Mid-term Review on Sendai Framework Highlights Communication Challenges

The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 is the single-most important global agreement for the preservation of life and investments in the event of a disaster. But, this is probably the first time you have ever heard any mention of it. And, if you are among the few globally who have an understanding of […]

Early Warning System Shows Great Success in the Caribbean

Multi-hazard early warning systems are playing an integral role in the preservation of lives across the globe, in the event of an impending hazard. For example, when a tropical cyclone is expected to impact Belize, through its early warning system the National Meteorological Service of Belize can make predictions about the storm’s projected path, its […]

CDEMA’s Executive Director “The Investment Has to Be at A Transformative Level”

And while multi-hazard early warnings systems have yielded a great deal of success within the Caribbean, Executive Director Elizabeth Riley, of Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency,  says that to truly realize the vision of the UN Secretary General, as it pertains to early warning systems for all, there is a need for greater access to […]

CitCo Introduces Student Hub for Less Fortunate Schoolchildren

Less fortunate school children across the Old Capital will be able to receive additional tutoring and access to the digital world through a Youth Connect Student Hub that the Belize City Council opened today at its ground floor at City Hall. Mayor Bernard Wagner admits that this is one of his council’s manifesto pledges that […]

U.S. Government Donates CESSNA Aircraft to B.D.F.

InfoSegura Project Donates Laptops to the Judiciary

Today, at the Senior Courts building on Regent Street in Belize City, the USAID-Funded InfoSegura Project handed over eight laptops to Chief Justice Louise Blenman and Chief Magistrate Sharon Fraser. While it is part of the continued efforts by the U.S. government to support improvements in Belize’s citizen security, the donation to the judiciary will […]