January 4: The search for a 36-year-old Portuguese sailor who fell overboard from a yacht was called off after a rescue team found no trace of him.

Luiz Santos apparently fell into the ocean while fixing a sail on board the Spanish-registered Wendy on Christmas Eve.

January 8: St. George's Mayor Mariea Casey reassured St. Georges that the Old town would still have adequate police presence when the police station closed for renovations.

Officers and staff were moved to the former US Naval Air Station in Southside until Works & Engineering completed the renovations.

Telecommunications entrepreneurs Michael Leverock and Kurt Eve announced that their company Cellular One had bought out Hardell Cable TV Ltd.

A judge ruled on January 12 that Larry Dennis, auditor General, had the right to examine Bermuda Housing Trust books after a year long legal wrangle.

January 14: Mark Capes was sworn in as the new deputy governor. He arrived in October with a torn ligament, which he said was due to too much vigorous dancing in his old post in Anguilla.

A fire gutted the kitchen of Henry VIII's Restaurant causing thousands of dollars worth of damage and forcing its closure for the next three months.

January 15: Southside, St. David's police station was officially opened by Governor Sir John Vereker, housing senator David Burch and Police Commissioner George L. Jackson.

Regina and Bill Peniston were among those who received Drum Major Awards. They helped the homeless by serving food out of their car. Others included Dr. Barbara Ball, Ann Caines and LaVerne Furbert and community groups The Somerset Brigade Band and YMSC's Youth Redevelopment Programme.

Bermuda Regiment soldiers were given the opportunity to study for the equivalent of a high school diploma free of charge, thanks to a new initiative launched by the Ministry of Public Safety.

The Women's Treatment Centre was up and running with an additional two beds, and accommodation for ten women.

January 22: After years virtually fighting in the wilderness family group Childwatch made some headway for their campaign for divorced fathers to be given equal access to their children. In mid January they were given meetings with Social Rehabilitation Minister Dale Butler and Attorney General Phil Perinchief.

January 25: A 33 foot long Humpback whale was found dead near Hungry Bay on the South Shore. Local resident, Barry Bridges, saw the back of the impressive creature arching out of the water as he was taking a friend's boat for a run.

The public was being urged to help Police after a spate of street robberies in the central parishes — including a stabbing.

January 26: The Premier was reported as saying that he travelled with protection on overseas trips and wanted a bodyguard with him when he was here in Bermuda.

Sergeant Russell Matthews, a veteran Bermuda Police officer who was suspended for pepper-spraying a colleague during training was exonerated at a disciplinary hearing. However, in January 2007, Sergeant Matthews was yet to resume duties ten months on from the incident in question.

January 27: A fire at the Leopard's Club Plaza in the early hours of the morning left several families homeless. Apparently, children rescued from the blaze returned there the same evening, to sleep in rooms reeking and blackened by smoke.

January 29: The Commission on Unity and Racial Equality appointed Dr. Sydney Gibbons as the new executive officer.

Hurricane force winds at the end of January closed the Causeway for several hours and sent workers and school children home.