123 results returned for search: "" category "Environment" author Gareth Finighan
More than 50 abandoned boats are to be hauled out of the water and destroyed.
A spokeswoman for the Ministry of Transport said that 17 vessels had recently been identified in addition to 37 other boats that had already been earmarked for disposal.
Th...
DATE: Feb 18, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The Tynes Bay Incinerator is handling almost 300 tons of garbage a day – despite recent reliability problems at the plant.
Wayne Furbert, the acting minister for public works, said during a press conference this week that both burners at the inci...
DATE: Jan 24, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The last remaining residential property on a busy Hamilton road is to be demolished.
Rose Cottage, on Par-la-Ville Road, stands in the shadow of multi-storey office blocks that are home to law and accountancy firms, as well as international businesse...
DATE: Dec 22, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The Railway Trail network is to be cleaned up and maintained by a massive volunteer effort from international businesses.
The Association of International Companies (ABIC) has teamed up with Keep Bermuda Beautiful (KBB) and the department of parks to...
DATE: Dec 06, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The Bermuda Tourism Authority has been forced to pull a misleading image of the Botanical Gardens from its website – because the old photograph of manicured flower beds is a world away from the state of the grounds at present.
The BTA website said i...
DATE: Nov 29, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The island’s biggest nature reserve will open to the public early next year after four years of development.
The Riddell’s Bay Gardens and Nature Reserve, on a former golf course in Warwick, covers 66 acres and includes walking trails, gardens and wa...
DATE: Nov 26, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A rare barn owl was captured on camera after it was spotted on the Railway Trail in broad daylight.
Magnus Henagulph said he was able to snatch a photograph of the bird, usually a night creature, as it rested on a tree branch earlier this week.
Mr He...
DATE: Nov 15, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Volunteers helped plant 70 trees in the grounds of Government House at the weekend to celebrate the Queen’s platinum anniversary as monarch next year.
The scheme was the brainchild of the Bermuda Botanical Society.
Jennifer Flood, the president of th...
DATE: Nov 09, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The flight path of a great blue heron that stopped off in Bermuda during a 2,000 mile-plus migration from Canada to Cuba has been tracked by a team of US scientists.
The heron, named Harper, left her summer feeding ground in New Brunswick, Canada, on...
DATE: Nov 03, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Volunteers carried out a clean-up operation on a section of the Railway Trail on Sunday.
As part of celebrations to mark Bermuda International Long Term Insurers and Reinsurers’ tenth anniversary, the organisation has adopted a section of the Railwa...
DATE: Oct 28, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan