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The fight against slavery in a Caribbean nation 1,000 miles to Bermuda’s south has been celebrated as the island looks to commemorate its own 1834 emancipation over Cup Match.
Glenn Fubler, from the activist group Imagine Bermuda, said the Haitian Re...
DATE: Jul 28, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Cup Match camping tradition will resume this year – but with Covid-19 restrictions in place.
A spokesman for the Ministry of Public Works said campers and picnickers are allowed to set up their camp sites today, but camping itself will only be pe...
DATE: Jul 27, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A dream 25 years in the making became reality for Flora Duffy after she stormed to an emphatic victory with a flawless display in the women’s triathlon to earn Bermuda’s first Olympic gold medal in Tokyo yesterday.
The 33-year-old led the field short...
DATE: Jul 27, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Flora Duffy said this was her last shot and she took it.
There may have been few spectators in Tokyo but all of Bermuda was cheering on Bermuda’s golden girl as she ran into the history books and smashed the Olympic record at the same time.
In the en...
DATE: Jul 27, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Bill Zuill
Bermuda’s first Olympic medal-winner, Clarence Hill, said last night that his faith in the island’s talents had been borne out by Flora Duffy’s triumph in Tokyo.
The boxing heavyweight who brought home a bronze win from the 1976 Montreal Games said o...
DATE: Jul 27, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A national celebration awaits gold medal winner Flora Duffy on her return home from last night’s triumph in Tokyo.
David Burt, the Premier, declared that all of Bermuda looked forward to commemorating the island’s second-ever Olympic win and the firs...
DATE: Jul 27, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A man who was rescued by the US Coast Guard in 2014 trying to travel from Florida to Bermuda by sea in a floating bubble, has drifted ashore trying to “walk” to New York from Florida.
Reza Baluchi, a marathon runner and Iranian exile, was featured o...
DATE: Jul 27, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Flora Duffy was already Bermuda’s golden girl before she set off on the Olympic women’s triathlon tonight, but she is now simply solid gold after destroying a world-class field in Tokyo.
The 33-year-old dominated the race almost immediately after fi...
DATE: Jul 26, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Dexter Smith, Head of Sport
The Royal Gazette received dozens of good luck messages for triathlete Flora Duffy, who is one of the medal favourites for the women’s event at the Tokyo Olympics tonight.
Ms Duffy, whose race starts at 6.30pm Bermuda time, is the Commonwealth G...
DATE: Jul 26, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
Nadine Dillas looked out with visible pride at the crowds enjoying the music and browsing outdoor stalls at yesterday’s Court Street Festival.
“We have made it happen,” said the member of the group Empowered Shopping Village, which organised the eve...
DATE: Jul 26, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
