BHTA head worried it could cripple island’s economy

Barbados Hotel And Tourism Association’s (BHTA) chief executive officer senator Ryan Forde is worried that the island’s crime problem could cripple communities and the economy.

“I am no lawyer nor am I in any of our security forces. I, however, have a similar fright of many of us Barbadians, as I am generally scared. Crime is not a political yo-yo, so an Opposition nor a Government should not try to use it as political cheap shots,” the Independent Senator said recently on Day 2
of debate on the Appropriation Bill...