by Julia Rawlins-Bentham | Aug 18, 2020 | Top Stories
DEO members looking over some information during Saturday’s Exercise at Queen’s College. (GP) The community response to disasters in Barbados has been greatly enhanced with 29 out of the 30 District Emergency Organisations now operational. And, Director of...
by Julia Rawlins-Bentham | Aug 18, 2020 | Top Stories
Director of the Department of Emergency Management (DEM), Kerry Hinds, speaking to the media during the exercise on Saturday. (GP) Cabinet has approved the Comprehensive Disaster Management Work Programme for the period 2019 to 2023, identifying five priority areas of...
by Government of Barbados | Aug 7, 2020 | banner, Top Stories
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by Julia Rawlins-Bentham | Aug 4, 2020 | Top Stories
President of the Roving Response Team, Ricardo Patrick, and Director of the Department of Emergency Management, Kerry Hinds, signing the MOU last Friday. (DEM) A 27-year-old relationship between the Department of Emergency Management (DEM) and the Roving Response Team...
by Julia Rawlins-Bentham | Jul 28, 2020 | Top Stories
(FP) Residents across Barbados living in flood-prone areas are being urged to be vigilant tonight into tomorrow, as potential tropical cyclone number nine continues to affect the island. That is the advice coming from the Barbados Meteorological Services, which is...