by Julia Rawlins-Bentham | Aug 18, 2017 | Top Stories
Head of the Civil Service, Dr. Louis Woodroffe, has announced that the Barbados public service will resume operation from 12:00 p.m. today, Friday, August 18, following the discontinuation of tropical storm and flood warnings for the island. The announcement was...
by Julia Rawlins-Bentham | Aug 18, 2017 | banner, Top Stories
Director of the Department of Emergency Management (DEM), Kerry Hinds, is appealing to residents across Barbados to avoid the abuse of social media during the passage of Tropical Storm Harvey. Ms. Hinds made this call during a media briefing at the DEM’s Warrens, St....
by Julia Rawlins-Bentham | Jun 29, 2017 | banner, Ministry News
Students of St. Stephen’s Primary being evacuated during a recent Exercise Tradewinds simulation. (DEM) Schools across Barbados are being encouraged to develop, implement and practise emergency response plans. Director of the Department of Emergency Management...
by Julia Rawlins-Bentham | Jun 13, 2017 | Ministry News
A call for Barbados to conduct frequent exercises to strengthen its emergency response system and its ability to respond to disasters has not gone unnoticed. In fact, one of the main recommendations from volunteers and persons making up the national emergency...
by Julia Rawlins-Bentham | May 18, 2017 | Ministry News
Persons volunteering for Exercise TRADEWINDS 2017 will get an inside look at what happens and how victims are treated during a real emergency. This is according to Consultant with the Department of Emergency Management, Major David Bincks, who told potential...