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SINCE last summer Bermuda’s leading female swimmer, Kiera Aitken, has based herself in Barcelona, Spain training at the Club de Natacion for this year’s Pan American Games in Brazil . . . and then hopefully for a spot on the 2008 Olympic team.Aitken,...
DATE: May 11, 2007
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Two years ago, US businesswoman Tina Byles Williams was riding high as chief executive officer of pension plan advisors FIS Group, a Philadelphia-based company which counted the Government of Bermuda among its clients. But a fundraising lunch she org...
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Today in HistoryToday is Friday, May 11, the 131st day of 2007. There are 234 days left in the year.
ON THIS DATE
In 1502, Christopher Columbus left Cadiz, Spain, on his fourth and final trip to the Western Hemisphere.
In 1647, Peter Stuyvesant arriv...
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Much like 20-20 cricket has revitalised the sport in many countries, Island Soccer League Commissioner David Bascome is hoping his new six-a-side competition will have a similar effect in Bermuda when it kicks off next Tuesday evening.
With only arou...
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Auditor General Larry Dennis’ annual salvo on Government’s financial management came out last week, and as Bermuda has come to expect, the annual report was full of criticisms.
The major point in the report, as it was last year, is that some $500 mil...
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May 7, 2007
WHEN Dr. Brown spends less time discussing the needs of people who look like Gladys Knight, Catherine Zeta Jones, Michael Douglas, the XL/ACE big boys etc. and more time discussing the needs of people who look like me with people who look...
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Dear Dr. Gott: I am writing in response to a letter concerning a person with stomach and bowel problems. Medical testing provided no clues as to the illness, and medications only made the person ill.You suggested further testing and hypothesized that...
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The wind has been swirling around the WER Joell Tennis Stadium over the past few nights but when it finally died down the stage was set for some interesting semi-final match-ups in the Vitamin Water Open championships.
Newcomer Federico Waisman tried...
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LONDON (Reuters) — British interest rates hit a six-year high of 5.5 percent yesterday and could rise further still as the Bank of England tries to rein in inflation, at its highest level in more than a decade.The widely expected quarter-point hike t...
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A businesswoman accused of organising an alleged “pay-to-play” luncheon for the Premier in 2002 has launched a libel action in the US to clear her company’s name.
Tina Byles Williams (formerly Poitevien) is suing a trio of “disgruntled” former employ...
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