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Mother's Day was observed with a prayer gathering at Albuoy's Point, and five white carnations each bearing the name of a 2011 gun victim dropped into the waters of Hamilton harbour.
A group of fifteen joined in a circle around Albertha Waite, and St...
DATE: May 09, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Friends and family last night gathered at Midland Heights field in Hamilton Parish for a candlelit vigil in memory of George Lynch, shot last year on May 5.
Organised by the group Colford’s Family Against Violence which was set up after the February ...
DATE: May 08, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Locking up convicted gangsters in tough overseas jails will help to break up Bermuda’s gangs, according to National Security Minister Wayne Perinchief.
The former assistant police commissioner believes “isolating” criminals is the only way to stop th...
DATE: May 08, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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Mothers are being asked to sacrifice an hour of their special day to pray for an end to the gun crime blighting our Island.
Albertha Waite is calling on the community to “stand together at the same time” on Mother’s Day to help those families who ha...
DATE: May 06, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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Shooting victim Ralph Burrows doesn’t know if he’ll ever get to go home.
Aged 41, he’s had to accept he may spend the rest of his days in the extended care unit at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital.
“That took a little while getting used to,” he says...
DATE: May 06, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Convicted gangsters could be sent overseas to jail under proposed new measures for tackling what Police Commissioner Michael DeSilva last night called a “form of domestic terrorism”.
He told a public meeting attended by several hundred people at the ...
DATE: May 06, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
An inspirational mum is setting up a charity to help provide for the children who have been left fatherless in Bermuda’s spate of shootings.
Grejai Smith is to restructure her No Child Goes Without (NCGW) charity to focus on the “real victims” of Ber...
DATE: May 05, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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Mother-of-four Nekesha Holdipp says she almost never cries.
But the 34-year-old gets emotional when talking about the void daughters Etana, Eshe and Emoy will have in their lives as they grow older.
The girls lost their father Jamaican-Canadian Geor...
DATE: May 05, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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The anti-violence group Stand Up Bermuda plans to have a strong presence during the May 24 Bermuda Day celebrations, members say.
Last night the group held its first committee meeting, according to organiser Gaynelle Hayward, to settle on its approac...
DATE: May 05, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Electronic items were stolen in a string of burglaries across the Island over the last weekend.
Police say they have also received reports of theft and damage to vehicles and are encouraging residents to take extra care making sure windows and doors ...
DATE: May 05, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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