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Changes have been made to the timetable for garbage collection after Hurricane Paulette, the Government said this morning. The Ministry of Public Works said that trash would be collected as usual today and tomorrow. But people who would have had thei...

Contractors have been asked to respond to a request for information on the supply of electric vehicles for the government fleet. The RFI was issued through the Ministry of Public Works and green energy consultants the Rocky Mountain Institute to gath...

Clarien Bank has announced a partnership with BE Solar to offer homeowners financing solutions for the purchase and installation of residential solar panel systems. It said the Clarien Bank Solar Loan allows BE Solar clients to invest in clean, rene...

One of Bermuda’s best-known charities, KBB, has joined forces with One Bermuda Alliance candidate Nicky Gurret to help a clean-up in Sandys. It will take place along Bob’s Valley Road near West End Primary and all area residents and students, includ...

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 ...

A former broadcast journalist in Bermuda has swapped sides of the camera in a fight to end the abuse of temple elephants in India. Sangita Iyer, the environmental correspondent at ZBM for three years, said she planned to use renewed interest in anima...

With their numbers on the rise, the hunt for lionfish is on. Expect to see people with diving masks on and spears in hand as they search the island’s reefs for the predators over the coming days. Lifeguard Townsend Jackson organised a two-week cull ...

A Bermuda College student has won an environmental charity’s logo competition. Anthony Buckley used elements of Keep Bermuda Beautiful’s green “tidy man” logo and added a “Bermuda pink” border for the Adopt-a-Spot Logo Design Competition. KBB’s board...

Samples of seawater at some of Bermuda’s most popular beaches showed lower levels of bacteria this year than in the same period in 2019, it was revealed yesterday. The Ministry of Health said it was “encouraged” by the results of its seawater monitor...

Dear Sir, I congratulate Fiona McWhirter for putting together the article on the lack of flowers on our poincianas this summer. I completely agree with my colleagues who contributed their opinions to the article and would like to add further comment...

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: “...

A plant nursery had sold seeds and seedlings that could be contaminated with a parasitic vine. Aberfeldy Nurseries said it had sold 44 packets of imported seeds, which may contain the dodder parasite, and six customers had been accounted for. Julie G...