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Education Minister El James confirmed yesterday what may have been the worst-kept secret in Bermuda – that the Ministry of Education will adopt the Cambridge International curriculum for public schools.
The decision is good news on a number of levels...
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ZURICH (Bloomberg) — Swiss Reinsurance Co. said reinsurance taken out by primary insurers hurt by the financial crisis to bolster capital will jump this year to $10 billion, or about five percent of the industry's sales.
Swiss Re and Munich Re are am...
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Amateur golfer Terence Daniels will be looking to make a name for himself competing in the US this summer.
The 21-year-old Smith's parish resident is currently enrolled at Grand Canyon University in Arizona and earlier this month he helped the Antelo...
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Last season's Island Soccer League (ISL) champions Storm will receive their championship rings tonight when the 2009 season kicks off with a double-header at the National Sports Centre .
Matches are also scheduled for tomorrow.
The Storm, managed by ...
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Devonshire Cougars will fly the flag for Bermuda in the CONCACAF Champions League in 2010.
Cougar's participation in the competition was confirmed by Bermuda Football Association General Secretary David Sabir at last night's BFA Awards ceremony at th...
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LONDON - Britain's leading shares fell 0.65 percent as renewed jitters over the health of the financial sector hit banks and offset gains by heavyweight oils. At the close the FTSE 100 was 28.69 points lower at 4,387.54, snapping two sessions of gain...
DATE: May 29, 2009
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OSLO (Bloomberg) — Northern Offshore Ltd., a Norwegian oil drilling company, said net profit for the first quarter declined to $3.6 million from $9.5 million in the year earlier period, the Bermuda-based company said in a statement published on its w...
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HONG KONG (Reuters) - A Singapore cancer patient was held for four hours by immigration officials in the United States when they could not detect his fingerprints — which had apparently disappeared because of a drug he was taking.
The incident, highl...
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The Government is addressing a "data gap" in employment statistics by launching its first comprehensive survey of the Island's workforce.
The 2009 Labour Force Survey is a joint venture between the Ministry of Labour, Home Affairs and Housing and the...
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — A surprise winner of this year's foreign-language Oscar, beating out front-runners "Waltz With Bashir" and "The Class," the Japanese dramedy "Departures" has its moments but is ultimately overlong and too melodramatic.
Director Yoj...
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