Youth congratulated by Premier Ewart Brown
Premier Brown today met at the Cabinet Office with the seven Berkeley Institute students who successfully passed their Math GCSE exam two years before most students traditionally sit that exam. Accompanied by Principal Michelle Simmons the students met with the Premier for about 20 minutes and each received a gift at the conclusion of the meeting.
Read MoreBELCO warns selected blackouts coming to fix Igor damage
IGOR’s damage to the island’s electricity system means that BELCO will have to cut power during the day so that crews can work. But only selected areas will be singled out for blackouts, the company has clarified. The work, to the electricity distribution system, will last through October. Temporary repairs to the grid were made in the wake of Hurricane Igor — now they must be fixed properly. BELCO will provide information about general areas affected, however because crews are moving job to job, definite schedules cannot be posted. The company plans to call commercial...
Read MoreHuman Rights Commission to re-open
The Ministry of Culture and Social Rehabilitation and the Department of Human Affairs advises that the Human Rights Commission offices will re-open for normal business at 8.30 a.m. tomorrow, Friday, 1st October, 2010. The offices were temporarily closed due to renovation work being carried out at the Mechanics Building on Church Street in Hamilton. The Human Rights Commission regrets any inconvenience to the public as a result of the...
Read MoreOutlook on third quarter for Renaissance Re Holdings
Bermuda’s RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. will conduct an investment community conference call on Thursday, October 28, 2010 at 9:30 AM ET to discuss its financial results for third quarter 2010, as well as the company’s outlook. RenaissanceRe will release the results following the close of market on Wednesday, October 27, 2010. A live webcast of this call will be available through the Investor Information section of RenaissanceRe’s website at www.renre.com. An archive of the call will be available from approximately 2:00 p.m. ET on October 28, 2010 through midnight ET on...
Read MoreU.S. AG Eric Holder thankful for Bermuda’s help taking in Chinese Uighurs
AMERICAN Attorney General Eric Holder once again thanked Bermuda for its acceptance of four Chinese men on humanitarian grounds. Mr. Holder is in Bermuda on an official visit. He appeared this afternoon alongside his host, Premier Ewart Brown, at a news conference held at Fairmont Hamilton Princess hotel. “Our fates are intertwined,” Mr. Holder said in response to a question from the ZBM News organization, on the benefit to Bermuda over accepting the Uighur men. “Guantanamo’s remaining open has serves as a recruiting tool for Al Qaeda. It has served as an impediment in...
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