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The former owners of land earmarked for a quarry said they had not expected the site to be worked when they sold it. Katherina Harlow, whose family sold the land at Judkin Lane, Hamilton Parish, in January 2019, said they had expected a house to be b...

Dear Sir, I refer to the recent letter from Kathy Zoll from St George’s. The pigeon problem is far greater every year. We reside in Harmon’s Bay, Sandys Parish. Every year, about eight or nine pairs of longtails nest in a nearby cliff face. About two...

The second option available for ridding Bermuda of plastic waste involves taxing single-use plastics on importation and lowering duties on alternatives. The target area to focus on should be the elimination of plastic bags, food containers, food tray...

This week, Donald Trump made it official. He confirmed his country’s plans to withdraw from the Paris climate accord in a year’s time — that is, a day after the 2020 presidential election. The action was initiated on Monday, which was the first possi...

A survivor of Hurricane Irma’s hit on the British Virgin Islands will today discuss how small islands can tackle an increased threat from major storms. Angela Burnett experienced first-hand the devastation of the Sepember 6, 2017 Category 5 hurricane...

Greta Thunberg gave the world a dose of youthful vigour. If we are fair with ourselves, most adults will admit we, too, have been there. Political expressions from youth are often either of utopias or of catastrophes. They speak purely and innocently...

Dear Sir, The young people who demonstrated on September 20 are quite right to draw attention to climate change and global warming. If nothing is done soon, they will grow up in a world as portrayed in the new novel on Amazon by former Bermudian resi...

Greta Thunberg has captured the attention of many politicos on both the Left and the Right for her impassioned plea for more aggressive action to combat climate change. The 16-year-old travelled to the United Nations this week to criticise world lead...

Green shoots of encouragement could be found from one end of the island to the other in the wake of Hurricane Humberto. The resolve of Bermuda in genuine times of stress yet again proved unbreakable — not so much a show of arrogance in the face of im...

“Hurricane Hell” and “the Bahamas is at war being attacked by Hurricane Dorian. And yet the Bahamas has no weapon to defend itself”, are two memorable expressions that emerged from the wreckage of the Abaco Islands and Grand Bahama in the chain of is...

About 60 people turned out to demand action on climate change as part of a global environmental effort yesterday. The group, mostly made up of schoolchildren, gathered at City Hall for the rally organised by Fridays for Future Bermuda, before marchin...

The subject is of grave concern because scientists from around the world, after lengthy studies of global atmospheric conditions, have concluded that unless nations collectively address this escalating problem, which stems from massive industrial sys...