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Blood Diamond Case: Bermuda Firm Cited
Angola’s attorney general has summoned witnesses to testify in a case involving a Bermuda-registered mining company which implicates some of the top figures in the country’s military and security establishment in acts of torture and murder in the diamond fields of north-eastern Angola. The witnesses’ hearings will start tomorrow [Mar.... Read more of this article
Festival Review: “Mother to Mother”
[Bermuda Festival Review: Mother to Mother – written by Alan C. Smith] Mother to Mother, a one woman play, performed masterfully on the City Hall Theatre stage by singer, playwright, actress Thembi Mtshali-Jones, was rewarded with a standing ovation on Tuesday, January 31st. The play, based on a story by Sindiwe Magona and adapted for the stage by... Read more of this article
PLP Mourns Jamaica’s Thompson
The Bermuda Progressive Labour Party is mourning the death of Dudley Thompson, the Jamaican lawyer and former Cabinet Minister who defended the late MP and Bermuda Industrial Union official Dr. Barbara Ball when she stood trial following the 1965 Belco riots. Mr. Thompson [pictured here] died in New York on Friday, January 20, 2012, a day after celebrating... Read more of this article
Dominion Drops Selous Agreement
Bermuda-based Dominion Petroleum has relinquished an oil production sharing agreement it had signed with Tanzania Petroleum Development Corporation over a decade ago, as the firm seeks to distance itself from the controversial exploration works in the Selous game reserve. Larger than Switzerland, Selous is the world’s largest game reserve and... Read more of this article
Spike In LSE Entities Based Here
Bermuda is home to the fourth largest number of non-UK entities listed on the London Stock Exchange [LSE] than any other jurisdiction globally, according to figures from the market authority. LSE data shows that at the end of December 2011 there were 45 Bermuda-incorporated entities listed on either the Main Market, the Alternative Investment Market,... Read more of this article
Bermuda Debate Team In South Africa
The Bermuda Debate Society has sent a local delegation to participate in the World Schools Debate Championships in Cape Town, South Africa, starting on Tuesday [Jan. 17]. Michael Cabot, Shannon Denham, Daniel Pell and Marcus Bean make up the team of young debaters. They will be accompanied by Christianna Hiles, their team coach, and Marisa Sharpe,... Read more of this article
South African Star’s Bermuda Show
South African superstar Thembi Mtshali-Jones says her upcoming Bermuda Festival encore performance in a one-woman show about about the lingering emotional trauma caused by a murder in that country has universal application. The actress and singer told “The Sowetan” today [Jan. 9] that after appearing in “Mother To Mother” at... Read more of this article
KPMG: ZCI’s Future ‘Uncertain’
Bermuda-based copper mining company ZCI’s operating loss widened to $7.7 million in the six months ended September from $6.7 million the previous year, interim results showed on Friday [Dec 23]. This result prompted auditors KPMG to say the loss “indicates the existence of a material uncertainty that may cast significant doubt on the ability... Read more of this article
Around The World On 1200CC’s
A former Bermuda financial services employee decided to invest his redundancy package in seeing the world — and has now driven his 1200 cc motorcycle through 83 countries on five continents. Canadian David Radford, 40, was working for a Bermuda finance company at the onset of the global recession in 2008. Accepting his firm’s redundancy... Read more of this article
Hitchens Dismissed Bermuda Proposal
“Vanity Fair” columnist, essayist and best-selling author Christopher Hitchens [pictured] — who has died at the age of 62 – once took exception to a suggestion from one of his mentors that Bermuda become the headquarters of a post-Commonwealth political and economic union of the world’s English-speaking countries. Political... Read more of this article
Video: Ethiopian Church’s Christmas
Bermuda’s Ethiopian Orthodox Church is inviting locals heading to the East End tonight [Dec. 2] for the National Trust Christmas walkabout to visit the Debra Ganet Immanuel Cathedral to learn about their traditions — including the fact they do not officially celebrate until next month. Ethiopia still follows the ancient Julian calendar,... Read more of this article
Business Bermuda Builds Ties In South Africa
Business Bermuda represented Bermuda’s fund industry at the Hedge Funds World Africa conference, on 7 – 8 November 2011 at the Grand Hotel in Cape Town, South Africa. Business Bermuda hosted an exhibition booth at Africa’s largest hedge funds conference and spoke to leading members of South Africa’s growing alternative investment industry,... Read more of this article
Stacee Smith: Youth Conference In Kenya
[Written by Stacee Smith] I never would’ve thought that my involvement in the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award programme since the age of fourteen, would’ve lead to a once in a lifetime opportunity to attend a youth conference in Kenya! From September 2nd to 16th of this year Jovanna Douglas and I were selected as delegates for the International Gold... Read more of this article
Premier Meets With Nigerian Minister In NY
This week Premier Paula Cox met with the Nigerian Minister of Foreign Affairs while travelling on business in the US. A statement issued said, “Discussions with Olugbenga Ashiru included a proposed Tax Agreement with Nigeria and related agreements and ways that the two countries can further progress the commercial relationship on matters that... Read more of this article
Bermuda Signs 28th TIEA With South Africa
Premier and Minister of Finance Paula Cox signed a Tax Information Exchange Agreement [TIEA] with South Africa, marking Bermuda’s 28th TIEA signing. Premier Cox said, “Today I signed a Tax Information Exchange Agreement (TIEA) with the Republic of South Africa. South Africa’s Minister of Finance the Hon. Pravin Gordhan signed the TIEA in South... Read more of this article
Government to Match African Famine Appeal
The Bermuda Government today [Aug.18] announced that it will join and support the Bermuda Red Cross in its Horn of Africa Famine Appeal by matching community donations up to a maximum of $50,000. Millions of people are facing a hunger crisis in the Horn of Africa, as the worst drought in the region for sixty years withers crops and kills livestock.... Read more of this article
