A Bermuda Bar Council standing sub-committee is collaborating with the Office of the Privacy Commissioner to promote co-operation on educational privacy initiatives, policy and guidance to benefit the Bermuda Bar.
The new alliance is facilitated by a...
DATE: Sep 15, 2022 | CATEGORY: Local Business | AUTHOR: Jessie Moniz Hardy
Talbot Wilson, who masterminded so much of the public face of the Newport Bermuda Race for almost three decades, died on July 16, 2022, aged 77. He advised the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club and Cruising Club of America in press, public relations and event...
BMS Re, the specialty reinsurance broker, has appointed Chris McDowell as CEO of BMS Re Bermuda.
The appointment is effective November 26, following completion of his notice period and any requisite regulatory approvals.
Mario Binetti also joins as ...
It was the great Marxist historian Eric Hobsbawm who remarked that “for a variety of reasons, Italy is a sort of laboratory of political experiences”. Jonathan Foot’s remarkable The Archipelago: Italy Since 1945 certainly seems to bear this observati...
On Thursday, Queen Elizabeth II died at 96. An outpouring of sympathy from world leaders emphasised her dutiful service and stabilising presence. President Joe Biden issued a statement that commemorated her as a “source of comfort and pride for gener...
Talk of independence has arisen again, but this time over cannabis. While I do support decriminalisation, I am not sure there is enough oomph in the overall community to equate it with the subject of sovereignty.
The word “independence” doesn’t scare...
On arrival for a two-day visit on March 8, 1994, hundreds greeted the royal couple at what was still the Civil Air Terminal, where the Queen surprised many by making an impromptu stop to talk to the crowds of children assembled by the gate.
Bermuda w...
DATE: Sep 09, 2022 | CATEGORY: General | AUTHOR: Patrick Burgess
The Queen’s fourth official visit to Bermuda was the culmination of the celebration of the 400th anniversary of English settlement.
The visit, from November 24 to 26 in 2009, came 56 years to the day since the Queen first travelled to Bermuda, but no...
DATE: Sep 09, 2022 | CATEGORY: General | AUTHOR: Patrick Burgess
London may be willing to cut a deal with Bermuda over controversial moves to legalise cannabis after the UK rejected the Government’s flagship legislation, a leading legal expert has said.
With the threat of a constitutional crisis over the issue loo...
Bermuda is on the brink of a constitutional crisis after Britain blocked the Government’s flagship legislation to legalise the use and sale of cannabis
