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 Joy-Ann Gill | Nov 20, 2018 | Top Stories
The vulnerability of the Caribbean to natural disasters is of key concern to Home Affairs Minister, Edmund Hinkson. Addressing the launch of the CREWS (Climax Risk and Early Warning Systems) Caribbean Project, at Accra Beach Hotel today, he admitted: “For the six...
by Julia Rawlins-Bentham | Nov 7, 2018 | Ministry News
With tsunamis accounting for $280 billion in economic losses over the last 20 years, Barbados is working towards achieving disaster resilient communities and reducing disaster losses. These points were raised on Monday by Director of the Department of Emergency...
by Julia Rawlins-Bentham | Jul 18, 2018 | Top Stories
Barbados’ public and private sectors have teamed up for a new initiative to boost this island’s resilience to disasters and mitigate risks where possible. It is the Global Private Sector Alliance for Disaster Resilient Societies or ARISE Initiative, which promotes...
by Julia Rawlins-Bentham | Jul 10, 2018 | Top Stories
A call has been made for emergency management and disaster preparedness to be mainstreamed in the budgets of Caribbean countries. Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Home Affairs, Gayle Francis-Vaughan, made this appeal today as she addressed a two-day Caribbean...
