The Disaster Management Coordination Agency (DMCA) has received new communications equipment to bolster its resilience in times of emergency. Some of the equipment was on display at last Friday’s ICT Expo. These included satellite...
Montserrat’s readiness to respond to a tropical storm or hurricane impacting the island was tested on Monday with a tabletop exercise initiated by the Disaster Management Coordination Agency (DMCA). According to a release from...
The Policy and Planning Unit of the Ministry of Finance has teamed up with the Disaster Management Coordination Agency (DMCA) to deliver Post Disaster Needs Analysis (PDNA) for Montserrat. The four-day training workshop is...
National Hurricane Centre 8Am Update – The center of Tropical Storm Erika this morning is moving west near 16 mph between Guadeloupe and Antigua. A turn toward the west-northwest is forecast later today, and...
The Seismic Research Centre (SRC) of the University of the West Indies has issued an orange alert for the underwater volcano Kick’em Jenny, after strong and sustained signals were recorded in the early hours...
BRADES – Tony Bates, UK Policy Adviser to the Governor and Head of the Governor’s office, and Kelvin White, Operations Manager at the Disaster Management Co-ordination Agency, will attend the 8th annual Caribbean Overseas...
ST. JOHN’S -Like the rest of the world, Montserrat is counting on forecaster predictions of low activity in the Caribbean hurricane season, however officials are preparing and encouraging residents to work together and be...
By Bevil Wooding In 1995 the Soufriere Hills volcano erupted, devastating the tiny Eastern Caribbean island of Montserrat. In the aftermath, Montserrat’s capital, Plymouth, and its economy, lay in ruins. Its population shrank from...
