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Enrolment at Bermuda College has risen dramatically this semester — and education chiefs said yesterday it was largely thanks to the free tuition now on offer.
The publicly funded community college has seen a 25 per cent increase in overall enrolment...
DATE: Sep 22, 2008
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Local charities reliant on help from exempt companies could be badly affected by the collapse of insurance giant AIG and the deepening US financial crisis, according to experts.
The Centre on Philanthropy — which coordinates the giving of some $18.5 ...
DATE: Sep 22, 2008
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Plans to introduce an "isolationist" insurance tax bill would limit critical capacity and drive up prices for American consumers.
That is according to the Association of Bermuda Insurers and Reinsurers (ABIR) and the Coalition for Competitive Insuran...
DATE: Sep 22, 2008
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More than 100 volunteers were out in force for Keep Bermuda Beautiful's campaign over the weekend.
Mangrove Bay, Jews Bay, Penhurst Dock, Shelly Bay, St. David's Dock and Grace Church were among the spots to get the treatment for the group's annual m...
DATE: Sep 22, 2008
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Assured Guaranty Ltd. has agreed a deal with WL Ross & Co. LLC allowing it to buy up to five million additional shares in the company.
The timing and amount of such purchases are at the discretion of WLR Ross and they are not obligated to buy those s...
DATE: Sep 22, 2008
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NEW YORK (AP) – Being selected the moderator for a vice presidential debate is something like opening a suitcase on "Deal or No Deal" and finding $1,000. Nice prize, but it's no jackpot.
Not this year. The October 2 showdown between Joe Biden and Sar...
DATE: Sep 22, 2008
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LOS ANGELES (AP) – Cable TV series actors including Jeremy Piven of "Entourage'', Dianne Wiest of "In Treatment" and Zeljko Ivanek of "Damages" dominated at last night's Emmy Awards, where presidential politics were a recurring theme.
"These are stra...
DATE: Sep 22, 2008
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Jubilant Young Men's Social Club player/coach Charlie Marshall basked in the glory of his club's second successive Premier Division title yesterday before boldly declaring: "Make me national coach and then you will see some positive results".
"I just...
DATE: Sep 22, 2008
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Colin Thompson
Premier Ewart Brown has signed a Letter of Intent with his counterpart in Nova Scotia, Canada, Premier Rodney MacDonald paving the way for more formalised business and cultural ties.
The Letter was signed at Province House, in Halifax, where the Nova...
DATE: Sep 22, 2008
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A second body has been discovered near the scene of a fatal fire in which a homeless man died.
The body of a middle-aged man was this morning found floating in the waters of Great Bay, St. David’s, behind the Black Horse Tavern. The man has not yet b...
DATE: Sep 22, 2008
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