Anti-gang laws way to go, says Thorne

Opposition Leader Ralph Thorne has called on Government to introduce anti-gang legislation in response to the surge in homicides across Barbados.

He criticised the Government’s handling of crime, particularly the failure to enact measures that he said other Caribbean nations had successfully implemented.

“I want to give another solution to the Government. If they want leadership on the issue, anti-gang legislation. The other countries have done it,” he said, placing the blame...