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Thousands of people braved the heat to soak up the Cup Match atmosphere at St George’s Cricket Club this weekend.
Spectators filled the stands at Wellington Oval to watch the game, take on the “stock market” at the Crown and Anchor tables and sociali...
DATE: Aug 03, 2019
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A man filmed naked on the roof of a house on the first day of Cup Match was taken to King Edward VII Memorial Hospital for assessment.
A police spokesman said that officers received a report of a man on the roof of a home in Wellington Back Road, St ...
DATE: Aug 03, 2019
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Cup Match festivities got under way at the St George’s Cricket Club today as spectators gathered to celebrate Emancipation Day.
The Wellington Oval was abuzz with energy as people filled the stands from early this morning to watch the game, bet on cr...
DATE: Aug 01, 2019
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The public was asked yesterday to avoid single-use plastics over the Cup Match holiday.
Walter Roban, the home affairs minister, told people: “As you prepare for your holiday events, enjoy outdoor areas, and prepare to run concessions, I want to enco...
DATE: Jul 31, 2019
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Environment
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
A farm at the centre of a row over foul smells and pests has been sold, The Royal Gazette can reveal.
Lidia Medeiros, who ran Green Land Dairy Farm in Smiths, with husband Valter for five years, confirmed the couple had sold to the Almeida Dairy Farm...
DATE: Jul 31, 2019
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The tourism minister highlighted Bermuda as a holiday destination at a series of industry meetings in Miami.
Zane DeSilva was at trade shows for the National Association of Black Hotel Owners, Operators and Developers, and the International Multicult...
DATE: Jul 31, 2019
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Tourism
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
Generous donors for 16 percussion students to learn Afro-Cuban percussion were thanked at an awards ceremony on Friday.
Music professor Eddie Ming, who teaches drumming from the Rhythm Lab in St George’s, presented certificates to the youngsters.
Age...
DATE: Jul 31, 2019
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A Supreme Court judge has stood down after more than 20 years on the Bermuda bench.
Puisne Judge Carlisle Greaves concluded his last case and confirmed his retirement at the sentencing of Parnell Brangman for child sex offences on Monday.
Mr Justice ...
DATE: Jul 31, 2019
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A historian has sounded a warning over a bid to rename Somers Day, the second day of Cup Match, after Mary Prince, a former slave and abolitionist.
Somers Day, to be marked on Friday, was established to commemorate Admiral George Somers, who ran agro...
DATE: Jul 31, 2019
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CATEGORY:
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A Bermudian bank yesterday said it would help to sponsor the island’s first gay pride march.
Butterfield Bank invited its staff to bring family and friends along to the August 31 event, which will feature a group from the bank in the parade.
Michael ...
DATE: Jul 31, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Same-Sex Marriage
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter