Bridgetown, Barbados August 24th, 2017 (CDEMA) – For the second consecutive year, the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) sponsors the Coverage of Disaster Risk Awards for radio and television at the Caribbean Broadcasting Awards.
The Caribbean Broadcasting Awards were presented during a live television event on Tuesday August 22, 2017 at the Atlantis Resort on Paradise Island in Nassau, the Bahamas during the 48th Caribbean Broadcasting Union (CBU’s) Annual General Assembly.
The President of the CBU Mr. Gary Allen, congratulated the winners of the 2016 Caribbean Broadcasting Awards and also thanked all fourteen (14) of the member entities from ten (10) countries who submitted a total of one hundred and seventeen (117) entries across twenty (20) categories.
This year’s winners in the Coverage of Disaster Risk category are:
Award Winner: Healthy Living Looks at Water Safety Post Hurricane
Great Belize Productions Ltd. – Belize
Production Team: Marleni Cuellar, Shawn Tewes
Special Mention: Hundreds of Residents Displaced in the Aftermath of Hurricane Earl
Great Belize Productions Ltd. – Belize
Production Team: Duane Moody, Darrel Moguel
Award Winner: Escape De Amoniaco - Instituto Cubano De Radio Y Television – Cuba
Producer: Suly Mary Carrasco Fonte
The CDEMA Coordinating Unit congratulates all the winners and wishes them all the best.
