Environment

News Release: HAMILTON, Bermuda - The Ministry of Health today addressed rumours circulating in the community about bacteria in the water at Clearwater Beach. According to a Health spokesperson: "We are aware of rumours circulating in the community about ‘potentially dangerous bacteria in the wat... Read more

News Release: HAMILTON, Bermuda - The Ministry of Public Works would like to remind the public that trimming back overhanging trees and hedges from private property to prevent vegetation from projecting into the roadways or sidewalks is the property owner's responsibility. Overhanging trees and hed... Read more

[caption id="attachment_44284" align="alignleft" width="411"] Photo: The Weather Channel[/caption] The Daytona Beach News Journal: By Kimberley Miller - South Florida hit with record-setting heat as summer pattern settles in. West Palm Beach had a record low of 77 degrees Sunday, four degrees behind... Read more

News Release: HAMILTON, Bermuda - The Bermuda Aquarium, Museum, and Zoo (BAMZ) has reopened the zoo area of the facility to the public on Wednesday, June 2 after the most recent closure caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.   The Flatts area attraction shut its doors on March 29 after an increase in co... Read more

News Release: HAMILTON, Bermuda - On Thursday, (May 27, 2021), Minister of Home Affairs, the Hon. Walter Roban joined key regional stakeholders in discussions at the Meeting with CARICOM Ministers Responsible for Energy, Heads of International Financial Institutions, Bilateral Development Partners, ... Read more

News Release: Keep Bermuda Beautiful - Over the past weekend 250 volunteers joined Keep Bermuda Beautiful at 56 locations islandwide for their annual Great Big Cleanup event. Tonnes of litter were removed from the Island’s roadsides, parks, beaches and railway trails giving the environment and isl... Read more

Associated Press: SETH BORENSTEIN - There’s a 40 percent chance that the world will get so hot in the next five years that it will temporarily push past the temperature limit the Paris climate agreement is trying to prevent, meteorologists said. A new World Meteorological Organization forecast f... Read more

The latest in a series of community gardens launched throughout the island was unveiled by the Minister of Public Works, Lieutenant Colonel David Burch, at Southlands on Wednesday (May 26). The Minister was joined by Ms Jameka Smith (Acting Park Planner), Mr Stephen Furbert (Senior Superintendent) a... Read more

News Release: HAMILTON, Bermuda – The City of Hamilton wishes to advise City businesses and residents that the garbage collection will be scheduled on the following dates during the Bermuda Day Weekend:   Thursday, May 27th – LAST COLLECTION will take place at 5pm Monday, May 31st – Normal... Read more

The following Ministerial Statement was delivered in the House of Assembly on Friday, May  21, 2021, by Renee Ming, the Minister of National Security... We are about to enter Hurricane Season which runs from June 1st until November 30th. Based on records of the last 30 years the National Oceanic a... Read more