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The annual Festa do Senhor Santo Cristo dos Milagres festival was celebrated at the weekend. Hundreds of participants took part yesterday in the annual parade, which began at St Theresa’s Cathedral and proceeded through the City of Hamilton. Revelle...

A celebration of Azorean culture will be held at the BAA Field later this month. Portuguese-American band Tony Borges and Euro will headline the Santo Cristo festival on May 18 and 19. Local acts include Sarah Medeiros, Jessica Frias, Amalia Ponte, C...

The Azores’ representative to its diaspora was welcomed to Bermuda this week as celebrations of the anniversary of the first Portuguese immigrants continue. Lovitta Foggo, the Minister of Labour, Community Affairs and Sport, met Paulo Teves, the dire...

Dear Sir, I write this today hurt and upset over what continues to seem like distractions to what actually matters to children of immigrants in Bermuda. While I see many happy to see an Azores team come to Bermuda and a Portuguese holiday in November...

Nuno Patricio hugged his family goodbye in 1999 thinking it was the end of his idyllic life in Bermuda. They were staying. He was to live in his home country Portugal, where he had just completed a master’s degree in fine arts. He couldn’t believe it...

The contributions of the Azorean community were yesterday celebrated at an event in Victoria Park. It was one of the monthly Bermuda Heartbeats events put on by the Department of Community and Cultural Affairs. Sunday’s event was put on in with the...

The individuals behind the “Supporting Fair Immigration Reform” Facebook group and our members applaud Premier David Burt for honouring and recognising the Portuguese community by announcing November 4, 2019 as a public holiday in Bermuda to commemor...

Island dignitaries helped the island’s Portuguese people celebrate their national day at the weekend. David Burt, the Premier, visited the Vasco Da Gama Club in Hamilton on Sunday along with Walter Roban deputy Premier and transport minister, who got...

The island’s Portuguese population said they hoped a public holiday on November 4 next year to mark the first arrival of people from Madeira is a step towards a more inclusive approach. Milton Raposo, a video producer of Portuguese descent, said the...

Bermuda’s Portuguese community was “ecstatic” after it was announced yesterday that a public holiday next year will mark the 170th anniversary of the arrival of the first immigrants from Madeira. Andrea Moniz-DeSouza, the Honorary Portuguese Consul, ...

Bermuda’s community came together for the annual Festa do Senhor Santo Cristo dos Milagres festival this weekend. Hundreds of revellers took to the streets — and Bermuda Athletics Association — to participate in the religious celebration of Jesus Ch...

The Portuguese community of Bermuda came together yesterday to celebrate the annual Festa do Senhor Santo Cristo dos Milagres. The celebration, whose title translates to “Festival of the Christ of Miracles”, originated centuries ago on the island of ...