by Julia Rawlins-Bentham | Aug 18, 2020 | Top Stories
Director of the Department of Emergency Management (DEM), Kerry Hinds. (FP) After a day of heavy rains, with projections for additional rainfall later this week, and amid forecasts for an “extremely active” hurricane season, Director of the Department of Emergency...
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 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 BGIS | May 2, 2020 | Top Stories
Executive Director (Acting) of the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA), Elizabeth Riley. (CDEMA) The Chairman of the Council of the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA), the Honorable Ralph Higgs, is pleased to announce the...
