Violence a public health emergency in TT says Rowley

Prime Minister, Dr Keith Rowley, has revealed that his government is prepared to declare violence a public health emergency.

At Saturday’s press briefing at the Piarco Airport, prior to his departure for Suriname, Rowley said it was a proposal the Government was contemplating before the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020.

However, he could not give a timeline or details on how this would be achieved.

Rowley said: “We seem not to be able to get away from the many aspects of violent crime, coming from a number of directions. Notwithstanding our best efforts, every single day there is a spate of violent crime, largely driven, but not only driven by firearms and defying logic.”