131 results returned for search: "education AND " category "Crime"
Last year three teenaged girls and two children were among the 15 victims of sexual assault in Bermuda a three percent increase on 2009, but the real number will be higher as many victims will not report an attack.
Victims are often chosen because th...
DATE: Apr 11, 2011
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Crime
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Adult men are relying on their mothers to stand up for them in court over serious charges because they feel voiceless and emotionally dependent on them, according to social commentators. It’s feared the underlying issues could have a negative impact ...
DATE: Apr 05, 2011
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Crime
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News that an anti-gang initiative is to be piloted in Bermuda’s prisons has been welcomed by the Prison Officers Association.
Chairman of the association, Craig Clarke, says members of every gang on the Island live alongside each other in Westgate, a...
DATE: Mar 10, 2011
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Crime
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Black male violence must be viewed as a public health concern, according to the former chairman of the National Youth Council.
Stanley James told parliamentarians yesterday that preventative care and education had to be implemented to deal with risi...
DATE: Feb 04, 2011
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Crime
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A cannabis campaigner told MPs that marijuana should no longer be banned by law and instead be “reclassified as a food”.
Gershwyn Smith, of community activist group The Young Progressives, said the Island’s drug laws had increased the community’s pr...
DATE: Jan 31, 2011
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Crime
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Defence lawyer and MP Mark Pettingill will push for longer sentences for gang members when the House of Assembly reconvenes next month.
Mr Pettingill hopes his amendment to the Criminal Code will land proven gangsters with up to ten years longer behi...
DATE: Jan 28, 2011
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Crime
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A 26-year-old man was arrested minutes after five shots were fired outside Warwick Preschool.
The shooting took place at 12.13pm yesterday on Middle Road, near Haywards Supermarkets and the St. Mary's Anglican Church.
It was the second gun incident ...
DATE: Jan 06, 2011
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Crime
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Bermuda's drunk driving laws could be toughened up after the Island's road death rate for 2010 put it on the verge of the international high-risk category, according to Transport Minister Terry Lister. Reflecting on the 13 people who lost their lives...
DATE: Jan 04, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
CCTV cameras are “definitely” on the way for the St. Monica's Road area, according to Pembroke East Central MP Michael Weeks.
The Minister Without Portfolio said when gun crime started to break out in the community, he went to the relevant Ministers ...
DATE: Dec 13, 2010
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Crime
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Former Police Commissioner Jonathan Smith called yesterday for better results from those working to prevent Bermuda’s at risk children falling into gang crime.
He told the joint select committee on violent crime and gun violence that “legislatively b...
DATE: Dec 10, 2010
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
