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PLP MAKES HISTORY WITH LARGEST SEAT MAJORITY EVER, PLP 30, OBA 6, FDM 0 This Just In History was made in two ways last…

PLP MAKES HISTORY WITH LARGEST SEAT MAJORITY EVER, PLP 30, OBA 6, FDM 0 This Just In History was made in two ways last night with the PLP retaining government and receiving thirty seats (30) to the OBA’s six (6) and the FDM zero (0) and what is considered the lowest turn out in the history of politics in Bermuda. Read more on this story click on the link below https://www.tnnbda.com/home/details/NX20201002120023
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Michael Doak To Leave RenaissanceRe

RenaissanceRe Holdings announced that Michael Doak, Senior Vice President and Portfolio Manager for the Company’s strategic investment portfolio, “will be departing to launch Griffin Highline Capital, a new private investment firm focused on the insurance industry.” Kevin J. O’Donnell, Chief Executive Officer of RenaissanceRe, said: “It has been a pleasure to work with Michael over the years. […]

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Football: BFA Annual General Meeting Results

The Bermuda Football Association recently held its annual general meeting at the Hamilton Princess, with elections of officers held. The position of President and second Vice President, along with executive management positions, were on offer. All previous executive members returned to the Executive Committee, with Mark Steede, the Devonshire Recreation Club President, also joining. The […]

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White Mountains To Acquire Part Of Ark Insurance

White Mountains Insurance Group, Ltd. has entered into a definitive agreement to invest fresh capital in and to acquire a majority interest in Ark Insurance Holdings Ltd, the ultimate parent company of Ark Syndicate Management Limited. A spokesperson said, “Ark is a leading Lloyd’s platform well positioned to take advantage of the hardening market in […]

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Bacardi Announces Appointment Of Todd Grice

Bacardi Limited announced the appointment of Todd Grice as Senior Vice President and General Counsel. A spokesperson said, “Bacardi Limited, the world’s largest privately held spirits company, today announces the appointment of Todd Grice as Senior Vice President and General Counsel. Grice brings 25 years of legal practice to Bacardi, including the last 18 with The […]

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Premier caught between lunch box and ballot box | The Royal Gazette:Bermuda News

The small container David Burt carried when he returned to his constituency polling station last night summed up just how busy the Progressive Labour Party leader was during the General Election yesterday.The Premier had been out most of the day visiting other polling stations to offer support to party candidates and by the time he returned to the Berkeley Institute nerve centre for Pembroke West Central, the food inside the container had gone cold.What was meant to be lunch did not get eat
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East End remains strictly PLP | The Royal Gazette:Bermuda News

The Progressive Labour Party swept the board in the East End last night after it retained all four seats.It was the second election in a row that the PLP has held the seats in St George’s and St David’s. Renée Ming took St George’s North with 75.72 per cent of the vote, Kim Swan won St George’s West with 70.42 per cent, Lovitta Foggo won the St David’s seat with 84.14 per cent and Tinée Furbert won St George’s South with 74.60 per cent. In St George’s West, Mr Swan won his seat with
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Kitson exits real-estate services business | The Royal Gazette:Bermuda Business

Kitson and Company Ltd has exited the business of providing real-estate services to third parties as of today, the company announced.Kitson has referred their existing portfolio of business to Think Real Estate, a new agency started by Jane Burt who previously managed Kitson’s residential real-estate operations.The new business will continue to operate from the same offices on the ground floor of Windsor Place on Queen Street in Hamilton. Kirk Kitson, chairman of the Kitson Group of
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Wainwright continues scoring streak | The Royal Gazette:Bermuda Sport

D’Andre Wainwright, the Durham City striker, continued his prolific start to the season after getting on the scoresheet in his team’s last two outings in the Northern League Division Two.The 20-year-old netted a brace in Durham’s 2-2 home draw against Tow Law Town at the weekend and was also on target during Tuesday’s 3-2 defeat also at home to Newcastle University.Wainwright, who has now scored seven goals in as many games including a hat-trick on his club debut in a 4-3 defeat at home to
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Bean urges FDM to build on political momentum | The Royal Gazette:Bermuda News

The Free Democratic Movement will build on its momentum and solidify itself as a political force, leader Marc Bean said last night.Mr Bean added that, although the FDM did not win any seats at the General Election, its results showed popularity among voters and that people were “ready for a change”.He said: “At this point, since I have lost, my job is to continue to build the Free Democratic Movement and institutionalise it.”To institutionalise it, you need a constitution … and tha
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Flattened Cannonier left to consider his future | The Royal Gazette:Bermuda News

The leader of the One Bermuda Alliance said last night that he would spend the next few days thinking about what comes next after the party was reduced to six MPs when it lost five seats in the General Election.Craig Cannonier admitted he would think about his own political future after the OBA was trounced at the polls by 30 seats to six. He said: “Well, let’s talk about that. We’ll talk about that. It’s too early right now. I don’t plan on going anywhere right now because we have built a
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Dickinson eases into the house that Rolfe built | The Royal Gazette:Bermuda News

One of the Progressive Labour Party’s most important seats was the first to be retained last night as Curtis Dickinson held Pembroke South East.The party’s “determination” to keep the finance minister’s place in the House of Assembly, in the seat Rolfe Commissiong held in the last Parliament, was confirmed by a member of the PLP team outside the polling station last night.It was the first constituency to have its final count announced, just before 9.30pm. Mr Dickinson took 432 votes, 79.64
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Trott takes heart from second-half showing | The Royal Gazette:Bermuda Sport

Winston Trott Jr, the PHC coach, hopes Wednesday’s second-half performance against Dandy Town can kick-start their campaign after two opening losses, including a 6-1 defeat to Robin Hood last weekend. PHC looked like their old selves with a second-half fightback that twice erased a two-goal deficit before two missed penalties and other wasted opportunities denied them the victory that would have taken them into the semi-finals. “They missed a few more chances in there, too, they had a coupl
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VETERAN RETIRED PARLIAMENTARIAN WALTER ROBERTS MAKE A PREDICTION This Just In TNN took time while at the polling stati…

VETERAN RETIRED PARLIAMENTARIAN WALTER ROBERTS MAKE A PREDICTION This Just In TNN took time while at the polling station in Constituency 35 to talk with seasoned retired MP Walter Roberts with regards to how he views the current campaign. Read more on this story click on the link below https://www.tnnbda.com/home/details/NX20201002005520
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Seven new MPs set to enter Parliament | The Royal Gazette:Bermuda News

Attorney-General Kathy Lynn Simmons and political newcomers Jason Wade and Jache Adams will enter the House of Assembly for the first time after winning their seats for the Progressive Labour Party.Ms Simmons, who was the Senate leader in the last Parliament, received 431 votes in Sandys North, to 185 for Marc Bean, the leader of the Free Democratic Movement, and 114 for Jeff Sousa, of the One Bermuda Alliance.Mr Wade won Southampton East Central, taking the seat from Leah Scott, the OBA de
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OBA’s Scott loses, PLP set for 29 seats | The Royal Gazette:Bermuda News

The Progressive Labour Party is on target to win 29 seats to just seven for the OBA after early counts at the General Election.OBA deputy leader Leah Scott lost her seat to Jason Wade of the PLP by 486 votes to 400 in Southampton East Central.Jache Adams of the PLP defeated Marcus Jones of the OBA by 368 votes to 307 after the third count in Pembroke West, a seat won by the OBA in 2017. FDM candidate LeYoni Junos had 39 votes.Anthony Richardson of the PLP was leading Robin Tucker of
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COVID-19 Update – 1 October

Today there were 895 test results received by the Ministry of Health, and none were positive for COVID-19.

Bermuda has had 181 total confirmed positive cases. Their status is as follows:

  • there are 4 active cases, who are
  • all under public health monitoring, and
  • none are hospitalized or in critical care;
  • a total of 168 have recovered, and
  • the total deceased remains 9.

The average age of all of our confirmed positive cases is 56 and the age range of all of our positive cases is from 9 to 101 years.

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General Election: As it happens | The Royal Gazette:Bermuda News

General Election 2020 polling stations will close at 8pm. The Royal Gazette will provide live updates on this page.7pm:There is an hour left for people to cast their votes before polling stations close.Candidates have been joined by family and friends as they greet residents making their way to ballot boxes.Covid-19 guidelines mean that voters are having their temperatures checked and must use hand sanitisers before entering polling stations.
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Butterfield shares fall on BSX | The Royal Gazette:Bermuda Business

Butterfield Bank shares fell by 90 cents, or 3.9 per cent, to $22.10 after 1,103 traded on The Royal Gazette/BSX Index.On the New York Stock Exchange, shares of the bank were up 51 cents, or 2.29 per cent, at $22.79.On the local exchange there was trading in 210,652 shares of One Communication, but with no change to the closing price of $3.90.The Royal Gazette/BSX Index was down 40.48 points, or 2.33 per cent, to 1,698.14, while the BSX Insurance Index was up 9.69 points, or 0.73 per
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No new Covid-19 cases today | The Royal Gazette:Bermuda News

No positive cases of Covid-19 were recorded out of 895 test results received by the Ministry of Health today.Bermuda has had a total of 181 confirmed positive cases, including four which remain active and are under public health monitoring. None are in hospital.A total of 168 people have recovered nine have died.The average age of all confirmed positive cases is 56 and the age range is from 9 to 101.Bermuda’s country status is “sporadic cases”. The seven-day average of real ti
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Law catches up with speeding motorcyclist | The Royal Gazette:Bermuda News

A man who evaded a speeding charge for three years was fined more than $1,000 today after police found a warrant for his arrest when he was pulled over for speeding earlier this year.Thomas Heyliger-Crane, 26, pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court to speeding at 81km/h and riding without the proper licence in 2017.He also pleaded guilty to speeding at 66km/h earlier this year.The court heard that Heyliger-Crane was stopped by police on North Shore Road in Devonshire for riding a motor
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Man accused of threatening Premier | The Royal Gazette:Bermuda News

A man who denied posting a threat against the Premier on social media will be released after almost three months in custody.Magistrates’ Court heard today that Jared Gordon, 31, will be released on $3,500 bail on the condition that he wear an electronic monitoring device.Mr Gordon, from Sandys, was charged with posting a message against David Burt on social media that was “menacing in character”.The incident was alleged to have happened on July 15.Mr Gordon appeared in Magistr
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Warwick Academy celebrates custodians | The Royal Gazette:Bermuda News

It’s time to take a look around and celebrate some of the most dedicated people in the school, our custodians! October 2nd is National Custodians Day and never has their job been more important than in the age of Covid-19, when cleanliness is key.Our Custodians help to keep our school up and running and without them life at school as it is today would not be possible. We are fortunate to have 4 in the department, Gary McCullough, Jet Thorne, Roger Ramatar and Emanuel Rodriques. Although ma
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Teenager admits robbery | The Royal Gazette:Bermuda News

A teenager this morning admitted robbing a grocery store with an imitation firearm in May.OJ Campbell, 17, from Pembroke, pleaded guilty in the Supreme Court to charges of robbery and using an imitation firearm to commit an indictable offence on May 28.However he denied a charge of taking a motorcycle without consent on the same day.All of the offences were linked to an incident at the Rubis gas station on St John’s Road, Pembroke.Prosecutor Carrington Mahoney accepted the ple
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Code of conduct for MPs ‘in the works’ | The Royal Gazette:Bermuda News

A long-promised code of conduct for MPs will be tabled soon after the new parliamentary session begins in November, according to the most recent Speaker of the House.Dennis Lister, who became Speaker after the Progressive Labour Party’s election win in 2017, said the document had “been in the works for a period of time” but had been delayed in part due to the coronavirus pandemic.”Once the new House convenes, it will be one of the early items that will be assented,” he said. “It’s part of m
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