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A pastor has signed a deal as the co-ordinator of the Gang Violence Reduction Taskforce until next August. A notice in the Official Gazette said that Leroy Bean was contracted at $125,116 a year between September last year and August 2022. Mr Bean wa...

More action has to be taken to tackle gang violence, the One Bermuda Alliance shadow national security minister said in parliament on Friday. Michael Dunkley, added the Government had revealed few details on how it planned to beat the scourge of gang...

Employers and third sector agencies are to join a number of Government departments in the latest efforts to tackle gang violence. Renée Ming, the Minister of National Security, told the House of Assembly: “We will not police our way out of this probl...

Two former premiers have signed a letter calling for an "armistice“ to gang violence in Bermuda. The agreement was signed by 11 signatories including Sir John Swan and Alex Scott on Armistice Day – November 11. All 11 encouraged the general public ...

A social justice campaigner yesterday said a public apology was needed before disadvantaged young Black men saw an improvement in their lives. Martha Dismont added that the people of Bermuda had to play their part to tackle the root causes of inequal...

I know we are all concerned about the recent return of gun violence and gang-related activities. The dilemma reveals the level of hate and insensitivity to life that has overtaken the minds of too many of our young men and women — prompting the deep...

Police are investigating a fight at a Warwick hotel property that involved helmets, a knife and a machete. A police spokesman said today that shortly after 10pm on October 22, police received reports of about 20 people embroiled in a fight at Azura B...

A government minister narrowly avoided being involved in Tuesday night’s fatal shooting at the Robin Hood. Ernest Peets, the Minister of Youth, Culture and Sport, went to get pizza at the Pembroke restaurant but moments after he arrived realised that...

Police have blamed infighting between factions within a gang as the cause of a shooting on Tuesday which claimed two lives. Parkside was singled out by Nick Pedro, Acting Assistant Commissioner of Police, after gunmen murdered two men at Robin Hood P...

The families of those left behind as a result violence shared stories of pain and loss at a virtual charity fundraising concert last night. Dee-AH Iris, treasurer for Gina Spence Productions which hosted the concert, told how her son was murdered sev...

Children left behind as a result of gun and gang violence will share their stories as part of an upcoming event aimed at giving hope to Bermuda. Gina Spence Productions is hosting a virtual fundraising concert and presentation Save Our Island wh...

A spike in attempted home invasions and robberies by known gang members has been logged in the last four months, the Minister of National Security said yesterday. But Renee Ming said the Gang Violence Reduction Team continued to work to reduce the ri...