ENVIRONMENT
Expect high visibility police patrols at Ag Show
Police conduct high visibility patrols throughout the Ag Show to deter crime and reassure the public, Superintendent Martin Weekes said on Tuesday.
Ag Show opens with all local talent
The Annual Exhibition began on Thursday with beautiful, clear skies. Local performers will entertain the crowds over the three days.
BIOS and Dalhousie partner for new internship programme
Dalhousie and BIOS have teamed up to establish the Experiential Learning Fund to strengthen ties between the two world-class ocean research and education institutions.
'Lifeboat' project aims to save our endemics
Six pairs of Bermuda skinks are being sent to Chester Zoo in the UK as part of the latest 'Lifeboat' initiative to safeguard the island's rarest and most endangered species.
Lifeboat project: Land snail project was a success
The Bermuda land snail was teetering on the brink of extinction when a colony of 56 of the tiny creatures was sent to the Zoological Society of London in February 2004.
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Lifeboat Project: Killifish distributed to breeders
Bermuda killifish have been successfully bred at the Vienna Zoological Gardens in Austria, after four pairs were sent there in 2010.
Regiment troops head to Jamaica for Exercise Rum Runner
Bermuda Regiment troops will on Saturday leave Bermuda for two tough weeks of training in the mountains of Jamaica.
Lifeboat project: Fern could have become extinct
For the last nine years conservationists in Bermuda have been working with the Henry Doorly Zoo in Omaha to protect the critically endangered Governor Laffan’s Fern.
Transmission cable failure causes power outage
A BELCO power outage on Thursday morning briefly left 1,700 customers without electricity.
Dead whale dragged seven miles off shore
A 25ft dead whale was spotted floating just under a mile off St David's Head on Tuesday morning. It was dragged seven miles off shore to prevent it drifting into Bermuda.
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Torrential rains test the Bermuda Regiment
Soldiers and officers of the Bermuda Regiment are battling "tank rain" during training in Exercise Rum Runner in the mountains of Jamaica.
BELCO outage leaves 14,000 without power
Thousands of islanders were left without electricity on Tuesday afternoon when two BELCO engines shut down.
Lopes: We have not done anything wrong
Developer Gilbert Lopes has been ordered to stop burying waste on the Grand Atlantic project site, it was revealed on Thursday.
Introduction of the island's first dog parks behind schedule
Minister Michael Weeks told the Bermuda Sun in March that one of three dog parks would be completed by April 1, but six weeks later work is yet to begin on the $75,000 project.
Low-flying plane surveys island
Bermuda on Thursday was buzzed by a low-flying plane taking survey photographs of the island for Government.
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