A St George resident has set out an ambitious, integrated strategy for the island’s future, winning strong praise from attorney general Wilfred Abrahams at Monday’s Ideas Forum in the Glebe.

Addressing a panel that included the prime minister and cabinet ministers, Charles Brathwaite urged Barbadians to look beyond short-term fixes, arguing that systemic issues such as rising crime, traffic congestion and ageing infrastructure are interconnected and require integrated, long-term planning rather than isolated solutions.

To address these pressures, Brathwaite presented three policy proposals spanning penal reform, youth intervention and national infrastructure planning.