540 results returned for search: "bermuda championship AND " category "News"
Bermuda’s football icon Nahki Wells has taken to Zoom to inspire children enrolled on the mentoring programme Big Brothers Big Sisters of Bermuda.
Mr Wells, a striker with Sky Bet Championship club Bristol City, was the first to participate in the c...
DATE: Jan 31, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A veteran St George’s firefighter nicknamed “Captain Smokes” also ran a popular East End hardware store and sailed several times in the Newport Bermuda Race.
His family said Robert Oatley, who died earlier this month, was “a St George’s man through a...
DATE: Jan 29, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Obituaries
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell, Chief Obituary Writer
A plan by a global media company to bring dozens of young entrepreneurs to Bermuda is expected to go ahead this year after it was scrapped in 2021.
A notice published in the Official Gazette
said the Bermuda Tourism Authority had signed a $27...
DATE: Jan 06, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Bermuda’s first Olympic gold medal winner said it felt “surreal and special” to be made a Dame in the latest New Year’s Honours.
Flora Duffy, OBE, said she was surprised to be told that she would be recognised as Dame Commander of the British Empire ...
DATE: Jan 03, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Bermuda’s Olympic hero Flora Duffy has been made a Dame in the New Year’s Honours.
Ms Duffy, OBE, who struck gold in Tokyo as she triumphed in the triathlon putting Bermuda on the world stage, was recognised as Dame Commander of the British Empire fo...
DATE: Jan 02, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Legislation likely to give police wider powers in line with England and Wales when dealing with marches and static protests is “being considered”, The Royal Gazette can reveal.
Antoine Daniels, the Assistant Commissioner of Police, said the potential...
DATE: Dec 02, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor
Two brothers have claimed international chess titles after winning more than 50 games apiece.
Odin Flanagan, 9, and his brother, Dylan, 8, were given the title of Arena Fide Masters after they faced off against competitors of all ages from around th...
DATE: Nov 22, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A charity set up in the name of Olympic triathlon champion Flora Duffy to sponsor budding sports stars has been given $10,000 by a bank.
The cash was donated to the Flora Fund by Clarien Bank.
Ms Duffy said: “Looking back, as I cannot help but do thi...
DATE: Oct 19, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Bermuda Tourism Authority will put out a request for proposal to rebrand the island’s tourism industry, according to a report by the Public Accounts Committee.
The report, tabled in the House of Assembly, said it was hoped that a Bermuda firm wou...
DATE: Oct 06, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A journeyman golfer on the PGA Tour in the United States has taken to social media to trash Bermuda over its Covid-19 protocol.
Charlie Beljan, a 36-year-old American, was due to be in the 132-player field for the Butterfield Bermuda Championship at ...
DATE: Sep 30, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Lawrence Trott
