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Repeat Offender Jailed: Stealing Liquor
64-year-old habitual offender Sinclair Lewis Fox was this morning [Feb.27] sent to prison for three months after pleading guilty to two counts of trespassing and stealing liquor and wine to a total value of $250. Mr Fox was said to be unemployed and of no fixed abode, and also to have burgled his own lawyer’s office previously. The Prosecutor... Read more of this article
Bacardi Celebrates 150th Birthday
Bermuda’s Bacardi Limited, the world’s largest privately-owned spirits company, will be celebrating its 150th birthday in 2012 — promising this will be its most innovative year since the creation of its flagship rum in 1862. Throughout the year, Bacardi will host one-of-a-kind birthday parties, launch special promotions featuring 100... Read more of this article
Bacardi Premium Gin Sales Surge
Bombay Sapphire gin, the fastest growing of the major premium gin brands, is the world’s number one premium gin by value for a third consecutive year, Bermuda’s Bacardi Limited announced today [Dec. 12]. Bombay Sapphire is seeing year-on-year growth of its share by value within the premium gin category with a notable increase of 1.5 share... Read more of this article
32-Yr-Old Woman Fined For Unpaid Bar Bill
A 32-year-old woman appeared in Magistrates Court this morning [Sept.12] was fined $200 for deception, after not paying a bar bill. She also had outstanding traffic fines exceeding $2,000 which Magistrate Warner initially ruled had to be paid today. Shortly after making that decision, he changed his mind and gave the woman, Taurien O’Loughlin, thirty... Read more of this article
Bacardi Appoints New North America President
Bermuda-headquarterd Bacardi Limited, the largest privately held spirits company in the world, yesterday [July 12] announced the appointment of Robert Furniss-Roe as President of Bacardi North America, with responsibility for leading all operations in the region for its internationally known portfolio of premium spirits. Mr. Furniss-Roe succeeds John... Read more of this article
Photos: 150 Yr Old Wine Found in Shipwreck
[Updated with additional photos & video] The storm-tossed remains of an American Civil War blockade runner have yielded long-buried secrets to an international team of archaeologists working with Bermuda’s Department of Conservation Services. A secret stash of wine, lodged inside the bow of the wreck of the Mary Celestia, which lies immediately... Read more of this article
CADA TIPS Training: May 30 – June 3
CADA, Encouraging Responsible Alcohol Behavior, today announced that they will host TIPS training for owners, managers, supervisors, and persons regularly in charge of bars, at on-premise licensed establishments. This training is being put into place to ensure that all on-premise licensed establishments can become compliant with Section 39B of the... Read more of this article
Gosling’s “Markets The Spirit Of Bermuda”
Gosling Brothers Ltd. is committed to promoting the spirit of Bermuda in the US – both in terms of its products and in a more general sense — according to a major report at global business magazine ”Fortune’s” website today [Apr.15]. “Fortune” editor-at-large David Whitford visited Bermuda to report on Gosling’s... Read more of this article
Hamilton Princess Happy Hour is Back
It may be April Fool’s Day soon, but The Fairmont Hamilton Princess isn’t fooling around as it kicks off the summer season on April 1 this year with its Happy Hour which will run every Friday from 5pm to 9pm. The inaugural Happy Hour will be jamming with the sounds of Mohawk Radio and sizzling with barbecued hamburgers, hotdogs and chicken wings.... Read more of this article
Court Appearance For Vodka Theft
39 years old and a self-confessed recovering drug addict, Devon Foggo first pleaded not guilty then changed his plea to guilty as he faced Magistrate Juan Wolffe in Magistrates Court this morning [Feb 24]. Initially, Mr Foggo was appearing because he had failed to comply with an earlier Court order requiring Court Services to provide a Social Inquiry... Read more of this article
TIPS Training Before Liquor Law Change
CADA, Encouraging Responsible Alcohol Behavior, today announced that next week they will hold what could be the last TIPS training sessions before the new liquor license legislation comes into effect. As stated in the recently amended Liquor Licensing Act, as of June 1st 2011, all licensed establishments must have all of their managers, supervisors... Read more of this article
Spanish Legal Setback for Bacardi
Spain’s Supreme Court ruled against Bermuda headquartered Bacardi Ltd. on Thursday [Feb.3] in a long-running legal battle with rival Pernod over the rights to the Cuban rum trademark Havana Club in a potentially precedent-setting case involving private property seized by Cuba’s Communist regime. Bacardi is now planning the next legal move... Read more of this article
