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The Bermuda Police Service and the Royal Bermuda Regiment will work together this Cup Match to protect Bermuda’s waters, according to Wayne Caines, the Minister of National Security. Mr Caines told the House of Assembly parish constables would operat...

The island’s Cup Match holiday has been used by the Bermuda Tourism Authority to attract visitors to St George’s. A BTA spokeswoman said the organisation, in partnership with the Ministry of Tourism and Transport and with the sponsorship of Norwegian...

Trash collection dates for the Cup Match holiday were announced yesterday. The public works ministry said garbage normally collected on August 1 and 2 would be collected on August 3. Recycling waste usually collected on August 1 will be collected a d...

More than 20 Royal Bermuda Regiment soldiers will team up with police to keep the annual Cup Match holiday safe. The soldiers, all Special Constables, will work on land at hosts St George’s Cricket Club and at sea over the four-day holiday weekend wh...

“One’s destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things.” — Henry Miller The 2019 Cup Match holiday is soon approaching. This holiday is a time to exhale and breathe a sigh of relief because there is a two-day holiday just before the wee...

Cup Match will be held in St George’s this year, but seniors will gate a taste of the event in Somerset days before the first over. The third annual Tee’l Pre-Cup Match and Emancipation Day tea for seniors will be held at Somerset Cricket Club on Jul...

A 100-year-old woman celebrated her century with a gathering of relatives from around the world. More than 120 people turned up to mark former beautician Eula Hill’s milestone, from as far afield as Switzerland. Ms Hill’s daughter, Shari Hill-Smith, ...

Police and government representatives have discussed Cup Match safety with the management at this year’s venue for the two-day cricket match. Venue logistics, safety and public transportation were among the topics covered with St George’s Cricket Clu...

Local charities have reaped a surprise bonus from this year’s donations from the Bermuda End-to-End event. Four good causes were expected to get $30,000 each from the annual walk — but the figure was boosted to $45,000 apiece because of the high leve...

The Minister of Labour, Community Affairs and Sports, the Hon. Lovitta Foggo, is encouraging the public to support a series of events being hosted this month in the lead up to the Emancipation Day observances. Emancipation Day is August 1st, and is ...

Urged on by her sister Cedtara Simons, Tylasha DeSilva started singing in primary school — and never stopped. Next week, she’ll take to the stage for a cause that’s dear to her heart: her alma mater. The 17-year-old is one of several local entertaine...

Somers Day was observed for nearly two decades before Parliament created the two-day Cup Match holiday in 1947. The first known public commemoration of Sir George Somers’s 1609 landing of the Sea Venture occurred in 1929. On July 28, 1931, Somers Day...