Members of the humanitarian and disaster relief crew of RFA Mounts Bay and the RN helicopter will be paying a brief flying visit to the Virgin Islands today, Monday May 27.

The two-day Gender and Disaster Risk Reduction and Recovery Workshop kicked off at the Moorings yesterday May 23. 

The public is notified that the Department of Disaster Management will be testing its National Siren System and National Emergency Broadcast System today Friday, May 24 at 2:00 p.m.

The Department of Disaster Management will be testing its National Siren System and National Emergency Broadcast System today Friday, May 24 at 2:00 p.m.

Did you know that understanding how gender relations shape women’s and men’s lives is critical to disaster risk reduction?

The Government of the Virgin Islands will host a high level delegation of United Nations experts at a workshop to draw attention to gender differences in responding to, and recovering from natural disasters on May 23 to 24.  

Governor Augustus Jaspert chaired a special meeting of the National Disaster Management Council (NDMC) on Monday, May 13.

Officers from the Procurement Unit in the Ministry of Finance along with officers from the Department of Disaster Management hosted 14 representatives from local and international firms at a pre-bidding conference for the construction of the new National Emergency Operations Centre (NEOC) on Friday, May 3.

The Department of Disaster Management (DDM) has added a new Information and Education Manager to its staff.

Chief Records Management Officer in the Archives and Records Management Unit, Mr. Christopher Varlack has said that Phase 2 of post 2017 recovery work towards enhancing overall security of the Territory's oldest records is about to begin.