Amid the concerns and annoyance that followed last week’s Caricom crime symposium at the Hyatt Regency, there was a valid and specific concern about the children of the region that wasn’t addressed to anyone’s satisfaction.
Stanley Mahase, a former principal of a primary school in Laventille, said his experience there revealed to him that many young men see joining gangs and engaging in violence as a sign of masculinity. He said social programmes aimed at youth often do not reach the ones who really need them. Mahase was speaking at