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Bermuda's only mental health facility has just one seclusion room for dangerous or suicidal patients, an inquest heard yesterday.
This means staff at the Mid-Atlantic Wellness Institute (MWI) must choose which patient gets use of the room if two or m...
DATE: Oct 27, 2009
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Dear Annie: I have an elderly father with a bunch of serious medical problems. We've never had a close relationship. I suspect he could pass away soon, and I would like to have some meaningful dialogues before that happens. I also have a terrible sec...
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PartnerRe returned to a healthy profit of $566.7 million for the third quarter, bouncing back from a $151.7 million net loss for the same period last year.
The reinsurer's net income included after-tax net realised and unrealised gains on investments...
DATE: Oct 27, 2009
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A 17-year-old girl suffered injuries to her head, neck and abdomen after crashing into a wall on Sunday.
Police responded to the accident near Somerset Bridge around 6 p.m.
A Police spokesperson said: "It appears that an auxiliary cycle was travellin...
DATE: Oct 27, 2009
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Willis Group Holdings Ltd, the world's third largest insurance broker, said last night that net income more than doubled in the third quarter, helped by higher commission and fee revenue.
Willis said net earnings from continuing ...
DATE: Oct 27, 2009
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BADEN-BADEN (Bloomberg) — Hannover Re, Germany's second- biggest reinsurer, expects prices for German reinsurance contracts renewed in January to remain stable as primary insurers seek to protect capital hurt by the financial crisis.
"Given the state...
DATE: Oct 27, 2009
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LONDON (Reuters) - British retail banks should stop paying big cash bonuses and use the money instead to support new lending and contribute to an economic recovery, the opposition Conservatives' finance spokesman George Osborne said yesterday.
The po...
DATE: Oct 27, 2009
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Bermuda could soon follow countless developed democracies around the world by passing a law giving taxpayers the right to access information held by public authorities.
But just how much openness would the proposed public access to information (PATI)...
DATE: Oct 26, 2009
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The Bermuda flag will be mounted on the Front Street flag-pole daily, the Corporation of Hamilton announced yesterday putting an end to the long-lived tradition of the Union Flag in Hamilton.
Britain's Union flag, which is also known as the Union Jac...
DATE: Oct 26, 2009
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Homophobic oppression in Bermuda has been highlighted by a British gay rights organisation.
The Lesbian and Gay Foundation (LGF) features a personal account of Bermudian hostility towards homosexuals on its website, saying "times need to change".
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DATE: Oct 26, 2009
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