Log In

Baseball superstar Darryl Strawberry won four World Series titles with the New York Mets and New York Yankees, amassing no small amount of fortune along the way. But the former slugger told an audience of schoolboys at the Berkeley Institute last nig...

People wasted time arguing about Pastor Leroy Bean when they should have been tackling the real issue behind the gun violence epidemic, according to shadow national security minister Jeff Baron. Mr Baron highlighted the plight of young black men as h...

The mother of one of the victims of the Belvin’s double murder has reached out a hand of forgiveness and support to the men convicted of her son’s killing. Nicole Fox told The Royal Gazette that she wants to help the four men serving time for the fat...

A leading community activist has urged the man heading Bermuda’s anti-gang efforts to unite all groups tackling the problem. Gina Spence said yesterday that it was vital that Pastor Leroy Bean brought together the groups and organisations “who have ...

“Deliberate distractions” over the salary paid to the man heading Bermuda’s anti-gang efforts will not deter the work within the ministry, the national security minister says. Wayne Caines used his time in the House of Assembly this morning to outli...

Organisers of events in areas at risk of gang violence called on the public to back them yesterday. Desmond Crockwell, of Youthvision Promotions, and Lynwood Richardson, of Soul Food Promotions, said they needed more sponsors to help their work in n...

The Government’s view that a lack of education and economic opportunities is behind the island’s violence is an oversimplification, a leading anti-violence advocate said. Desmond Crockwell, chief editor of anti-violence magazine Visionz, said a vari...

Wayne Caines last night met with dozens of the island’s religious leaders to discuss strategies to address the cause of violence in Bermuda. During the meeting at the Heritage Worship Centre, Mr Caines, the Minister of National Security, said partici...

Gang members in prison could be suffering from severe mental health problems. Sebastian Henagulph, forensic psychiatrist at the Mid-Atlantic Wellness Institute and Westgate Correctional Facility, cited British research that reported gang membership c...

There is no situation that God cannot deliver you from. So believes Billy Mirander, a Jamaican gangster turned evangelist, who will share his testimony at Southampton Seventh-day Adventist Church tonight, and through the coming week. “I want people...

People are finally starting to recognise their own role in tackling Bermuda’s violence problems now that they can no longer blame the One Bermuda Alliance, according to an anti-gang campaigner. Desmond Crockwell believes the Progressive Labour Party’...

Better education and narrowing income inequality are the keys to solving gang violence, the new Minister of National Security said yesterday. Wayne Caines said: “Violence and antisocial behaviour must be addressed. Strong enforcement is a part of the...