Cdema Boss Warns Residents Not To Let Guard Down
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – As the Caribbean heads into what is traditionally known as the “peak†of the Atlantic Hurricane Season, there’s yet another appeal for Barbados and the rest of the region to remain vigilant.
“We have heard this, [that] God is a Bajan; God is a Trini; God maybe a Jamaican; He maybe an Anguillan; He is all of us but that doesn’t mean that we are not going to be impacted by the vagaries of natural disasters,†warned Ronald Jackson, the head of the Barbados based Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA).
Its two and half months into the season which has been somewhat “quiet†but Jackson told Barbados TODAY, that is no reason for the region to become lax.
“The decision as to whether we are caught up in an emergency response or dealing with a disaster is going to be very much built around how much at the household level, at the community level and nationally we are vigilant Read more
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