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Empty warehouses in Dockyard could become a new West End base for Marine and Ports, according to a planning document.
The plans, submitted earlier this month, propose turning three unused warehouses on the eastern side of Freeport Drive into workshop...
DATE: Dec 17, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Trash collection schedules will change next week and the following week to accommodate public holidays.
A spokesman for the Ministry of Public Works said that waste usually collected on Wednesdays and Thursdays will be collected only on Wednesday nex...
DATE: Dec 15, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
Government this week allayed concerns that prime farmland at the West End was under threat from a developer.
Ageing buildings at Tudor Farm, on the border of Southampton and Sandys, are to be refurbished for continued agricultural use under a public-...
DATE: Dec 10, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Old engines and stacks at Belco have been decommissioned and will be dismantled next year, the company said today.
Eight engines, some of which had been in service for half a century, and five exhaust stacks at the utility firm’s Serpentine Road plan...
DATE: Dec 09, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Bermuda Advocates For Safe Technology is encouraging members of the community to submit their feedback on the implementation of 5G technology on Bermuda to the Regulatory Authority.
Submissions which form part of the RA’s public consultation can be m...
DATE: Dec 07, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Pupils enrolled in a competitive volunteer programme through the Bermuda Zoological Society have been given a second chance to complete it in the wake of Covid-19.
The Junior Volunteer programme requires a year-long commitment to support the Bermuda ...
DATE: Dec 03, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A collection of environmental protection groups invited Bermudian youngsters to join a virtual boot camp and work with other young people from the Caribbean to protect the oceans.
The Ocean Heroes Network announced their first ever Ocean Heroes Regio...
DATE: Dec 02, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
Penalties for the killing of protected species may be increased in the wake of The Royal Gazette’s report last week on the killing of parrotfish, it was announced today.
Walter Roban, the home affairs minister, said he was outraged to learn of the k...
DATE: Nov 23, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
Power firm Belco said today that recently installed equipment at its new power plant was designed to prevent a repeat of the problem that caused soot to land on homes around its plant.
Belco was flooded with complaints from area residents and MPs in ...
DATE: Nov 19, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A scuba diver appealed for an investigation into a possible poaching incident after she found the butchered remains of a protected fish species.
Natalie Price turned to social media to spread the word about the bodies of five parrotfish that she foun...
DATE: Nov 19, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson