Describing youth crime and violence as “two enemies of our people,” Public Security Minister Khemraj Ramjattan yesterday called on Caricom member states to join hands and make a committed effort to find remedies.
“We need to make a national and regional commitment to understand the causes of youth violence and crime, following which there needs to be a political commitment to procure the resources, train the brigade and to go get the recommendations implemented, to walk the talk,” he said at the opening ceremony of a two-day regional forum on youth and violence at the Arthur Chung Convention Centre, Liliendaal.
The forum, which is being attended by youth from across the Caribbean, is being held by the Caricom Secretariat under the theme ‘Youth Crime and Violence: breaking the cycle – exploring new
