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Residents were asked to behave responsibly and think of others when they enjoy themselves over the long holiday weekend. Michael Weeks, the Minister of National Security, also warned that there will be a visible presence of police and other uniformed...

Changes to garbage pick-up schedules during next week’s holiday were announced today. In the City of Hamilton, a spokeswoman said that normal collections would take place for residents on Wednesday with the last collection for businesses and bars on ...

St George’s have again rung the changes in a bid to end the recent Cup Match domination of Somerset. Beaten by ten wickets in the “Pandemic Classic” at Wellington Oval in 2021, the East Enders have made six changes, including debut call-ups for middl...

Clyde Best Lane in Somerset will be temporarily closed to traffic this evening for a special event to celebrate the completion of a mural wall celebrating the football great. A spokesman for the Ministry of Public Works said that the road will be clo...

Jordan DeSilva is set to continue as the captain of Somerset’s Cup Match team. Doubts over the all-rounder’s future in the role were raised, with having seen very limited action this season because of undisclosed health issues. However, Michael Corda...

Bermuda began to get into the Cup Match mood on Friday when hundreds of people turned out for the Cup Match Extravaganza in King’s Square in St George’s. Singer Jesse Seymour crooned to the crowd, who were also entertained by hump ropers, hula hoope...

Cup Match is back in all its pre-Covid glory and the excitement is tangible. Somerset or St George’s, win or lose, each and every one of us is ready to celebrate and enjoy the holiday. Beyond Plastic Bermuda has been hard at work researching how Berm...

We should honour Mary Prince for her odds-defying accomplishments, but we should not make the mistake of mythologising her

The Department of Culture has released a calendar of events aimed at celebrating emancipation in Bermuda in the lead-up to Cup Match. A spokeswoman said the department would host and sponsor a series of events this month and next with the theme of “R...

The Emperial Group of Companies is spearheading the restoration of the historic Somers Playhouse in St George’s as part of a trailblazing strategy to align Bermuda's Cup Match holiday with the newly minted United States federal holiday, Juneteenth Na...

An historic East End playhouse could be transformed into a “world-calibre cultural centre” as part of a strategy to align the Cup Match holiday with a United States emancipation holiday. The Emperial Group of Companies wants to restore Somers Playhou...

On a beautiful sunny day in July 1988, I sat with my great-aunt, Edith Burgess, as she recalled a church picnic held in 1903. She was 96 at the time and blessed with the remarkable gift of recall. It is only now that I realise she was recollecting a ...