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...
Saudi Arabia announced this week that it will lift the ban on women driving, a policy that has long served as a symbol of the country’s unequal treatment of women. Saudi Arabia is the very last country in the world to do so.
“Saudi Arabia allows wome...
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....
Readers of The Royal Gazette can win a grand prize of a $2,500 Bermuda securities portfolio by reading a series of articles for a Bermuda Stock Exchange-led investor education campaign.
Next week’s series in this newspaper’s Business section will hel...
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...
The Team Hurricane Academy are seeking new players as they approach their fourth year providing life-enriching opportunities for their players.
Doug Reed, the founder and head coach of the free youth programme, has encouraged interested players to at...
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...
DATE: Sep 27, 2017 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Owain Johnston-Barnes
