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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...

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...

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...

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...

Only in Bermuda could you have a two-day holiday for a cricket match. Cup Match is so quintessentially Bermudian that the holiday is not alone among the anomalies to be found. Predominantly amateur cricketers who understandably do not possess the fit...

The island’s parks and beaches opened yesterday for camping for the Cup Match holiday and weekend. Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch, the Minister of Public Works, said campers and picnickers were welcome to set up and that camping would be allowed unti...