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Venezuela earthquakes displace several Guyanese
At least three Guyanese families have been displaced by last week's double earthquakes in Venezuela where the death toll has...
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Guyanese soldiers on standby for humanitarian mission to earthquake-hit Venezuela
Guyana Defence Force (GDF) soldiers are to being mobilised to possibly travel to neighbouring Venezuela to assist with recovery efforts...
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Venezuela faces US$6.7 billion in economic losses from earthquakes, UNDP estimates
Caracas/New York, 26 June – The earthquakes that struck Venezuela on 24 June caused significant human suffering and loss of...
Read moreDetailsGuyana, Barbados, Trinidad ready to assist earthquake-devastated Venezuela
President Irfaan Ali early Thursday morning said Guyana was ready to assist Venezuela in the wake of that country's two...
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Storm batters over 100 Essequibo Coast buildings, one injured
More than 100 private and public buildings on the Essequibo Coast were lashed by more than 30 kilometre per hour...
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CDC Director General receives Inter-American Defence Board medal
Director General of Guyana's Civil Defence Commission (CDC), Colonel Nazrul Hussain Director General of Guyana's Civil Defence Commission (CDC), Colonel...
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Massive technologically-driven Georgetown drainage improvement begins, paid parking over covered drains likely
President Irfaan Ali meeting with the ministers of Housing Collin Croal and Vanessa Benn as well as Commissioner/CEO of the...
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Guyana to provide hurricane relief to Jamaica, Haiti – Pres Ali
A drone view shows streets covered with mud, after Hurricane Melissa passed the Catherine Hall community in Montego Bay, Jamaica,...
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Guyana readies supplies for hurricane-ravaged Jamaica, deployment personnel on standby
The Guyana government's Civil Defence Commission (CDC) on Thursday said it was preparing to dispatch emergency supplies to Jamaica where...
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Guyana on standby to provide humanitarian support to Jamaica after monster hurricane
Guyana's Civil Defence Commission (CDC) is ready to dispatch emergency assistance to Jamaica after the worst hurricane in that Caribbean...
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