Region Ten Councillor Lawrence Hackett has expressed the opinion that Region Ten should be in a position to provide assistance to persons affected by coastal flooding but Regional Chairman Rennis Morian says the region is unable to do so.
Hackett, raising his concern during the first statutory meeting of the new Region Ten Democratic Council on Thursday, referred to the minutes of the inauguration of the council on June 30 when the Regional Chairman expressed concern that attention must be placed on disaster preparedness in the region especially in the wake of reports of dumping of toxic waste there. Hackett then asked if there was any form of disaster preparedness for flooding.
According to Hackett, some of the current councillors “were very much involved in
