Disaster
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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Gov’t, APNU rush relief to fire-ravaged Albouystown
APNU members delivering relief supplies to fire-affected residents of Albouystown, Georgetown. The Guyana government's disaster response agency, the Civil Defence...
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Guyana shifts into aerospace defence systems- Ali
The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) has shifted gears into the use of aerospace defence systems to protect the country, President...
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UK provides standby relief funds for hurricane-prone Caribbean, EU fills some US forecasting gaps
As the Caribbean prepares for the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season, the United Kingdom (UK) on Wednesday inked an accord with...
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GNBS developing standards for cooking gas apparatus following explosions
Executive Director of the Guyana National Bureau of Standards, Mr Trevor Bassoo In the wake of several injuries and deaths...
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Neighbourhood districts get firefighting vehicles; part-time workers to be trained as auxiliaries
The new firefighting appliances on display at the commissioning service. Forty neighbourhood districts are to receive fire tenders and related...
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Storm rips 17 houses in Rupununi; emergency response mission deployed
One of the houses at Karasabai that was destroyed by the storm. At least 17 houses at Karasabai, Rupununi, were...
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As Lindeners repair storm-battered houses, town council prepares for scientific study of drainage
Even as repairs to mainly the roofs of 33 houses in Linden that were destroyed by Wednesday night's brief storm,...
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Caribbean leaders agree to appeal for international hurricane financial relief
CARICOM leaders and their representatives meeting in an emergency virtual summit to discuss their response to the devastation caused by...
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First shipment of Guyana’s relief supplies arrives in Beryl-ravaged Grenada
Director General of the Civil Defence Commission (CDC), Colonel (Ret'd), Nazrul Hussain officially handed over the items to Grenada's Minister...
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