The opposition New Democratic Party (NDP) has expressed alarm at the number of homicides in St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG), many as a result of gun violence.
As the homicide rate continues to rise here, Nicholas Laidlow, stepfather of slain van conductor, Keron Hadaway says it is as if life no longer has value in this multi-island state. “Right now, people just killing people for $200, a shoes, a pants. All them doltishness going on in this country and people have it as a game. “Killing is a game in St. Vincent because you kill people, you …
Roxanne Laidlow, the mother of slain van conductor, 28 year-old Keron Hadaway, said there was intelligence that her son was going to be murdered but no one acted on it.
MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT for Central Kingstown, St Clair Leacock has claimed that members of Parliament are also “at risk and exposed” to gun violence when socializing in their various constituencies.