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Developers could be hit with civil penalties under a raft of new robust measures aimed at tackling those that flout planning rules. The policy was first announced in last week’s Throne Speech and will see the Director of Planning given powers to issu...

An environmental group has raised safety concerns over plans to build a liquid propane gas storage facility on the outskirts of Hamilton. The Bermuda Environmental and Sustainability Taskforce (BEST) fears the development may cause an “elevated safet...

Dear Sir, This week’s announcement (RG October 13 “Digicel brings in mobile cell tower to serve AC thousands”) that a mobile cell tower will be used to provide a boost to the wireless service needs of the throngs of spectators anticipated for this we...

This is the third in a series of articles on the proposed development in the South Basin at Dockyard and why the Bermuda Environmental Sustainability Taskforce has prolonged its objection to the lack of proper impact assessment. In this instalment, B...

Environmentalists have questioned the ability of regulators to monitor Bermuda’s growing cellular network after a cell tower in Devonshire was approved over the objections of area residents. According to the Bermuda Environmental Sustainability Taskf...

The decision to allow agricultural land to be built on as part of the Pink Beach redevelopment has been criticised by the Bermuda Environmental Sustainability Taskforce. Grant Gibbons, as the acting Minister of Home Affairs, granted Sardis Developmen...

A cellphone tower that sparked repeated objections from Devonshire residents is up and running — and, according to an industry source, is now in heavy use. The area of Devonshire Bay had been a grey spot for Digicel users, but the announcement in 201...

The Bermuda Environmental Sustainability Taskforce praised the Take Back our Parks campaign in the wake of an injunction halting construction in the Botanical Gardens. While the Ministry of Public Works had begun work on a new maintenance yard in the...

Planning decisions for an America’s Cup development at the South Basin in Dockyard were abruptly revised yesterday, after a series of complaints from the Bermuda Environmental Sustainability Taskforce. “This is all rather sudden,” said Best chairman ...

This is the second in a series of commentaries on the proposed development in the South Basin at Dockyard and why the Bermuda Environmental and Sustainability Taskforce is objecting to it. The main issue is the environmental impact of the developmen...

The signpost that once stood on the junction of Bulkhead Drive and Khyber Pass in Warwick highlighting the historical significance of the Railway Way Trail has been lying in the dust for several months. It is symptomatic of the problems that plague t...

The Bermuda Environmental Sustainability Taskforce will go to court to challenge plans to develop the South Basin in preparation for the America’s Cup. BEST maintains it is fully behind the 2017 sporting spectacle and that the group had tried to fulf...