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Bermuda’s struggling seagrass will be in the spotlight at a presentation this week by an international expert at the Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute.
James Fourqurean, a seagrass ecologist and professor at the Florida International Universit...
DATE: Aug 03, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A Bermuda-bound cruise ship was struck by a fishing boat early Saturday morning off the coast of Massachusetts.
According to the US Coast Guard, the Norwegian Pearl was about 41 miles east of Nantucket at about 2.35am that day when it collided the 92...
DATE: Aug 02, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Ministry of National Security is looking for a firm to upgrade and expand the island’s CCTV network, according to a recent Request for Proposal.
A procurement notice published earlier this week said that the ministry wanted a hybrid CCTV infr...
DATE: Jul 27, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Paving work is set to take place in Hamilton Parish between August and November, with traffic in the area to be affected.
The Ministry of Public Works said in a notice that paving work would take place on Fractious Street, Wilkinson Avenue and Harrin...
DATE: Jul 27, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Transport
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The City of Hamilton intends to expand its sewage treatment facility as part of a project to cut back on the release of solid waste into the island’s waters.
According to a planning application, the corporation hopes to build a new wastewater treatme...
DATE: Jul 27, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
There are plans to revitalise and reopen a West End clinic that was shuttered five years ago.
According to a recent planning application, the Government intends to expand the former Somerset Health Centre at the Mangrove Bay Post Office - a Grade 3 l...
DATE: Jul 25, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Regulatory Authority has blamed “critical deficiencies” at Belco for an island-wide 2020 blackout in a highly redacted report.
The report found that the main causes of the outage were the failure of an unnamed system and that certain circuit ...
DATE: Jul 23, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Clyde Best Lane in Somerset will be temporarily closed to traffic this evening for a special event to celebrate the completion of a mural wall celebrating the football great.
A spokesman for the Ministry of Public Works said that the road will be clo...
DATE: Jul 22, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Event
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Extreme high tides recorded in recent years could become the standard in Bermuda within 20 years, according to a new climate report.
The first half of a two-part report by Mark Guishard and researchers at the Bermuda Institute for Ocean Sciences ...
DATE: Jul 22, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Weather
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Water suppliers warned residents to check their tanks and conserve as continuing dry weather spurs demand — with orders likely to peak around the upcoming Cup Match holiday.
Requests for water deliveries surged “tremendously” over the past month, acc...
DATE: Jul 22, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell