CBC News Barbados

The Ministry of Education is appealing to parents to search their children’s bags for weapons or contraband of any kind on a regular basis. The call has been made following an after-school stabbing of a student at the Graydon Sealy Secondary School today and a similar incident on Tuesday at the Alexandra School. The Ministry in a statement said while the Graydon Sealy student’s injury is not life-threatening, it is at pains to think of how a different outcome could have impacted family, friends, staff, and the student body.

Barbados is going through a period of disruption in relation to its transition from fossil fuels to renewables. This point has been made by Independent Senator Crystal Drakes during her contribution to Debate on the Electricity Supply Bill, 2024.

The executive body of the Congress of Trade Unions and Staff Associations of Barbados has thrown its full support behind the recently established National Advisory Council on Citizen Security. However, General Secretary Dennis de Peiza has called for a clear plan to be implemented, noting the time for talking is long gone. He says the violent crime problem which continues to plague the nation is not a political or police problem, but instead a societal one, which is also fast becoming a public health issue.