will be fielding 31 candidates in the 2020 General Election, which has 36 seats in total to be contested. Nick Kempe is set to return to run in C18, the seat currently held by Premier David Burt, while Pat Gordon-Pamplin will run in C11, the seat currently held by the PLP’s Chris Famous, and Jeff Sousa will run in C36,... Read more of this article
List: PLP’s 36 Candidates For General Election
The Bermuda Progressive Labour Party [PLP] have released their 36 candidates for the upcoming election on October 1st, and have already won three seats. There are three seats with only one candidate, all a PLP candidate, who is the incumbent: Constituency #17 Pembroke Central which is held by Jason Hayward, Constituency #16 Pembroke East Central which... Read more of this article
Dante Leverock Receives Legends Scholarship
The Bermuda Football Association [BFA] announced that Dante Leverock has been presented with a $5,000 scholarship from the BFA’s Legends Scholarship Selection Committee. A spokesperson said, “The Bermuda Football Association is pleased to announce that Dante Leverock was presented with a Special Scholarship for one year from the BFA’s Legends... Read more of this article
TAD Voting Demonstration On Saturday
A demonstration of the Tactile Audio Device [TAD] — which is for vision impaired voters — will take place on Saturday [Sept 12] in front of the Bermuda National Library on Queen Street. A spokesperson said, “Vision Bermuda, formerly the Bermuda Society for the Blind, is appealing to you to help maintain the rights of the vision impaired... Read more of this article
“Bermuda Is Making Undeniable Progress”
“I can report from the frontline: Bermuda is making undeniable progress on this mission,” Bermuda Tourism Authority [BTA] Interim CEO Glenn Jones said in reference to the BTA’s mission to bring “back visitors as quickly, safely and responsibly as possible, so the tourism workforce could get back to business.” In an email... Read more of this article
Video: Sept 10th Bernews Morning Newsflash
Today is Nomination Day for the 2020 General Election, PLP announce Arianna Hodgson & Davida Morris as candidates, OBA announce Tarik Smith & Elizabeth Harvey as candidates, Megan Thomas appointed CEO of Hamilton Re, Bristol City auctioning signed Nahki Wells shirt, Kevin Dallas joins Bank of Butterfield, US Consul General commends President... Read more of this article
Kevin Dallas Joins Bank Of Butterfield
Kevin Dallas — the former Bermuda Tourism Authority CEO — has joined Bank of Butterfield as the Group Head of Marketing and Communications. In a statement earlier today in which the company announced a number of senior management changes, a spokesperson said, “Kevin Dallas has been appointed Group Head of Marketing and Communications. “From... Read more of this article
Video: Press Conference On School Reopening
“We are now just five days from the reopening of Bermuda’s Public Schools and welcoming back just under 5,000 pre, primary, middle and senior students,” Minister of Education Diallo Rabain said as he — along with Minister of Transport Neville Tyrrell and Commissioner of Education Kalmar Richards — held a press conference this... Read more of this article
Covid-19: 823 Test Results, None Were Positive
There were 823 test results received today and none were positive for Covid-19, so the total of confirmed positive cases to date remains at 177, with 9 cases remaining active. A Government spokesperson said, “Today there were 823 test results received by the Ministry of Health, and none were positive for Covid-19. “Bermuda has had 177 total confirmed... Read more of this article
Video: OBA Announce Smith & Harvey
[Updated] The OBA is holding a press conference today [Sept 9] where they are expected to announce additional candidate[s] for the upcoming 2020 General Election, which will be held on October 1st, 2020. We will have additional coverage later on and in the meantime the live video is below. Update 12.27pm: The OBA announced that Tarik Smith will run... Read more of this article
US Consul General Commends President Trump
U.S. Consul General Lee Rizzuto has congratulated U.S. President Donald Trump for his Nobel Peace Prize nomination. The U.S. Consul General states: “Our world has been through a difficult period. We count on our leaders to guide us. President Trump has had a clear vision for peace. “He has constantly been attacked for difference of opinions yet,... Read more of this article
Video: PLP Announce Hodgson & Morris
[Updated] The PLP is holding a press conference this morning [Sept 9] where they are expected to announce additional candidate[s] for the upcoming 2020 General Election, which will be held on October 1st, 2020. We will have additional coverage later on and in the meantime the live video is below. Update 11.25am: The PLP announced that Arianna Hodgson... Read more of this article
