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Appleby braces for massive data leak to be made public

Hacking of firm's computer systems kept under wraps for a year; law firm denies wrongdoing


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Law firm Appleby has been subject to a data breach and is now in crisis mode as UK media prepare to expose highly confidential client data and details of offshore structures it has facilitated. Appleby has denied any wrongdoing – on its part or that of its clients. According to information reaching Politica, and confirmed…...

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Next ThinkFest: Mathematics of Invading Fish, Hostile Bacteria and an Election

Kevin Minors' research provides answers for conservation projects, antibiotic research and electioneering


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Think Media is delighted to announce that ThinkFest 2017 continues at the Bermuda College’s North Hall Lecture Theatre on Sunday October 22 with The Mathematics of Invading Fish, Hostile Bacteria and an Election – a talk by Kevin Minors. An overview of his recently completed PhD thesis at the University of Bath, Minors’ talk will reveal […]

Next ThinkFest event: Set Us Free – Bermudians during the Humanitarian Revolution

Clarence Maxwell presents new information on Bermudian revolutionaries


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Think Media is delighted to announce that ThinkFest 2017 continues on Sunday October 15 with  Set Us Free – Bermudians during the Humanitarian Revolution – a talk by Clarence Maxwell, PhD.  Dr Maxwell’s presentation will outline how Bermudians contributed to the end of slavery debates as well as the demands for equality.  It will build on […]

Tax reforms would generate millions in extra revenue

Vast majority of Bermuda's workers would see an increase in take home pay, according to CARTAC


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Tax reforms recommended by regional experts would increase the take home pay of 90 percent of Bermuda’s workers, end state funded energy subsidies and phase out concessions for hotels, retailers and restaurants. All this while generating an estimated $145 m in additional annual revenue by 2018 according to an analysis tabled in the House of […]

Government, media threatened with legal action over reports of Evans’ “dismissal”


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Lawyers for Freddie Evans are heading to court over his purported dismissal as Education Commissioner and have demanded retractions of media reports that he has been dismissed. Unofficial reports that Evans was about to be relieved of his duties came to a head yesterday when various media reported that Permanent Secretary Valerie Robinson-James had sent […]

Next ThinkFest: Nguvu – the bedroom, the classroom and the ballot box


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Think Media is delighted to announce that ThinkFest 2017 continues on Sunday October 8 with Nguvu – the bedroom, the classroom and the ballot box – a talk by lawyer Eugene Johnston. Grounded in research and experiential learning, Johnston’s presentation will examine our responsibility as adults, offer a searing critique of the structure of our […]

Next ThinkFest: Towards a Cure for Cancer

Co-hosted by BHS IB student Kameron Young


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Think Media is delighted to announce that the fourth ThinkFest 2017 event takes place on Sunday September 17 with Towards a Cure for Cancer: Targeting bad cells through splicing – an interactive lecture by biochemist Carika Weldon, PhD. The event is to be co-hosted by 15 year old BHS first year IB student Kameron Young. […]

Premier urges continued solidarity


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Premier David Burt has delivered a resounding message of solidarity with organised labour while reiterating election campaign promises that Bermudians will come first under the Progressive Labour Party government. And the new PLP administration will look into historical land grabs, address racism and economic injustices, and look into police actions at the December 2 House […]

Sunday’s ThinkFest: Effects of colonization on plant knowledge in Bermuda


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Think Media is delighted to announce that the third Think Fest 2017 event takes place on Sunday August 27 with Losing Ground – the effects of cultural transplantation and colonization on plant knowledge in Bermuda – a presentation by graduate student Saskia Wolsak. Bermudian Saskia Wolsak is completing her MSc in ethnobotany at the University […]

Media, Race and the 1959 theatre boycotts focus of Sunday’s ThinkFest


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ThinkFest’s next installment is to focus on the role of the media in the 1959 theatre boycotts. Dana “Zhyon” Selassie, PhD will discuss research findings in a presentation entitled “Navigating Media and Race in a Segregated Colony”. “This presentation on Bermuda’s colonial media in the 1950s, and more directly, on the Bermuda Recorder, offers a […]

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