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By the time Dameko Dublin turns 25, he will have served six straight years behind bars, missed all five of his daughter’s birthdays and lost 11 friends to gang violence. At 15, having been kicked out of school in Bermuda and losing his father in a tr...

After reading the October 27 editorial titled “What’s missing? Rear window, bravery, honour, leadership”, we can understand the Editor’s shock at the news that the football team’s attackers were from the ages of 13 to 16. But that’s about the typical...

Dear Sir, The silence is deafening. Where are Chris Furbert and the Reverend Nicholas Tweed? If they are such great leaders who can put together the level of resistance to the immigration reform, why have we not heard from them regarding the murder o...

Growing numbers of young people are seeking help for drug problems amid concerns of a link between gang violence and addiction. Augustina Raynor, director for the Salvation Army’s Harbour Light and Life Skills programmes, is urging the Bermuda Govern...

What a wonderful contribution, Nicole Furbert-Fox made at last week’s public meeting hosted by the Bermuda Police Service which I happened to attend. Ms Furbert-Fox, whose son Rico Furbert was murdered in 2013, provided an example to the rest of us o...

Dear Sir, The recent forum on gun violence showed me that piece-by-piece fragments of the submission I made to the 2011 Joint Select Committee on violent crime are now being expressed by various persons. The Joint Select Committee was called by Randy...

Educational programmes designed to steer schoolchildren away from the perils of gangs could be expanded further in Bermuda, according to Jeff Baron, the Minister of National Security. The GREAT initiative has already helped more than 600 children fro...

Team StreetSafe is infiltrating Bermuda’s most volatile gangs and saving lives on a daily basis, according to Jeff Baron, the Minister of National Security. Mr Baron’s comments came after the murder of cricketer Fiqre Crockwell, who was shot dead in ...

Bermudian gangs are posting hip-hop ‘diss’ tracks online to taunt and intimidate one another, the Bermuda Police Service has confirmed. Assistant Commissioner Martin Weekes revealed that officers were assessing any potential connection between the Yo...

Bermuda’s murder rate has halved over the past five years but it is too early to say the Island has turned a corner on violent crime among young black men, according to commentators. There were four murders on the Island in 2015, compared with a peak...

Security will be stepped up at Southampton Oval for Sunday’s Premier Division game in the wake of last month’s fatal shooting outside the club. Rickai Swan, 26, was shot dead when a gunman opened fire outside the front of the building on Friday, Octo...

A young author’s anti-bullying initiative has been taken up by other concerned members of the community. Chefanices Williams is holding a day of children’s activities followed by an evening fundraiser for young people and adults to support her book A...