by Julia Rawlins-Bentham | Oct 30, 2020 | Ministry News
(Stock Photo) The Department of Emergency Management (DEM) and the Coastal Zone Management Unit will host a coastal hike to commemorate World Tsunami Awareness Day on Sunday, November 8. Persons are asked to meet at the Folkestone Park, Holetown, St. James, by 2:30...
by Julia Rawlins-Bentham | Oct 29, 2020 | Top Stories
Director of the Department of Emergency Management (DEM), Kerry Hinds. (FP) Director of the Department of Emergency Management (DEM), Kerry Hinds, has repeated calls for residents to be careful as the island continues to be drenched by heavy rainfall. For the second...
by Julia Rawlins-Bentham | Oct 14, 2020 | Top Stories
(FP) Heavy rainfall across Barbados and severe thunderstorms have prompted Director of the Department of Emergency Management (DEM), Kerry, Hinds, to appeal to residents to be careful. The Barbados Meteorological Services (MET Office) issued a flash-flood warning at...
by Julia Rawlins-Bentham | Oct 12, 2020 | Top Stories
(FP) District Emergency Organisations (DEOs) are expected to feature prominently in a system of local government for Barbados once established. Minister of Home Affairs, Information and Public Affairs, Wilfred Abrahams, made this disclosure as he addressed a ceremony...
by BGIS | Oct 6, 2020 | Top Stories
(Stock Photo) The Barbados Meteorological Service (BMS) has urged residents and visitors across Barbados to brace for heavy rainfall over the next few hours and has issued a flash-flood warning for the island until 6:00 p.m. A flash-flood warning is issued when rapid...