Barbados, June 18, 2021 (CDEMA) – The Chairman of the Council of the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA), the Honorable Vincent Byron Jr, Attorney General and Minister of Justice…
On Wednesday, June 16, the United States Embassy in Barbados along with other U.S. Embassies in the English-speaking Caribbean, joined the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) and the U.S.…
Kingston. April 20, 2021. The RJRGLEANER Communications Group mourns the death of our friend and colleague Michael Sharpe. His passing today has hit us hard. All of us! Very hard!…
Georgetown, Guyana (March 2, 2021):- The United Nations Disaster Risk Reduction Office (UNDRR) and the Caribbean Broadcasting Union (CBU) conduct Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) training with broadcasters from Guyana and…
SOURCE: CMC – Barbadian technology expert Rodney Taylor has been appointed Secretary-General of the Caribbean Telecommunications Union (CTU) after a public, Caribbean-wide recruitment process, the organization said on Monday. Taylor,…
Bridgetown, Barbados, 19 February 2021 (CDEMA) – A virtual meet and greet session for participants of the Crisis Communication TechCamp took place on Wednesday, February 17, 2021. The event was…
Barbados, February 17, 2021 (CDEMA) – The Virtual Caribbean Safe School Initiative (CSSI) Pre-Ministerial Forum has been organized through a collaborative effort between the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk…
KINGSTON, Jamaica. Friday, February 5, 2021: Jamaica has recorded its highest number of COVID-19 cases in a 24-hour period, with 263 cases recorded from 1,785 samples tested in the last…
Members of the Media, I thank you for joining us this morning for the PSOJ’s first press briefing for 2021. When we were planning this briefing, our intention was to…
Bridgetown, Barbados February 1, 2021 – The Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) successfully hosted an online training programme and simulation exercise in geographical information systems (GIS) for disaster risk…