by Julia Rawlins-Bentham | Jul 5, 2019 | banner, Top Stories
(Stock Photo) Cabinet has approved the revised Policy Framework and Standard Operating Procedures for the Systematic Shutdown and Reactivation of Barbados. These procedures will be activated in the event of a severe weather, tropical storm or hurricane warning being...
by Joy-Ann Gill | Jun 14, 2019 | Ministry News
(Stock Photo) As part of the National Community Volunteer Exercise designed to confirm the list of Vulnerable Persons in each of the island’s District Emergency Organisations (DEO), several communities will be visited tomorrow, Saturday, June 15, by volunteers. DEO...
by Julia Rawlins-Bentham | Jun 12, 2019 | Top Stories
(FP) Volunteers of the District Emergency Organizations (DEO) will be in communities from this Friday, June 14, until Sunday, June 16, as part of a National Community Volunteer Exercise. The exercise, led by the Department of Emergency Management (DEM) in conjunction...
by Julia Rawlins-Bentham | Jun 6, 2019 | Top Stories
Minister of Home Affairs, Edmund Hinkson, speaking at a press conference to mark the start of the 2019 Atlantic Hurricane season on Saturday. (A.Husbands/BGIS) Cabinet has approved a National Shutdown and Reactivation Policy Framework and Standard Operating Procedures...
by Julia Rawlins-Bentham | Jun 3, 2019 | Top Stories
(FP) Government has put a number of measures in place to strengthen Barbados’ resilience to the impact of a natural disaster, and the country’s ability to return to a state of normalcy. However, Minister of Home Affairs, Edmund Hinkson, is warning that such a move...