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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 ...

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 ...

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...

A woman groomed by her teacher for sex while she was a teenage schoolgirl has called for a change to the law to protect 16 and 17-year-old girls from predators. Christine DaCosta, 38, said adults who worked with children could target girls by groomin...

Bermuda Environmental Sustainability Taskforce (BEST) and Bermuda College have kicked off a new season of exciting topics for their Eco Lunch & Learn Series II. The series runs on the last Thursday of each month for September, October and November 20...

Nishanthi Bailey has been elected as the new president of the Bermuda Union of Teachers. The announcement yesterday came after the union held elections for its executive committee at its annual conference at the Hamilton Princess & Beach Club on Mon...

Dr. Pamela W. Coleman, Associate Professor of Surgery, Division of Urology at Howard University Hospital will be the guest speaker at the quarterly “Docs for Dinner” event to be held on October 31, 2019 at 7:00 p.m. at Café Lido. Cocktails will be s...

Bermuda’s education minister this morning congratulated the new president of the Bermuda Union of Teachers on her election. Diallo Rabain said that he was “encouraged by the opportunity to collaborate” with Nishanthi Bailey and the other new members...

The Minister of Education, the Hon. Diallo Rabain recently hosted a Chat and Chew with students participating in the Dual Enrolment Programme at the Bermuda College. The Dual Enrolment Programme provides public school students at the S3 and S4 level ...

The World Heritage Site status of St George is not under threat, despite a delay in the preparation of a five-year management plan required by Unesco to retain the coveted title. A government spokeswoman said a draft of the plan was delayed because o...