UNDP News
Focus groups explore impact of Emergency Employment Programme
July 3, 2018 | Comments: 0
Building Resilient Roofs
NBD Mortgage Open House 2018
July 10, 2018
On Saturday June 30th, the National Bank of Dominica held an open house event at the Goodwill Parish Hall targeting homeowners and potential homeowners.
The UNDP with the support of the ChinaAid and Engineers without Borders (EWB), contributed to this event by exhibiting our model resilient roof- its designs and functionality and the distributing of the Building Guidelines. It was well attended by the general public and included booths from various hardware stores.
The event closed with a presentation from the EWB further explaining the guidelines.
Transforming Lives
Walk for Lupus
June 26, 2018
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Before & Now
Work ongoing at Paix Bouche Primary School
July 28, 2018
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Hurricane Tips
Hurricane Season begins today; be prepared, say officials
June 1, 2023
The 2022 Atlantic Hurricane Season begins today, June 1 and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) predicts a near-normal season.
NOAA’s outlook for the 2023 Atlantic hurricane season, which goes from June 1 to November 30, predicts a 40% chance of a near-normal season, a 30% chance of an above-normal season, and a 30% chance of a below-normal season. Officials at the agency are forecasting a range of 12 to 17 total named storms (winds of 39 mph or higher). Of those, 5 to 9 could become hurricanes (winds of 74 mph or higher), including 1 to 4 major hurricanes (category 3, 4, or 5; with winds of 111 mph or higher).
June is not traditionally the most active month for the emergence of named storms, yielding 25 such storms since 2004. The most active period for hurricane season is typically late August through mid-September.
Meteorologists and hurricane experts predict peak hurricane season based on previous storms dating back to the mid-1800′s. Water temperature is one of the many tools meteorologists use to forecast storms in both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
Warmer water temperatures mean more energy for tropical storms and hurricanes to use. The higher the temperature, the more likely the rapid intensification of storms is. Hurricane Maria, which devastated Dominica in September 2017, was an example of a rapidly intensifying storm.
Meanwhile, Acting Senior Met Officer at the Dominica Meteorological Service, Ithoma James, is urging Dominicans to be prepared.
“To tell people that what they should expect is really to be prepared because it only takes one,” he said on state-owned DBS Radio. “Even if it is above normal or below normal, people should just be prepared, do the necessary things that [are] needed for when the season starts.”
He said residents should obtain emergency kits, have hurricane plans in place, be aware of the locations of hurricane shelters, clear drains, and cut overhanging trees around their properties.
“Just do the necessary things…” he said.
“You just need to be prepared that whatever comes you are ready for it.”
UN Celebration Days
STATEMENT: UN Secretary-General — Message on World Press Freedom Day
May 3, 2026
People often say that in war, truth is the first casualty.
But far too frequently, the first casualties are the journalists who risk everything to report that truth – not only in war, but wherever those in power fear scrutiny.
Across the globe, media workers risk censorship, surveillance, legal harassment– and even death.
Recent years have seen a sharp rise in the number of journalists killed – often deliberately targeted – in war zones.
Eighty-five percent of the crimes committed against journalists go uninvestigated and unpunished: an unacceptable level of impunity.
Economic pressures, new technologies, and active manipulation are also putting press freedom under unprecedented strain.
When access to reliable information erodes, mistrust takes root.
When public debate is distorted, social cohesion weakens.
And when journalism is undermined, crises become far more difficult to prevent and resolve.
All freedom depends on press freedom.
Without it, there can be no human rights, no sustainable development – and no peace.
On this World Press Freedom Day, let us protect the rights of journalists, and build a world where the truth – and truth-tellers – are safe.