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Dear Sir, The recent forum on gun violence showed me that piece-by-piece fragments of the submission I made to the 2011 Joint Select Committee on violent crime are now being expressed by various persons. The Joint Select Committee was called by Randy...

Educational programmes designed to steer schoolchildren away from the perils of gangs could be expanded further in Bermuda, according to Jeff Baron, the Minister of National Security. The GREAT initiative has already helped more than 600 children fro...

Team StreetSafe is infiltrating Bermuda’s most volatile gangs and saving lives on a daily basis, according to Jeff Baron, the Minister of National Security. Mr Baron’s comments came after the murder of cricketer Fiqre Crockwell, who was shot dead in ...

Bermudian gangs are posting hip-hop ‘diss’ tracks online to taunt and intimidate one another, the Bermuda Police Service has confirmed. Assistant Commissioner Martin Weekes revealed that officers were assessing any potential connection between the Yo...

Bermuda’s murder rate has halved over the past five years but it is too early to say the Island has turned a corner on violent crime among young black men, according to commentators. There were four murders on the Island in 2015, compared with a peak...

Security will be stepped up at Southampton Oval for Sunday’s Premier Division game in the wake of last month’s fatal shooting outside the club. Rickai Swan, 26, was shot dead when a gunman opened fire outside the front of the building on Friday, Octo...

A young author’s anti-bullying initiative has been taken up by other concerned members of the community. Chefanices Williams is holding a day of children’s activities followed by an evening fundraiser for young people and adults to support her book A...

Maceo Dill has hit back at suggestions by Larry Mussenden, the Bermuda Football Association president, that there is no gang problem in football. Dill, a former youth coach and technical director at North Village, responded to the president’s remar...

The Island is making headway on gang violence, even as the community mourns the loss of 26-year-old Rickai Swan, who was shot dead on Friday. “Despite the shock that comes with any shooting, the evidence indicates that significant progress is being m...

Justice was seen to be served this week when convicted killer Jaquii Pearman Desilva was sentenced to life imprisonment for the cold-blooded shooting of Prince Edness last year. Pearman Desilva will have lived most of his natural life by the time he ...

A fledgling Bermudian community abroad in Nottingham includes active members of an Island gang, according to the mother of a man attacked in the street outside their home on his birthday. “I guess they like it here because it’s big, but not that big,...

The appeals of three Bermudians convicted of gang-related shootings have been dismissed by London’s Privy Council. David Cox, Antonio Myers and Quincy Brangman were each found guilty of offences in Bermuda, with juries hearing evidence about each of ...