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John White, a former advertising executive, musician and writer who pioneered topical comedy and satire in Bermuda, has died at the age of 78.
Mr White joined the fledgling Advertising Associates-Compton (AAC) company in 1964 and after taking charge ...
DATE: Nov 08, 2013
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Gareth Finighan
The increased demand for reinsurance and the tough environment for traditional ways of providing it is to feature at a major conference on the island next week.
But delegates will hear that — while low yields, mounting capital demands and price compe...
DATE: Nov 08, 2013
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Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Although I’m still in my mid 20s, one of my closest friends is closer to my grandmother’s age. She’s still as smart as a whip and full of enough great wisdom to rival talk show host Oprah Winfrey, but the one thing slowing her down is usually arthrit...
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The fact is that Port producers, like Champagne houses only release a vintage in a very good year and in the case of Port this usually happens in about three years in every ten. With other less perfect harvests they mainly restrict their offerings to...
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While some Bermudians would likely turn up their nose at the thought of eating walrus, seal or polar bear for dinner, one local anthropologist suggests our diets might have more in common with Inuit communities than we think.
Bermudian scientist Dr ...
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The Bermuda Sloop Foundation will host an interactive lecture with Dr Michael Jarvis, author of “In the Eye of All Trade: Bermuda, Bermudians, and the Maritime Atlantic World” next week.
The lecture, entitled “Maritime Bermuda: What the 18th Century ...
DATE: Nov 08, 2013
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Bermuda reinsurance firm SAC Re is still on the hunt for a buyer after a US firm owned by a major investor was fined a record $1.8 billion in the US on charges of securities and wire fraud.
Steven Cohen’s Connecticut-based SAC Capital, a hedge fund, ...
DATE: Nov 08, 2013
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Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Bermudian war veteran Philip Lamb, who died earlier this year, is being honoured in a new exhibition at the Royal Air Force (RAF) Museum in London.
The exhibition entitled ‘Pilots of the Caribbean’ opened earlier this month and recognises volunteers ...
DATE: Nov 08, 2013
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Jessie Moniz Hardy
Students from Bermuda Institute sign language class officially opened the 25th annual Share the Christmas Spirit campaign at the Hamilton MarketPlace store, joined by the Lions Club of Bermuda along with MarketPlace representatives.
DATE: Nov 08, 2013
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Filipinos in Bermuda were yesterday waiting for word from friends and family as a massive typhoon roared over the Philippines.
Super Typhoon Haiyan made landfall in the Eastern Visayas early yesterday morning with sustained winds of 315kph (195mph) a...
DATE: Nov 08, 2013
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
