Emergency Shelter Coordination to benefit from national “Emergency Shelter Management Manual” for the first time

Emergency Shelter Coordination to benefit from national “Emergency Shelter Management Manual” for the first time

More than 20 District Development Officers and Assistants and Emergency Shelter Managers from across the island gathered at the Office of Disaster Management in Jimmit on Thursday morning, 13 June 2019.   On the agenda was an orientation to the new “Emergency Shelter Management Manual” a publication of the Office of Disaster Management within the Ministry […]

Read More
 DOMINICA CELEBRATES WORLD BLOOD DONOR DAY

DOMINICA CELEBRATES WORLD BLOOD DONOR DAY

On Friday June 14, 2019, Dominica joins the rest the world in celebrating World Blood Donor Day. This event serves to thank voluntary blood donors for the lifesaving gift of blood. It also raises awareness of the need for regular blood donations to ensure that all individuals and communities have access to a safe and […]

Read More
 Trinidad And Tobago’s Ministry Of Works And Transport, Coastal Protection Unit, Launches The Comprehensive National Coastal Monitoring Programme (CNCMP)

Trinidad And Tobago’s Ministry Of Works And Transport, Coastal Protection Unit, Launches The Comprehensive National Coastal Monitoring Programme (CNCMP)

Senator the Honourable Rohan Sinanan, Minister of Works and Transport, cuts the ribbon to officially open the CNCMP coastal erosion and coastal flooding photo exhibition. Photo courtesy the CPU. Phase 1 Of The Programme Will Include An Assessment Of The Coastal Situation And Engagement Of Stakeholders Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago – In a strategic step toward […]

Read More
 CSA’s Caribbean & Americas Regional Engagement Tour

CSA’s Caribbean & Americas Regional Engagement Tour

The Commonwealth Students Association is pleased to announce it will be undertaking a Regional Engagement Tour from June to July 2019 of six Commonwealth Caribbean territories. The Commonwealth Students Association (CSA) is the unified body that represents the needs, interests, and voices of student organisations in the Commonwealth. The main aims of the Commonwealth Students […]

Read More
 San Sauveur Comes Alive for Fete Isidore 2019

San Sauveur Comes Alive for Fete Isidore 2019

The annual Fete Isidore celebrations kick off on Saturday, June 8 in San Sauveur. The villages of Good Hope, San Sauveur, and Petite Soufriere observe Fete Isidore, the feast of farmers named for the Patron Saint of Farmers, St. Isidore. This year the Church of the Transfiguration Fete Isidore Committee is collaborating with the St. […]

Read More
 Twenty-Eight Admired for Undertaking Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) Training

Twenty-Eight Admired for Undertaking Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) Training

Dominica being one of the countries most affected by the passage of Hurricane Irma and Maria in September 2017 has been the focus of a Government of Japan partnership with UNDP to strengthen disaster preparedness especially in vulnerable communities. The Commonwealth of Dominica and its Office of Disaster Management (ODM), along with 11 trained CERT […]

Read More