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Cup Match organisers bowed to the inevitable yesterday in cancelling the Annual Classic for the first time in its 118-year history. Since the most popular sporting event in Bermuda was founded, it has carried on regardless despite the imposing presen...

The Eastern Counties Cup became the first of the island’s big two midsummer cricket spectacles to fall victim to the coronavirus yesterday when it cancelled its three-match series for this year. With pressure mounting on the Cup Match clubs to make a...

There is no known vaccine for the novel coronavirus, Covid-19, and it is not expected that there will be one universally accepted before the end of 2020. Bermuda by then will have long emerged from the phased reopening of our economy, emphasised by t...

A move to rename the second day of Cup Match in honour of abolitionist Mary Prince has been approved by the House of Assembly. The Public Holidays Amendment Act will change Somers Day to Mary Prince Day. Lovitta Foggo, the Minister of Labour, Communi...

Opposition to the renaming of Somers Day to honour a Bermudian hero of the abolition of slavery movement in Britain was “mind boggling”, a government minister has said. Lovitta Foggo, the Minister of Labour, Community Affairs and Sport, said that the...

The recent tabling of a motion to change the Somers Day holiday to Mary Prince Day will stir emotions. There are a number of issues surrounding the date, historical relevance and context that collide and need to be guided. Indeed, the Cup Match holi...

Essence magazine has turned its spotlight on Bermuda, courtesy of Bermudian stylist and fashion editor Shiona Turini. The iconic magazine published a piece on an ideal 72 hours on the island over the Cup Match holiday. Ms Turini, who wrote and provid...

It is often interesting, sadly interesting, to see persons attempt to twist the reality of any given situation to justify a gross wrong. Once again, during our emancipation celebrations, the topics of the enslaved writer Mary Prince and Sir George So...

An all-star group of celebrities and Instagram influencers travelled to Bermuda for the annual Cup Match celebrations. Among the visitors were television personalities, actors, entertainers, musicians and models. They included La La Anthony, an Amer...

Cup Match festivities ended with a splash yesterday as beach goers flocked to the West End for one last holiday swim. Hundreds of people moored in Mangrove Bay and took to the water on inflatable rafts while more sat on the shores to enjoy the sunshi...

The latest addition to the Royal Bermuda Regiment’s Boat Troop fleet has been christened at Warwick Camp. John Rankin, the Governor, and Wayne Caines, the national security minister, were among the VIPs that helped commission 41 Juliet — a 27ft Bosto...

A team of soldiers joined forces with police officers as part of a massive safety and security operation at Cup Match. Eight Royal Bermuda Regiment troops were deployed alongside the Bermuda Police Service to patrol St George’s Cricket Club, during t...