by Joy Springer | Jul 11, 2019 | Top Stories
Minister of Health and Wellness, Lt. Colonel Jeffrey Bostic. (FP) Minister of Health and Wellness, Lt. Col. Jeffrey Bostic, has praised a regional campaign focusing on mental health and psychosocial support in disaster management in the Caribbean. The campaign, which...
by Julia Rawlins-Bentham | Apr 8, 2019 | Top Stories
The Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Regional Office today signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) aimed at the protection of children during disasters. The signing took place during the...
by Julia Rawlins-Bentham | Apr 8, 2019 | Top Stories
The impact of natural disasters can be extremely traumatic on the mental, physical and emotional abilities of children. And, while most legislation which speaks to children does not specifically make mention of them in the context of disasters, they are covered under...
by Sharon Austin | Jan 28, 2019 | Top Stories
Minister in the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Investment, Marsha Caddle, has expressed confidence that Barbados can become a climate resilient nation, as well as be the first in our hemisphere to be fossil-fuel free. Ms. Caddle’s comments came today as she...