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Desmond Crockwell, the creator of anti-violence magazine Visonz, has issued a rallying call to Bermuda’s sports and community clubs to take a more prominent role in ending gang violence. Crockwell would also like to see more teachers, principals, co...

The Government has teamed up with an island promoter to produce an anti-violence talent show. Wayne Caines, the Minister of National Security, said the show will give young Bermudians the chance to highlight their talent and create a “soundtrack of p...

More than $50,000 of funding has been assigned to an organisation fighting gang violence and antisocial behaviour. Kimberly Jackson, managing director of Team Street Safe, said of the grant: “As we understand, it represents continuing funding for th...

The mother of Ricco Furbert, who was murdered in 2013, used an anti-violence event on Saturday to plead for help from the community to intervene in the life of another young man who she believes could suffer the same fate. Nicole Fox spoke at the Pea...

A fresh bid to tackle gangs and antisocial behaviour in an island parish is to take place tonight. The launch of Peace in Hamilton Parish comes after a wave of murders and attempted murders in the area. Desmond Crockwell, of Youthvision Promotions, s...

Baseball superstar Darryl Strawberry won four World Series titles with the New York Mets and New York Yankees, amassing no small amount of fortune along the way. But the former slugger told an audience of schoolboys at the Berkeley Institute last nig...

People wasted time arguing about Pastor Leroy Bean when they should have been tackling the real issue behind the gun violence epidemic, according to shadow national security minister Jeff Baron. Mr Baron highlighted the plight of young black men as h...

The mother of one of the victims of the Belvin’s double murder has reached out a hand of forgiveness and support to the men convicted of her son’s killing. Nicole Fox told The Royal Gazette that she wants to help the four men serving time for the fat...

A leading community activist has urged the man heading Bermuda’s anti-gang efforts to unite all groups tackling the problem. Gina Spence said yesterday that it was vital that Pastor Leroy Bean brought together the groups and organisations “who have ...

“Deliberate distractions” over the salary paid to the man heading Bermuda’s anti-gang efforts will not deter the work within the ministry, the national security minister says. Wayne Caines used his time in the House of Assembly this morning to outli...

Organisers of events in areas at risk of gang violence called on the public to back them yesterday. Desmond Crockwell, of Youthvision Promotions, and Lynwood Richardson, of Soul Food Promotions, said they needed more sponsors to help their work in n...

The Government’s view that a lack of education and economic opportunities is behind the island’s violence is an oversimplification, a leading anti-violence advocate said. Desmond Crockwell, chief editor of anti-violence magazine Visionz, said a vari...