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Star violinist Leslie Tucker will continue to chase his music dream after he was awarded a $2,000 scholarship.
The 20-year-old musician won the 2019 Bermuda Philharmonic Scholarship for “outstanding skill, achievement and obvious passion”.
Leslie, wh...
DATE: Oct 28, 2019
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The education minister warned tonight that there would have to be “an uncomfortable and necesssary conversation” about the “repurposing and realigning” of the island’s primary school system.
Diallo Rabain said that talks would have to be held alongsi...
DATE: Oct 28, 2019
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Jonathan Bell
In 1999, the local chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. created the Children’s Reading Festival (CRF) whose purpose was to encourage parents to foster a love of reading in their children at a young age. 20 years later, the festival has become ...
DATE: Oct 28, 2019
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Press Release
Bermuda College is notifying the general public about a phishing email in circulation, referencing a price inquiry, and requesting recipients to provide information to the College. The College’s IT Department has said the fraudulent email is one that...
DATE: Oct 28, 2019
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Press Release
Boys and girls at a nursery school showed off the spirit of Hallowe’en yesterday.
Colby Medeiros, a teacher at Kiddie Academy, on Laffan Street in Pembroke, said that about 40 boys and girls got dressed up for the day.
Costumes include superheroes,...
DATE: Oct 26, 2019
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The Bermuda Government does not believe there is a “gap in the law” that allows adults in positions of trust or authority to sexually exploit children aged over 16.
Christine DaCosta, who was targeted by a teacher at Mount Saint Agnes Academy when sh...
DATE: Oct 25, 2019
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History teacher Robert DiGiacomo forcibly kissed a 17-year-old schoolgirl on the night of her graduation from Mount Saint Agnes Academy and later went to her home with a gift of jewellery.
The woman, referred to as Ms X to protect her identity, told ...
DATE: Oct 25, 2019
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The Catholic Bishop of Hamilton said yesterday he would launch an investigation if more victims of former Mount Saint Agnes Academy history teacher Robert DiGiacomo came forward.
The Most Reverend Wes Spiewak said former pupils should contact him if ...
DATE: Oct 25, 2019
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Christine DaCosta “vividly” remembers the moment in 1998 when Robert DiGiacomo, her history teacher at Mount Saint Agnes Academy, told her he loved her.
The encounter happened on a Saturday night after Mass, during April’s Holy Week, after he walked ...
DATE: Oct 25, 2019
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A teacher in Bermuda who had consensual sex with a pupil would not commit the offence of “sexual exploitation by a person in a position of trust or authority” if the child is aged 16 or over — unlike in Britain.
It has been an offence there since 200...
DATE: Oct 25, 2019
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