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Legislation to end conscription into the island’s military was passed in the House of Assembly last night. Wayne Caines, Minster of National Security, said the Defence Amendment Act was “a once-in-a-generation chance to transform the Royal Bermuda Re...

As we understand it, the Bermuda Government is about to announce legislation that would abolish conscription once and for all. In our long-considered opinion, that will be a serious error in judgment. A survey analysis done by Global Research in Dece...

Legislation designed to end conscription into the island’s military is to be debated in the House of Assembly today. The Defence Amendment Act 2018, tabled by Wayne Caines, the Minister of National Security, was drawn up to fulfil a General Election ...

The Royal Bermuda Regiment is on the verge of finishing a strategic review to guide the service through its next five years, according to national security minister Wayne Caines. Mr Caines told Parliament that the report, which he has yet to see, cou...

Bermuda’s uniformed services were out in force for the Queen’s Birthday Parade on Saturday morning. The troops of the Royal Bermuda Regiment and its Band and Corps of Drums, police, the RBR’s Junior Leaders and the Sea Cadets paraded on Front Street ...

Two Royal Bermuda Regiment soldiers have started an intensive nautical skills course in the Cayman Islands run by the Royal Navy. Private Donavin Trott-Burchall and Private Jessica Pimental, both members of the RBR Boat Troop, will spend three weeks ...

Two British soldiers met their sporting heroes after they were drafted in to help with training at the Royal Bermuda Regiment. Colour Sergeant Andy Chappell, a specialist British Army instructor, is on the island to offer advice on planning and set-u...

About 100 soldiers from the Royal Bermuda Regiment have started a one week on-island camp. The troops will train at Warwick Camp this week instead of the traditional overseas exercise. Their ranks from infantry soldiers from A Company, to signallers ...

Paget Primary School pupils reported for duty at Warwick Camp yesterday and completed a gruelling obstacle course. The squad from the Active Learner Programme at Paget Primary School, who are on the autism spectrum, dressed in combat gear, scaled a w...

Shots rang out at Albouy’s Point last night as the island celebrated the latest addition to the Royal Family. The Royal Bermuda Regiment fired a gun salute at 6pm, followed by a rifle volley, in honour of the birth of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridg...

The Mayor of St George celebrated a successful year in the Old Towne during the annual Peppercorn Ceremony yesterday. Quinell Francis said: “During the 2017/18 fiscal year, we have undertaken several restoration and improvements projects, including ...

The birth of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s third child is to be celebrated tonight with a gun salute. The Royal Bermuda Regiment said a field gun will fire from Hamilton’s Albouy’s Point at 6pm to mark the birth of the couple’s second son. A si...