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Almost $10 million worth of drugs were seized in Bermuda last year prompting the Department of National Drug Control to join with the United Nations to launch a global campaign against drug abuse.
The figure, $9.5 million, is made up of 190 kilos of ...
DATE: Jun 26, 2008
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Long-term smokers offered a smoking cessation program when they were hospitalised for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease problems were more than twice as likely to be non-smokers one year later than those not offered a ...
DATE: Jun 26, 2008
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ABIR president Bradley Kading believes that the biggest US threat to Bermuda's insurance industry is likely to come from sweeping efforts to raise more tax revenue from all international business, rather than legislation that targets "tax havens".
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DATE: Jun 26, 2008
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Assured Guaranty Corp. has appointed Michael DiRende as managing director of risk management.
"We are extremely pleased that Mike has joined Assured to assist us in further expanding our strong risk management capabilities," said Andrew Pickering, m...
DATE: Jun 26, 2008
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Colin Couper's gamble to go against the grain and chart a course west of the rhumbline en route to Bermuda paid huge dividends in this year's Newport to Bermuda Race.
Sailing with a multi-national crew onboard Babes, a Frers Swan 46, Couper capped of...
DATE: Jun 26, 2008
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A mother who allegedly stole more than $40,000 from the Gilbert Institute after-school programme appeared to tear-up yesterday as she spoke about her son leaving the Island because of the court case.
Lee Brown, 49, became involved with the school's P...
DATE: Jun 26, 2008
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A US Congressman who backed an American lawyer facing gun charges has said there was nothing stopping him bringing them into Bermuda as he did.
Jurors hearing the case of Gary Barket heard how he hid two guns in an old suitcase at his home in Little ...
DATE: Jun 26, 2008
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POUGHKEEPSIE, New York (AP) — Kermit Love, the costume designer who helped puppeteer Jim Henson create Big Bird and other "Sesame Street" characters, has died. He was 91.
Love died from congestive heart failure Saturday in Poughkeepsie, near his home...
DATE: Jun 26, 2008
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Some of the humpback whales that migrate past Bermuda each year could find themselves back on the hunting menu as Greenland presses for permission to kill a number of the giant sea creatures this week although, as of last night, it appeared a decisio...
DATE: Jun 26, 2008
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The Gilbert & Sullivan Society of Bermuda is looking for a brand new star to take one of the lead roles in its upcoming production, 'The Full Monty', which will run from October 8-18 at City Hall Theatre.
The musical is based on the original English ...
DATE: Jun 26, 2008
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