by Julia Rawlins-Bentham | Mar 26, 2020 | Corona Virus, Ministry News
(Stock Photo) The Run Tsunami Run 5K Walk and Run 2020, scheduled for Sunday, March 29, has been postponed, as a result of the current COVID-19 crisis. The event, being hosted by the Department of Emergency Management, will now be held in November to commemorate World...
by Julia Rawlins-Bentham | Feb 19, 2020 | Ministry News
(Stock Photo) Members of the public are encouraged to sign-up for this year’s Run Tsunami Run 5K Walk and Run 2019 scheduled for Sunday, March 29, at 4:00 p.m. This year’s event will start and end at the Speightstown Esplanade, St. Peter. Walkers and runners will move...
by Julia Rawlins-Bentham | Jan 27, 2020 | Ministry News
(Stock Photo) Members of the public are invited to attend the first of two national tsunami community meetings on Thursday, January 30, at the Fisherman’s Pub, Queen Street, Speightstown, St. Peter, beginning at 7:00 p.m. The draft tsunami evacuation maps for the...
by Julia Rawlins-Bentham | Mar 14, 2018 | banner, Top Stories
Holetown, St. James is poised to create history by becoming the first community in Barbados to receive the UNESCO internationally approved Tsunami Ready Certificate of Recognition. Come Thursday, March 15, the western community will take centre stage in this year’s...
by Julia Rawlins-Bentham | Mar 5, 2018 | Top Stories
No tsunami alerts have been issued for Barbados. This assurance has come from Director of the Department of Emergency Management, Kerry Hinds, and the Director of the Barbados Meteorological Services, Sonia Nurse, in the wake of a circulating Whatsapp message stating...