Youth: Call national meeting on crime

Government is being called on to have a more inclusive and comprehensive approach to fighting the surge in violent crime in Barbados.

President of the Barbados Youth Development Council, Caleb Brathwaite, says while they support Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley’s plans announced on Friday, there needed to be a national meeting involving various stakeholders from civil society to collaboratively “wrestle crime to the ground”.

He made the plea during a press conference at the Ministry of Youth...