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The legislation will enable the minister responsible to issue pollution stop orders, which can include abatement and remediation requirements

Jamie Walsh spells out the breadth of the disconnect between fishermen and the Government

On Tuesday, September 22, 2020 the Bermuda Cabinet approved the appointment of three International Experts to the Sargasso Sea Commission. The Sargasso Sea Commission was established by the Hamilton Declaration on Collaboration for the Conservation ...

The homes of people in St David’s were razed to protect the tourism industry, a Commission of Inquiry was told yesterday. Jean Foggo Simon, a researcher at the St David’s Island Historical Society, said many poor, black Bermudian families lost their ...

Keen birdwatcher Paul Watson had a spring to remember. Perched at Cooper’s Point in June, Mr Watson counted some 2,500 great shearwater in just 80 minutes, he reported in the summer edition of the Bermuda Audubon Society newsletter. Mr Watson said: “...

An amputee and activist for the disabled said she felt humiliated after a friend had to push her on a trolley to Cooper’s Island beach over the Cup Match holiday in the wake of government workers refusing to allow friends to drop her off closer to t...

People caught dumping trash at the island’s parks, docks and bus stops will find themselves in court, the Government warned today. A spokesman for the Ministry of Public Works said anyone found illegally dumping waste would face prosecution. The spok...

A great white shark is thought to have been spotted about 12 miles off the southwestern coast of Bermuda. A group of friends were fishing at sea mount Challenger Banks last Thursday when they saw a large shark circling their boat. Michiko Campbell, ...

A dock built at a St George’s park without planning permission has been torn down by the Government. Island Construction began demolishing the estimated $30,000 build at Rocky Hill yesterday morning and expected it to be completed by the end of the d...

This Friday marks the 1 year anniversary of the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of Bermuda, the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences (BIOS), and the Waitt Institute to form the Bermuda Ocean Prosperity Programme (BOPP)....

The island’s bluebird season is in full swing and people with nesting boxes must do their part to keep their tenants healthy and safe, an expert has said. Christian Chin-Gurret, the founder of bird box builders Happy Bird Co, said the company had mad...

Our world has changed immensely in the past few weeks, yet amid the upheaval and distress, there are reasons to believe that we can emerge from the Covid-19 crisis and change the status quo. Bermuda has an opportunity to lead by example and to imple...