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.

Government Senator Gregory Nicholls has responded to people who have criticised the proposed Electricity Supply Bill having no provision for intervenors. He says such an inclusion could serve to frustrate the development of the sector.

In a riveting speech at the UN General Assembly, Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley highlighted the unprecedented escalation in the number and calibre of assault weapons in the Caribbean and called for global peace. She says the weapons end up in the hand of criminals, wreaking havoc on society and the criminal justice system, particularly in small island states in the region.