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Chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Prime Minister Mia Mottley has welcomed the launch of the Caribbean Regional Logistics Hub and Centre of Excellence saying it will significantly strengthen the region’s ability to respond quickly to disasters and humanitarian crises.
Mottley, the Barbados Prime Minister, told the ceremony at the Grantley Adams International Airport that Barbados is an ideal location for the hub given that it “is the most easterly, [therefore] a judgment was made that this is probably the safest place.
“If you have to wait on stuff to come from Panama, that’s 1200 miles away. If you have to bring stuff from Miami, 1500 miles away,” she said, noting that the primary function would be to get food, medicine and critical supplies to affected populations within the first 48 to 72 hours after a major emergency.
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