Exercise Caribewave 2023 created a buzz across Barbados today as residents, visitors and students took part in several activities executed as part of the annual event.
The exercise is designed to enable the National Emergency Management System and its stakeholders the opportunity to practice and evaluate elements of the national response mechanism in response to the tsunami hazard.
Just after 10:00 a.m.,
Members of the Barbados Fire Service are trying to better understand some of Barbados’ cave systems. A group of 17, including Chief Fire Officer Errol Maynard, yesterday explored Coles Cave in St Thomas, led by Barbados Water Authority (BWA) technical adviser Dr John Mwansa, himself an experienced hiker and caver. “We are here to do a familiarisation tour in the cave with Dr Mwansa. We’ve recognised that almost every day …