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  • October 1, 2024

    National Assistance Board & Child Care Board under one Chair: Barbados Cabinet rubber stamps

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    January 3, 2024

    BWA CONDUCTING EMERGENCY WORK AT HAMPTON

  • (L-R) Permanent Secretary in the Prime Minister’s Office, Mr. Glenroy Blanchette; Prime Minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis, Hon. Dr. Terrance Drew; CEO of DIGICEL St. Kitts and Nevis, Karlene Telesford; B2B Sales Manager, Jacinth Welsh; and Product Executive at DIGICEL St. Kitts and Nevis, Luis Gay Caraballo.
    September 24, 2023

    SKN Leader Receives Donation of Satellite Phones from DIGICEL to Bolster Disaster Preparedness Efforts

  • Some of the participants captured with Directors of The Deaf Heart Project, and facilitators from the Department of Emergency Management, Barbados Meteorological Services and The Duke of Edinburgh International Award at the workshop held at Solidarity House
    August 4, 2023

    Disaster Preparedness for the Deaf Community

  • Lieutenant Colonel Craig also served as the Chairman and member of the CDEMA Plan Development and Review Subcommittee for seven years. He has also been the Vice-Chairman of the Association of Caribbean States (ACS) Special Committee on Disaster Risk Reduction; Founder and President of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Alumni (Guyana); Founder and Coordinator of the CDC's Volunteer Corps; and member of the National Disaster Risk Management Platform and the International Association of Emergency Managers (IAEM).
    November 2, 2022

    Lieutenant Colonel Kester Craig appointed Deputy Executive Director of CDEMA

  • Minister Edward, a veteran educator, has been involved in Comprehensive Disaster Management (CDM), having ably led in its advancement in the education sector in Saint Lucia through CDEMA's Caribbean Safe Schools Initiative.
    September 6, 2022

    St Lucia’s Sustainable Development Minister elected as Chairman of CDEMA

  • Prime Minister of Barbados, Mia Mottley and Executive Director, CDEMA, Elizabeth Riley, joined WFP Executive Director, David Beasley, for the ground-breaking ceremony at the Grantley Adams International Airport, where the hub and training centre will be located. As part of its global and regional strategy, WFP is working with CDEMA and national governments, to enhance regional emergency preparedness and mitigate and minimize the impact of disasters.
    August 12, 2022

    WFP to build logistics Hub in Barbados

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    March 2, 2022

    BWA Conducting Emergency Work at St George Facility

  • In accordance with the Regional Coordination Plan, the CDEMA Coordinating Unit has also been providing updates to the partners of the Regional Response Mechanism. The Secretary General of CARICOM and the Chairman of the Council of Ministers of CDEMA received a brief on the situation on Wednesday, December 30, 2020, and a meeting of the Caribbean Development Partners Group (CDPG) was convened on December 30th, also to brief them on the status of La Soufrière.
    February 22, 2022

    CDEMA hosts the Damage Assessment & Needs Analysis (DANA) Orientation/Training in St. Vincent and the Grenadines

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    June 20, 2021

    Elizabeth Riley appointed Executive Director of CDEMA

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    June 17, 2021

    Power Outages Take Some BWA Pumping Stations Offline

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    May 4, 2021

    UK GIVES NEW VOLCANO RELIEF FOR ST VINCENT & THE GRENADINES