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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 ...

The Commissioner of Police has hailed the coming together of communities as a major factor in the recent lull in gang violence. Michael DeSilva said he was pleased with the drop in gang-related crime and tit-for-tat shootings this year, but he insist...

Action is needed on the “stalled” debate over decriminalising drugs, which community group the Young Progressives says could defuse the Island’s gang-related tensions. “Every time we lose someone, every time a young man is murdered, politicians come ...

In the aftermath of the murder of her son-in-law, James Lawes, Gina Spence saw how the ripple effects of a shooting go far beyond the immediate, devastating loss. The community activist said that experience inspired her to create the Gina Spence Prod...

Bermudian motivational speaker Dennis Rahiim Watson has been given a warm welcome from Tampa, Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi as he tackled the issue of black youth and gun violence. Mr Watson was the keynote youth lunch speaker at the recent 30th...

Dwayne Robinson didn’t really think about violence until a good friend was killed. Malcolm Outerbridge, 18, was stabbed to death by another teenager in 2011. “I knew some people at school who were involved in [youth violence] through gangs, but I alw...

Gangs are resorting to burying their guns deep underground in remote locations because they can not afford to lose them. This according to Commissioner Michael DeSilva, who said that numbers within the gang structure had dropped and firearms had beco...

A sharper focus on identifying at-risk youngsters in school will help Bermuda to tackle the scourge of gun and gang crime. This from Premier Michael Dunkley as he urged parents to take the lead in helping children to choose the right path. “We have ...

A policeman who was filmed “fist bumping” a gang leader outside court after the man was acquitted of murder was simply responding instinctively to a gesture of acknowledgment, according to Police Commissioner Michael DeSilva. The head of Bermuda Poli...

Team StreetSafe and the Inter Agency Gang Taskforce (IAGTF) are “alive and kicking”, according to Jeff Baron. Speaking in the Senate on the Throne Speech and the Opposition’s official Reply, the Junior Minister for Public Safety noted that Marc Bean ...

A former gang member’s video blogs have gone viral, notching up almost 6,000 hits over the weekend. Warning gang afflicted young men that their options have shrunk to death or jail, Calvin Minors told The Royal Gazette he had created the three videos...