by Julia Rawlins-Bentham | Jul 1, 2021 | Top Stories
Minister of Home Affairs, Information and Public Affairs, Wilfred Abrahams. (FP) Residents across Barbados have been assured that they will receive updates on Tropical Storm Elsa and its implications for the island at regular intervals throughout today. Minister of...
by Julia Rawlins-Bentham | Jul 1, 2021 | Top Stories
Director of the Department of Emergency Management, Kerry Hinds. (FP) Take action now! That is the advice from Director of the Department of Emergency Management, Kerry Hinds, as Barbados remains under storm warning as Tropical Storm Elsa continues its journey towards...
by Julia Rawlins-Bentham | Mar 11, 2021 | Top Stories
Director of the Department of Emergency Management, Kerry Hinds. (FP) Barbados’ communication systems to alert the public about pending disasters received a passing grade following the conclusion of the annual Caribewave exercise today. But, while the messages were...
by Julia Rawlins-Bentham | Mar 9, 2021 | Top Stories
(FP) The annual Caribewave exercise will take place in Barbados on Thursday, March 11. In light of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, this year’s exercise will take the form of a communications test to evaluate the country’s response functions. To do so, it will utilise...
by Julia Rawlins-Bentham | Mar 15, 2019 | Top Stories
The public should expect to see more emergency response drills in Barbados. And, Director of the Department of Emergency Management, Kerry Hinds, said that a drill will be held to mark World Tsunami Awareness Day on Tuesday, November 5, this year. She made these...