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Lily Martin the first recipient of Jonathan Betts scholarship

August 27, 2024

Lily Martin has been awarded the inaugural Jonathan Betts Legal Scholarship in the amount of $30,000 by the Bermuda office of law firm Walkers.
The scholarship is named in honour and memory of Mr Bett…

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AM Best affirms ratings of Enact Re Ltd

August 27, 2024

AM Best has affirmed the financial strength rating of A- (Excellent) and the long-term issuer credit rating of “a-” (Excellent) of Bermudian-based Enact Re Ltd.
ERL is a Class 3A Bermuda insurer and r…

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Bacardi Rum back as sponsor of MTV Video Music Awards

August 27, 2024

Bacardi Rum is to continue its partnership with MTV and Paramount Brand Studio as the Spirits Partner of the 2024 Video Music Awards for the second year.
Bacardi will be featured in the VMA ceremony o…

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Leadership changes at Centennial Foundation

August 27, 2024

Annarita Marion will take over as chairwoman of the board of the philanthropic organisation, Centennial Bermuda Foundation, before the end of the year.
On December 5 she succeeds Tom Conyers, who is s…

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Labour department remains closed to walk-in customers

August 27, 2024

The offices of the Department of Labour remain closed to walk-in customers.
The department shut its doors to in-person service last week because of damage done by Hurricane Ernesto.
The closure is in …

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Police appeal for help to trace stolen car

August 27, 2024

Residents were asked to look out for a white Hyundai Creta that was taken from a Paget home in the early hours of this morning.
A Bermuda Police Service spokeswoman said: “The vehicle has a black roof…

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Dage Minors sets national mile record in Scotland

August 27, 2024

Dage Minors lowered his national outdoor mile record in the Monument Mile Classic at the University of Stirling, Scotland.
Competing in the Elite Men’s Mile last weekend, Minors knocked more than half…

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Bermuda athletes out to make history at Paralympic Games

August 27, 2024

Whisper it quietly but Bermuda could be set to break new ground at the Paralympic Games in Paris.
The country has yet to win a medal at the prestigious event but in sprinter Jessica Lewis and boccia p…

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Kaden Hopkins wins stage three of Tour of Guadeloupe

August 27, 2024

Kaden Hopkins produced a superb sprint finish to win the third stage of the Tour of Guadeloupe on Monday.
Hopkins, competing for Vendée U, was one of three riders to cross the line almost simultaneou…

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St David’s clinch Junior Eastern Counties with landslide win

August 27, 2024

St David’s piled on the runs in a landslide 309-run triumph over Cleveland County in the Junior Eastern Counties Competition series decider at Lord’s on Saturday.
Isaiah O’Brien (174) and Sa-Qui Robin…

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Low-cost store set to close after demand for products falls

August 27, 2024

A business set up to offer consumers low-cost products is to close next month owing to a fall in demand.
Fresh Ltd opened on Queen Street in 2022 under the motto “Fresh where low prices are the law …”…

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Ernesto puts clinic’s MRI machine out of action

August 26, 2024

Hurricane Ernesto may have caused only minor damage when it passed over the island ten days ago, but it has claimed one victim.
An extended power outage at Bermuda Healthcare Services in Paget meant t…

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Police fired back at suspects during Khyber Pass gun attack

August 26, 2024

Police officers who were shot at in an incident in Warwick in the early hours of Saturday fired back at the suspects as they fled the scene.
According to Darrin Simons, the Commissioner of Police, the…

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BE Solar delivers on Argus project

August 26, 2024

BE Solar has completed what they called “an innovative solar panel project” at the Argus Group’s Wesley Street headquarters in Hamilton.
The company stated the 130 Aptos panel system installation is …

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Belco fully restores power after Ernesto

August 26, 2024

All customers who lost power during Hurricane Ernesto have had electricity restored, Belco confirmed today.
All remaining customers who had gone more than a week in the dark were back on the grid by 5…

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Consumer confidence a mixed bag, survey says

August 26, 2024

Bermuda’s lower income households have the least confidence in the island’s economy since consumer confidence tracking began 25 years ago.
A new survey has determined that non-Bermudian confidence is …

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Kaden Hopkins wins stage 3 of Tour of Guadeloupe

August 26, 2024

Kaden Hopkins produced a superb sprint finish to win the third stage of the Tour of Guadeloupe this afternoon.
Hopkins, competing for Vendee U, was one of three riders to cross the line almost simult…

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Budding psychologist receives LGBTQ+ scholarship

August 26, 2024

A student has been awarded a $10,000 scholarship by an LGBTQ+ support charity to follow her dream of studying psychology.
Ava Chow-Blyden, who has been a passionate advocate for mental health in Black…

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Dominant T20 fifty caps big weekend for Burrows

August 26, 2024

It was a triumphant weekend for Ras Solomon Burrows, who followed up leading Willow Cuts to the Western Counties Cup with a dominant start to the Athene T20 First Division on Sunday.
The Cuts captain,…

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Police identify fifth road fatality of 2024

August 26, 2024

A 50-year-old man involved in a crash in St George’s over the weekend has died, police confirmed today.
A police spokeswoman said Steven Perinchief was travelling east on Southside Road on August 24,…

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Woman admits GBH through careless driving

August 26, 2024

A woman admitted leaving the scene of a crash that left a motorcyclist with a fractured hip and other injuries.
Eveline Simons, 65, pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court last week to causing grievous b…

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Police: TCD shooting rumour untrue

August 26, 2024

A rumour spreading over social media about an alleged shooting at the Transport Control Department headquarters is false, police have confirmed.
A police spokeswoman added that, out of an abundance of…

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Football transfers complete as 95 players switch clubs

August 26, 2024

Ahead of the start of the football season next Sunday when PHC and St George’s meet in the Charity Cup at Devonshire Rec, 95 players have switched clubs.
D’Andre Wainwright is one of the biggest move…

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Vance Campbell defects to One Bermuda Alliance

August 26, 2024

A former Cabinet minister who was elected in 2020 as a Progressive Labour Party MP is to cross the aisle and join the One Bermuda Alliance.
Vance Campbell’s move was announced this morning by OBA lead…

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FDM: a risk to Bermuda’s future

August 26, 2024

“… We have deluded ourselves into believing the myth that capitalism grew and prospered out of the protestant ethic of hard work and sacrifice. The fact is that capitalism was built on the exploit…

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‘Zero faith’ that probate backlog will be addressed

August 26, 2024

A ray of hope announced last week for relatives waiting on paperwork essential for wills to be processed has one family sceptical of any improvement soon.
A statement issued on Wednesday by the Suprem…

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Residents challenge Belco ‘explanation’ for elevated soot fallout

August 26, 2024

Residents living close to Belco have challenged its president’s claims that elevated levels of soot fallout in recent days are because of efforts to restore power in the wake of Hurricane Ernesto.
The…

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Heartbreak for Bermuda Under-14 in CFU final

August 26, 2024

Barbados 0 Bermuda 0

(Barbados win 4-3 on penalties)
Bermuda suffered heartbreak after losing to Barbados on penalties in the Caribbean Football Union Boys Under-14 Challenge Series final in Trin…

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Insurers report less damage than feared from Ernesto

August 26, 2024

Claims for damages from Hurricane Ernesto, which hit the island as a category one storm, have not been as bad as first feared, according to insurance companies.
Ernesto brought hurricane or tropical s…

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Bermuda’s reinsurance sector a driver of dedicated capital jump

August 26, 2024

Bermuda’s reinsurance sector was a main driver as total dedicated reinsurance capital in 2023 jumped by 7 per cent to $568 billion, with an even larger increase projected for 2024, a report by AM Best…

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Compre in deal with Accelerant

August 26, 2024

Compre Group Holdings Ltd, the Bermudian-domiciled international legacy and reinsurance group, has completed a legacy reinsurance transaction with Accelerant, a data-driven risk exchange, following ap…

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Warburg Pincus makes $100m investment in BSX’s parent

August 26, 2024

Warburg Pincus, the New York-headquartered global growth investor, has made a $100 million investment in Miami International Holdings Inc, the parent company of the Bermuda Stock Exchange.
Making the …

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Moody’s upgrades Digicel ratings

August 26, 2024

Ratings agency, Moody’s, has upgraded Digicel International Finance Limited corporate family rating and its senior secured bank credit facility ratings to B3, with a stable outlook.
In a statement, M…

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Government seeking legal advice over rideshare operation

August 26, 2024

The Government is seeking legal advice over the operation of a ridesharing app that claims to have launched in Bermuda.
Island: GO! said on its website that it was “now live in Bermuda” and was also l…

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Burrows and Sabir power Willow Cuts to Western Counties glory

August 25, 2024

White Hill Field (Southampton Rangers won toss): Willow Cuts beat Southampton Rangers by eight wickets

Ras Solomon Burrows and guest player Dominic Sabir stood out in guiding Willow Cuts to West…

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Proposal to protect cliff face at Smith’s property

August 25, 2024

Plans have been submitted to address coastal erosion concerns at a Smith’s property on the edge of Harrington Sound.

The planning application for Palmetto Gardens, submitted this year, proposed re…

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Man seriously injured in Southside crash

August 25, 2024

A man has suffered life-threatening injuries after a traffic collision in St David’s tonight.
A police spokeswoman said that shortly after 9pm, police and other first responders were dispatched to a r…

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A train wreck in slow motion

August 24, 2024

For the past half-century, I have avidly listened to the US presidential elections. It is a time when political rhetoric is at its best. It is a time when the contrast and arguments have been refined …

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Marching of the Cup Match Cup

August 24, 2024

Marching of the Cup Match Cup (Photographs by Akil Simmons)

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New Mr Chicken hatches in Southampton

August 24, 2024

Mr Chicken celebrated the opening of its newest outlet in Southampton this morning with a Customer Appreciation Day.
David Furbert, the owner of Mr Chicken, said the move to the location was a dream a…

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Pair of thieves remanded in custody

August 24, 2024

Two men who stole almost $1,000 worth of tools will be sentenced in Magistrates’ Court in October.
Andrew Arorash, 54, and Jahroy Simons, 38, admitted stealing two saws, an oscillating tool, drills, a…

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Driver charged with injuring woman

August 24, 2024

A motorist is accused of causing a woman grievous bodily harm by driving a car while impaired by alcohol or a drug in Hamilton Parish.
Melina Abanto Saldivar, 44, was also charged with injuring the sa…

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Wolfe hat-trick propels Bermuda into CFU final

August 24, 2024

Bermuda 6 Anguilla 0

Jeon Wolfe bagged his second hat-trick of the tournament as Bermuda cruised into the Caribbean Football Union Boys Under-14 Challenge Series final without hardly breaking a s…

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Humble Luke Horan collects sportsmanship award

August 24, 2024

Luke Horan’s humble approach to the game of cricket has earned him the Bermuda Friendly Societies Association’s 21st Cup Match Sportsmanship Award.
The St George’s reserve was chosen by the umpires as…

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Building an action plan for retirement

August 24, 2024

When it comes to planning for retirement, the sooner the better is always key. The more time you plan, the better the chances of having a financially sound and comfortable retirement.
Now don’t get …

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Supporting family comes before getting right job

August 24, 2024

Dear Dave,
My husband lost his job four months ago, and we’re close to losing our home. I’m working three jobs trying to keep our heads above water, while he’s “waiting for the right opportunity”. I u…

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Report details parish primary school rescoring

August 24, 2024

A revised assessment determining which primary schools would close under education reforms has been made public, revealing a rethink that came after protests in some communities.
The unpopular closure…

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Suspects fire at police on Khyber Pass

August 24, 2024

Shots were fired at police in an incident shortly after midnight last night in the Khyber Pass area of Warwick.
A police spokeswoman said that officers were approaching the junction with Quarry Lane w…

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Rosewood water park closes after five years

August 24, 2024

A water park at a popular Hamilton Parish resort has closed after five years in business.
Rosewood Sports Centre’s Water Park, operated by Kinezumi Water Sports, announced its early shutdown, prompted…

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Old airport would cost at least $15m to demolish

August 24, 2024

Getting rid of the old LF Wade International Airport terminal would come at a cost of between $15 million and $20 million, the airport operator confirmed.
Ken Hassard, Skyport’s commercial director, s…

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