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Expectant father Antonis Ioannou considers himself lucky to be alive.
The 34-year-old deputy captain of a Greek-owned oil tanker saw his two shipmates killed by a large wave that unexpectedly swept through their vessel and left him seriously injured...
DATE: Jan 19, 2011
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Dr James Martin, a leading thinker in computer science, lectures this morning at the Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute on a topic that has become his specialty: the future.
The good news for Bermuda is that, as an affluent country, the Island ...
DATE: Jan 19, 2011
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Hospitals Board reassures the public over demolition work
Two buildings have been demolished between the hospital and the Botanical Gardens in the build-up to the construction of a new hospital building.
However, despite public concern, a Bermuda Hos...
DATE: Jan 19, 2011
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A 33-year-old man was fined $1,500 for setting off fire alarms at the Fairmont Southampton resort, causing the hotel to be evacuated.
Francisco Fagundo told Magistrates' Court he pulled the alarms because his delivery truck had been blocked in by a s...
DATE: Jan 19, 2011
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A 21-year-old who claims he was subjected to a string of sexual assaults by a much older man while still a teenager told a court yesterday he could not “forget or forgive”.
Mr X was giving evidence on the second day of the Magistrates’ Court trial of...
DATE: Jan 19, 2011
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Olympic medalist Clarence Hill was today given a conditional discharge for losing his temper in an argument over a parking spot.
The 59-year-old received a bronze medal as a heavyweight boxer at the 1976 Montreal Olympic Games. He remains the Island’...
DATE: Jan 19, 2011
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Bermuda’s reinsurance market remains strong, with 2010 results expected to be favourable, capping five consecutive years of operating success since the significant losses in 2005 due to Hurricanes Katrina, Rita and Wilma.
That is the view of Fitch R...
DATE: Jan 19, 2011
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Recruits are making “tremendous progress” as they get used to life in the army, according to a Regiment spokesman.
A spokesman said: “On the drill square they have learned to march as one, and already can respond sharply to commands such as ‘salute ...
DATE: Jan 18, 2011
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Dozens of politicians and businesspeople this afternoon turned out to see the redevelopment of King Edward VII Memorial Hospital project take its first steps on the road to completion.
Premier Paula Cox, past premiers Ewart Brown and Alex Scott and ...
DATE: Jan 18, 2011
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Bermuda has an elevated political risk due to the increase in sovereign non-payment risk, according to a global firm's assessment.
Bermuda is one of 12 island nations to have attracted a “sovereign non payment icon” on the Aon Risk Solutions 2011 ris...
DATE: Jan 18, 2011
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