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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...

A television crew from Germany yesterday filmed the island’s defence force going through their paces. The team from Franco-German television company ZDF Arte toured Warwick Camp and captured soldiers in action as part of a series on British islands. ...

The end of conscription will be “a death knell” for the island’s defence force, a group of former commanding officers warned yesterday. The Nine Colonels, who battled against plans to end conscription into the Royal Bermuda Regiment, said it had pred...

Dear Sir, I see that the Royal Bermuda Regiment has a problem with funding. The solution to this shortfall is right in front of us. The money saved by taking from Peter to pay Paul could be used to equip two pilot gigs with large slingshots fore and ...

The Royal Bermuda Regiment’s annual overseas training exercise has been cancelled in a cost-cutting move. Wayne Caines, the Minister of National Security, said the money saved would go towards the creation of a full-time coastguard-style service and ...

The island’s newest soldiers passed out of the Royal Bermuda Regiment’s recruit camp at the weekend. Forty recruits, all volunteers, celebrated on Saturday as they completed a tough two weeks of training. Private Janita Adderley, 30, was named top re...

The Royal Bermuda Regiment today triumphed in a joint services shoot-out on the firing range. The RBR’s Sergeants’ Mess team beat Recruit Camp’s Section 2, the best of the rookie soldiers, in the falling plates competition after a reshoot because one...

An alleged sex assault on a woman soldier at the Royal Bermuda Regiment’s recruit camp is under investigation, police said yesterday. A police spokesman confirmed: “A female soldier was reported to have been assaulted by a male soldier.” He said tha...

The newest recruits to the Royal Bermuda Regiment returned to soldiering today after a mid-training weekend break. The day off yesterday came after a section drill display, which saw the rookie recruits perform on the parade square under the eagle ey...

Bermuda’s newest soldiers will tomorrow reach the halfway mark of their two-week recruit camp. The annual intake started with the 45 new recruits being given a demonstration of the firepower in the regiment’s arsenal. Walter Roban, the Deputy Premie...

Government ministers paid a visit to Warwick Camp today as the island’s newest soldiers settled in to their first full day of training. Deputy Premier Walter Roban and Minister of National Security Wayne Caines toured Warwick Camp and dropped in on r...