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The Governor’s Cup Challenge at the first golf course on the island to desegregate went ahead without a hitch despite the threat of Hurricane Paulette. The tournament at Ocean View Golf Course in Devonshire last Sunday was the last round for John Ran...

The Governor has confirmed that there is no reason to delay the General Election next month. John Rankin said: “I am grateful to all those who have worked so hard to get the island back up and running quickly following Hurricane Paulette and do not s...

Like everyone else on the island, I was looking forward to Cup Match between Somerset and St George’s this year. It would have been my final Cup Match game in Bermuda during my term in office as Governor. In each of the last three years I have hugely...

The Governor has met the new United States Consul General. Lee Rizzuto Jr, who arrived in Bermuda this week, visited Government House with his wife, Denise, to meet John Rankin, who said: “It was a pleasure to meet Mr and Mrs Rizzuto and to welcome t...

The history of our governors would be an interesting study. Uncovering their roles and purposes would be like reading the mind of Britain. I’m also sure if one were to research the finer details of their governorships, it would be full of intrigue. F...

A former conscripted private soldier was appointed yesterday as second-in-command of the Royal Bermuda Regiment. John Rankin, the Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Bermuda Regiment, said Major Larenzo Ratteray was “a highly able and well-...

Dear Sir, Recently it was announced by the British Government that Bermuda’s first woman and first black governor will take over the job this year. Rena Lalgie, the director of Britain’s Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation at the Treasury, w...

Bermuda’s first woman and first black governor will take over the job later this year, the British Government revealed yesterday. Rena Lalgie, the director of the UK’s Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation at the Treasury, will succeed John Ra...

Bermuda Day cannot be celebrated in the usual way this year, no half-marathon and no parade around the streets of Hamilton. But I know that the holiday will still be marked in homes by families across the island and I take this opportunity to send my...

Bermuda marked the 75th anniversary of the end of the Second World War in Europe today with a low key ceremony at Warwick Camp. John Rankin, the Governor, and Wayne Caines, the Minister of National Security, took part in the VE-Day event, held under ...

This afternoon (April 27) the Governor, Mr John Rankin CMG, and the Deputy Governor, Ms Alison Crocket, visited the newly launched testing centre for essential workers at Southside, St David’s. While there they observed the process — while maintain...

The Governor yesterday toured Warwick Camp and talked to the Royal Bermuda Regiment soldiers in the front line of the battle against Covid-19. John Rankin said: “I was very pleased to visit Warwick Camp to meet the members of the Royal Bermuda Regime...