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A pioneering scheme that would put church volunteers on the streets to help tackle gang culture could be operational by the end of the year.
Stephen Corbishley, the Commissioner of Police, explained that a plan to introduce Street Pastors to Bermuda ...
DATE: Sep 08, 2018
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A farm scheme will be the next tool to steer young people away from a life of violence in Bermuda.
Wayne Caines, the Minister of National Security, said the initiative was a “phenomenal opportunity” that would provide therapy and support as well as e...
DATE: Sep 05, 2018
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The island’s gang violence reduction co-ordinator is in line to get his one-year contract extended, the national security minister said.
Leroy Bean, a pastor, was appointed to the $92,000-a-year job last October. Wayne Caines said at the time that Mr...
DATE: Sep 05, 2018
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A pastor was “livid” yesterday after he was refused permission to have an abandoned car removed from his church car park.
Leonard Santucci said he was so fed up with people dumping cars in the parking area that he planned to block it off.
Dr Santucci...
DATE: Aug 30, 2018
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Volunteer landscapers have spent their summer holidays tidying up public areas in their parish.
Krishun Douglas, Deszion Davis and Antoine Richards are among the people who offered their services to carry out gardening work in Devonshire.
The drive w...
DATE: Aug 30, 2018
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A bid to tackle violence linked to sports clubs will be expensive, but a failure to deal with the problem will cost the country even more, an Opposition MP warned yesterday.
Ben Smith, the Shadow Minister for Social Development and Sport, has asked r...
DATE: Aug 30, 2018
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The driver and passengers of a vehicle that is believed to have been at the scene of a fatal road accident in the minutes after it happened were urged today to contact police.
Jen-Naya Simmons was killed when she lost control of her motorcycle in an ...
DATE: Aug 30, 2018
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An anti-gang violence campaigner said yesterday he was shocked when he discovered another life had been lost just days after a vigil to remember murder victims.
Antonio Belvedere organised the Break the Silence event, held last Thursday at Hamilton’s...
DATE: Aug 29, 2018
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An online shopping service through the Bermuda Post Office moved a step closer as companies have been asked to outline how they could provide the scheme.
The ministry responsible for government reform is seeking information from interested businesses...
DATE: Aug 29, 2018
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A series of basic policy errors in the management of Bermuda’s money has left the island in a financial position like nowhere else in the world, an economist said yesterday.
Now members of the public have been invited to a presentation by Robert Stub...
DATE: Aug 28, 2018
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