by Julia Rawlins-Bentham | Sep 22, 2023 | Top Stories
(Stock Photo) Update: Discussion On Excess Rainfall & Its Impacts Now Virtual The public will get the opportunity to learn more about the impacts of excess rainfall on flood prone areas, during a panel discussion being hosted by the Barbados Meteorological...
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...