https://coronavirus.bernews.com/section/regiment/ Thu, 26 May 2022 18:57:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.2 https://coronavirus.bernews.com/soldiers-test-positive-for-covid-at-training-camp/ Mon, 23 May 2022 13:10:33 +0000 http://coronavirus.bernews.com/?p=25807 Royal Bermuda Regiment soldiers attending a two week overseas training exercise at the US Marine Corps base in North Carolina tested positive for Covid, with the RBR noting that “everyone who tested positive while overseas was put into isolation.” A Regiment spokesperson said, “13 people on the trip were listed as positive for the coronavirus […]]]> https://coronavirus.bernews.com/photos-video-rbr-support-covid-19-efforts/ Tue, 20 Apr 2021 00:44:10 +0000 http://coronavirus.bernews.com/?p=21797 The Royal Bermuda Regiment continues to support the Covid-19 effort,  with 70 soldiers embodied to enable Community Advisory Points across the island. A spokesperson said, “A week into the current stay at home period, soldiers from B Company and across the Regiment continue to support the Government’s effort to keep Bermuda Safe. “Last week 70 soldiers […]]]> https://coronavirus.bernews.com/soldier-tests-positive-for-the-coronavirus/ Tue, 23 Mar 2021 01:00:07 +0000 http://coronavirus.bernews.com/?p=21066 A Royal Bermuda Regiment soldier has tested positive for the “after he was involved in an exercise over last weekend, he Regiment has confirmed, adding that “training for part-time soldiers had been suspended for three weeks as a precaution.” This comes as the island has experienced a surge of new confirmed cases, with more than […]]]> https://coronavirus.bernews.com/regiment-soldiers-still-on-covid-19-frontline/ Sun, 07 Mar 2021 23:00:09 +0000 http://coronavirus.bernews.com/?p=20788 The island’s soldiers continue to make a contribution to the campaign against Covid-19. The Royal Bermuda Regiment has been stood down from embodiment after the lockdown was stopped, however soldiers are still acting as Covid-19 marshals and helping to staff test stations and vaccination clinics at the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital and Bermuda College. Lance […]]]> https://coronavirus.bernews.com/female-arrested-after-assault-at-covid-test-site/ Sat, 06 Mar 2021 15:44:13 +0000 http://coronavirus.bernews.com/?p=20784 Police attended a “report of assault on two Regiment soldiers who were carrying out security duties at the Bulls Head Car Park Covid testing site,” with the female suspect “located by officers and arrested.” A police spokesperson said, “At 12:30pm on Friday 5th March, 2021, officers were dispatched to a report of assault on two […]]]> https://coronavirus.bernews.com/soldiers-to-be-deployed-as-covid-marshalls/ Wed, 23 Dec 2020 12:55:41 +0000 http://coronavirus.bernews.com/?p=19760 “Bermuda Regiment soldiers are currently being deployed as Covid Marshalls to conduct quarantine checks,” Health Minister Kim Wilson said, adding that, “if you are supposed to be quarantining, make sure the Covid Marshalls find you at home!” Speaking at last night’s [Dec 22] press briefing, Minister Wilson said, “For those that do test positive and […]]]> https://coronavirus.bernews.com/20-soldiers-to-assist-with-testing-monitoring/ Wed, 09 Dec 2020 19:00:52 +0000 http://coronavirus.bernews.com/?p=19369 To support the Government’s plans as it relates to Covid-19, the Royal Bermuda Regiment will provide 20 soldiers, with 12 of the soldiers to  “assist with quarantine monitoring” and 8 to assist at testing stations. This comes as the island has experienced an increase in Covid-19, with 80 positive cases confirmed already this month, and the island’s […]]]> https://coronavirus.bernews.com/longest-regiment-embodiment-since-wwii/ Mon, 25 May 2020 19:55:04 +0000 http://coronavirus.bernews.com/?p=16837 The island’s soldiers have notched up their longest continuous period on duty since World War II because of the coronavirus crisis. Troops from the Royal Bermuda Regiment have been embodied for 67 days as part of the fight against Covid-19 – and counting. But some of the RBR’s newest soldiers, who have been based at […]]]> https://coronavirus.bernews.com/rubis-donates-200-20-fuel-cards-to-regiment/ Mon, 11 May 2020 16:55:34 +0000 http://coronavirus.bernews.com/?p=16453 An energy company has stepped up to help Royal Bermuda Regiment soldiers stay on the roads. Fuel supplier RUBiS has donated 200 $20 fuel cards to the RBR – enough to give one to every soldier embodied over the Covid-19 crisis. Jermaine Simons, the sales manager at RUBiS and a former RBR Sergeant Major, said: […]]]> https://coronavirus.bernews.com/digicel-one-donate-cell-service-to-soldiers/ Sun, 26 Apr 2020 22:12:00 +0000 http://coronavirus.bernews.com/?p=15936 The island’s two biggest telecommunications companies have donated almost $30,000 worth of cell phone services to help soldiers on the Covid-19 frontline keep in touch with their loved ones. One Communications said they decided to support the Royal Bermuda Regiment’s efforts to control the spread of the disease and give about 200 soldiers embodied for […]]]>