SHOULD MOTHER NATURE flex her muscles in a large way, the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) is now at a 75 to 80 per cent capacity to deal with a catastrophe.
That’s the word from CDEMA’s executive director Ronald Jackson.
Jackson gave the regional entity that grade after it completed a two-day technical advisory meeting and conference in Barbados.
However, he believes there is much room for improvement.
Jackson was confident that should a major disaster occur, such as the massive earthquake which rocked Haiti in 2010, CDEMA stands ready. (BA)
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