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Bermuda-based reinsurer Montpelier Re Holdings Ltd. yesterday welcomed the lifting of the negative outlook on its credit ratings by Standard & Poor's.
Last week S&P said it was changing the outlook to stable from negative. At the same time the agency...
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DEAR DR. GOTT: I am a 75-year-old male in fairly good health. For the last three months, my right nipple has been very sore. Some days are worse than others. When I told my doctor about it, he said it is from the beer I drink. When I asked about the ...
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LONDON (Bloomberg) — Bermuda-based Hiscox Ltd., a Lloyd's of London insurer, said premium revenue declined 10 percent in the first quarter of this year as the company withdrew from less profitable underwriting.
Premium income fell to £321.3 million (...
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Stanley the cockapoo — mauled half to death by a pit bull before Easter — is back at home making a remarkable recovery.
The pet is likely to be permanently scarred and is still nervous of large animals, but owner Sandra Curtis says she is just reliev...
DATE: May 13, 2008
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Tim Smith
Within hours of the Police reporting the worst rate of violent crime in eight years, the Island received more evidence of the problem when two men escaped after being interrupted in the course of a robbery.
Both men, one of whom was reported to have ...
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An elderly woman who was threatened by a hammer-wielding thug has bemoaned the demise of Bermuda as a peaceful place to live.
The 71-year-old spoke in response to the soaring rate of violent crime which is now at its highest point in at least eight y...
DATE: May 13, 2008
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The Christian Aid missionary agency has accused Bermuda of being implicit in contributing to the deaths of 5.6 million children by 2015 in a report issued earlier this month.
The 60-page report entitled "Death and taxes: the true toll of tax dodging"...
DATE: May 13, 2008
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
It's 9.30 a.m. at Whitney Institute and the assembly hall is abuzz with energy. About 400 primary school children from across the Island are grinning excitedly, dancing up and down on the spot to a hip-hop beat and loudly chanting the less-than-catch...
DATE: May 13, 2008
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Sam Strangeways
The play opens with the demure Esther Mills (Tramaine Stovell) entering her room and sitting down at her sewing machine.
Esther, the daughter of freed slaves, has lived in the boarding house, which is owned by Mrs. Dickson (Lesley Wharton), for 18 ye...
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Sheilagh Head is an impressionist and as such, her landscapes give the impression that it was something that almost just happened, but of course this is an illusion, for although it seems that she paints quickly, a lifetime of honing her skills lie b...
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