by Julia Rawlins-Bentham | Sep 14, 2023 | Top Stories
Media representatives were sensitised on the island’s Tsunami-Ready Recognition Programme recently. (J. Bishop/BGIS) Several myths about the tsunami hazard were debunked during a media sensitisation workshop on the island’s Tsunami-Ready Recognition Programme...
by Julia Rawlins-Bentham | Sep 8, 2023 | Ministry News
(Stock Photo) Members of the media are invited to attend a Tsunami-Ready Sensitisation workshop and training session on Tuesday, September 12, at the Department of Emergency Management (DEM), “George Greave Building”, No. 24 Warrens Industrial Park, Warrens, St....
by Sheena Forde-Craigg | Sep 1, 2023 | Ministry News
The Barbados Meteorological Services (BMS) will continue its series of panel discussions on natural disaster preparedness, this month. On Sunday, September 3, the panel discussion will focus on “High Winds: The Risk and Its Mitigation”. It will take place at Princess...
by Julia Rawlins-Bentham | Aug 16, 2023 | Ministry News
(Stock Photo) A number of children from summer camps across Barbados will attend a Youth in Disaster Risk Reduction Awareness Expo, on Tuesday, August 22, in the Queen’s Park Steel Shed, Queen’s Park, Constitution Road, St. Michael, from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. It is...
by Julia Rawlins-Bentham | Aug 11, 2023 | Ministry News
(Stock Photo) The public is invited to come out and learn more about the impact of excess rainfall on flood prone areas, during a panel discussion being hosted by the Barbados Meteorological Services and the Department of Emergency Management. It takes place on...