In 2022, 3 major hurricanes wreaked havoc in the US, and some countries of the Caribbean, creating significant losses. These losses, on top of the results of some other extreme weather events like win…
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December 9th, 2022 •
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Debbie Gabriel recently took the opportunity while in Barbados to visit the faculty and students of Barbados Community College’s (BCC) Fine Arts Department. Mrs. Gabriel was following in the footste…
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December 5th, 2022 •
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On September 23, at the 77th Session of the United Nations General Assembly, the Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda, Gaston Browne, made a clear and unequivocal statement, concerning the impact of …
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October 7th, 2022 •
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Three local firms have come out on top in the Compete Caribbean Partnership Facility (CCPF) and Export Barbados’ Ocean Challenge. The successful firms are eligible for up to USD$100,000 in non-r…
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September 21st, 2022 •
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The Barbados District of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) sponsored a Hurricane Preparation Seminar over the weekend at its Christ Church Rendezvous Branch. It was attended by app…
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June 22nd, 2022 •
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The Regional Security System has reaffirmed its commitment to the protection of our environment and is invested in the sustainable development of our planet. This was underscored during a brief ceremo…
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June 9th, 2022 •
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A regional team of meteorologists and other climate scientists are warning that the Caribbean faces another busy wet / hurricane season this year, with an expected 18 (CIMH) to 19 (Colorado State Univ…
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June 6th, 2022 •
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Several truckloads of illegally dumped garbage were removed from the Bucks, St. Thomas, area thanks to the members and missionaries of the Barbados Bridgetown Mission of the Church of Jesus Christ of …
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May 4th, 2022 •
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A number of Boardwalk sites and revetments on both south and west coasts were just inspected by the Honourable Adrian Forde, the Minister of the Environment & National Beautification along with de…
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March 28th, 2022 •
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Despite the planet emerging from a COVID pandemic straight into a military crisis between Moscow and Ukraine, Barbados continues to punch above its weight when it comes to Climate Resiliency. Minister…
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March 17th, 2022 •
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The Chair of the Executive Council of SIDS DOCK, the international organisation created to build sustainable energy and climate change resilience in small island countries, today warned that island ec…
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March 16th, 2022 •
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The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) and CCRIF SPC will host the 2022 Caribbean Regional Risk Conference on April 6th & 7th, to provide a forum for policymakers, senior technocrats, and other stak…
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March 2nd, 2022 •
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The Preparedness and Response Division (PRD) of the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA), through its Regional Training Centre (RTC), commenced a three-day Damage and Needs Assessmen…
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February 22nd, 2022 •
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This year’s Caribbean Economic Forum series begins Thursday 3rd March 2020 at 8:00 p.m. Moderator David Ellis will be joined by Climate expert Rueanna Haynes, Director of the Climate Analyt…
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February 21st, 2022 •
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Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley told the global community it is “immoral and unjust” for those causing the suffering of small island developing states, to say they should pay to correct th…
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October 5th, 2021 •
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The White Helmets Commission, which reports to the Argentine Foreign Ministry, has begun to provide healthcare assistance in the Corail commune, Grand’Anse Department, Haiti, where it set up a T…
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September 3rd, 2021 •
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Barbados is seeking to join the UK-led Global Ocean Alliance (GOA), to support the “30by30 movement“, established to protect 30 per cent of the ocean space by 2030. And, Minister of Mariti…
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August 19th, 2021 •
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CARICOM is deeply saddened at reports of loss of life and significant damage in Haiti following a major earthquake this Saturday, 14th August. Chairman of CARICOM, Gaston Browne, Prime Minister of Ant…
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August 16th, 2021 •
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The Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA), has partnered with SuperWorld, a virtual world in Augmented Reality (AR), for the first time, to release the NFT “Caribbean Disaster Fight…
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August 11th, 2021 •
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Following Tropical Cyclone Elsa, CCRIF made two payouts to the Government of Barbados under the country’s tropical cyclone and excess rainfall parametric insurance policies, totalling US$2.5 mil…
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August 2nd, 2021 •
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The government of the Dominican Republic has issued a Tropical Storm Watch for the southern coast of the Dominican Republic from the Haiti/Dominican Republic border eastward to Punta Palenque. The gov…
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July 1st, 2021 •
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At 5:00 AM AST the center of Tropical Storm #Elsa was located near latitude 9.4 North, longitude 48.8 West. Elsa is moving toward the west near 25 mph (41 km/h). An even faster motion to the WNW is ex…
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July 1st, 2021 •
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The Chairman of the Council of the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA), Vincent Byron Jr – Attorney General and Minister of Justice and Legal Affairs, St Kitts-Nevis, is pleas…
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June 20th, 2021 •
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The Barbados Defence Force recently partnered with the Government of the United Kingdom to continue relief effort to St Vincent and Grenadines in the the aftermath of the La Soufrière volcano eruptio…
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June 17th, 2021 •
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As various restrictions are lifted clean-up efforts are in full swing as personnel are allowed safely into the most impacted orange zone of St Vincent and the Grenadines after volcanic eruptions which…
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June 14th, 2021 •
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