The Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) received financing from USAID toward the cost of implementation of the project “Caribbean Climate Resilience Initiative”. CDEMA intends to apply a portion of the proceeds of this financing to eligible payments under a contract for which this invitation is issued.
The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Commission invites interested eligible Consulting firms to submit Expressions of Interest for providing recruitment services on behalf of the organisation.
Bridgetown, Barbados November 15, 2022– The CDEMA Coordinating Unit officially signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with U.S based Relief and Development Organization, World Hope International on November 11, 2022.
The signing occurred at the close of the weeklong Regional Search and Rescue Training (RSART) Programme, CDEMA’s first in-person disaster response training held in Barbados since the start of the COVID-19 Pandemic. The programme was funded by the Targeted Support to CDEMA Project through Global Affairs Canada.
The following was provided by the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Bahamas as at 14 November, 2022:
Bridgetown, Barbados November 8th, 2022 – The Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency is hosting its first in-person regional training session since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Under the Regional Search and Rescue Programme, Disciplined forces from Barbados and Antigua assembled at Arch Hall Fire Academy in Barbados for a week of comprehensive training, as the agency embarks on expansion of the programme to better serve its 19 Participating States.
Read more: CDEMA hosts Regional Search and Rescue Training Programme
According to the National Hurricane Center (NHC) in Miami, Florida, At 2:00 PM AST (1800 UTC), the center of Subtropical Storm Nicole was located near latitude 26.4 North, longitude 70.1 West. The storm is moving toward the northwest near 9 mph (15 km/h). A slower northwestward motion is expected later this afternoon through tonight. A turn toward the west or west-southwest is then forecast to begin by Tuesday night and that motion should continue through early Thursday. On the forecast track, the center of Nicole will approach the northwestern Bahamas on Tuesday and Tuesday night, move near or over those islands on Wednesday, and approach the east coast of Florida Wednesday night.
SITUATION OVERVIEW
SITUATION OVERVIEW
According to the National Hurricane Center (in Miami, Florida, At 200 PM EDT 1800 UTC), the center of Tropical Storm Lisa was located by satellite imagery near latitude 16 5 North, longitude 82.5 West Lisa is moving toward the west near 15 mph 24 km/h) This general motion with some decrease in forward speed is forecast during the next couple of days On the forecast track, the center of Lisa will move near or over the Bay Islands of Honduras early Wednesday, and move near Belize late on Wednesday.
Maximum sustained winds remain near 60 mph (95 km/h) with higher gusts Strengthening is expected, and Lisa is forecast to become a hurricane overnight over the northwestern Caribbean Sea and continue to intensify on Wednesday Tropical storm force winds extend outward up to 70 miles 110 km) from the center The estimated minimum central pressure is 1001 mb (29.56 inches).
Bridgetown, Barbados, October 31, 2022 (CDEMA) – The Chair of the Management Committee of the Council of the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA), Ambassador Elma Gene Isaac of Saint Lucia, is pleased to announce the appointment of Lieutenant Colonel Kester Craig as Deputy Executive Director of the Agency with effect from January 3, 2023.
Lieutenant Colonel Craig, a National of Guyana, is a disaster risk management practitioner, with over twenty-five (25) years of military service and more than sixteen (16) years disaster management experience working with community groups, government agencies, and national, regional, and international non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in the local government, health, security, private and environmental sectors.
Read more: Lieutenant Colonel Kester Craig appointed Deputy Executive Director of CDEMA
