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Lou Matthews, the director of Educational Standards and Accountability, announced his resignation yesterday and said Bermuda’s expectations for scholastic excellence are not being adequately supported. Dr Matthews, who had served in the role since 2...

A trainee police officer was removed from duty yesterday after it was revealed he was struck off the UK teachers’ register for life for serious misconduct involving a 16-year-old schoolgirl. Former Warwick Academy teacher Matthew McGowan, 38, was ban...

A family from the hurricane-devastated British Virgin Islands thanked Bermuda yesterday for welcoming them in their hour of need. Jeannette and Mark Forte arrived with children Leo, 17, Nina, 16, and Jasper, 14, on September 17 after Hurricane Irma ...

Lawyer Eugene Johnston will give the latest presentation for ThinkFest 2017. Mr Johnston’s talk, titled “Nguvu — the bedroom, the classroom and the ballot box”, will take place on Sunday, October 8, at the Bermuda High School assembly hall, from 5pm....

Teachers and principals should run Bermuda’s education system but be fired for poor performance, according to economist Craig Simmons. The Bermuda College lecturer said mistakes made by the Ministry of Education had left many people stuck at the bott...

Two social workers hit back yesterday at comments made by Zane DeSilva, the Minister of Social Development and Sport, that there was a “culture of entitlement” among “too many” recipients of financial assistance. Martha Dismont, executive director of...

A group of students, parents and teachers from Harrington Sound Primary School raised more than $800 to help those affected by recent hurricanes. Cindy Weeks, acting principal at the school, said that the students were eager to give knowing that it w...

Eight Atlantic Canadian universities are to visit Bermuda next week to meet potential students and share information about their courses. Katherine Cross, visit coordinator and assistant registrar at Dalhousie University, said: “We’re excited to retu...

Changes to the $1 million-a-week financial assistance system and a “culture of entitlement” have to be made, Minister of Social Development and Sport Zane DeSilva said yesterday. Mr DeSilva warned: “It’s well recognised that the current expenditure o...

Special Olympian Paul Ray has been remembered by his family as a model of self-reliance despite suffering with Down syndrome. Keen sportsman Mr Ray, who died on September 10 aged 60, brought home a silver medal for golf in the 2011 Special Olympics. ...