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Barbados' Dangerous Heatwave Prompts Call for Islandwide Discussion on Work Schedules
Barbados faces dangerous heatwave conditions, prompting discussions between stakeholders on work schedules, as the island prepares for another weather system, Tropical Storm Margot.
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Barbados’ hot and steamy weather has now been officially described as dangerous.
So much so that it has prompted president of the Barbados Association of Medical Practitioners (BAMP) Dr Lynda Williams to call for an islandwide discussion between occupational health and safety stakeholders, the labour movement and the business sector to get a consensus on a way forward about work schedules, as the country contends with the current heatwave.
The Barbados Meteorological Services over the weekend sent out a bulletin warning Barbadians of what it considered dangerous heat conditions.
In an interview with the DAILY NATION yesterday, meteorologist Andrew Daniel said people should expect the same conditions into this weekend, since another weather system, Tropical Storm Margot, was nearing the island chain and will cause the same conditions as Hurricane Lee did last week.
