Disaster
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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Guyana promises to rush aid to hurricane-devastated St Vincent and the Grenadines
Union Island Airport Terminal Building St Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves said he has received a...
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Guyana on standby to deploy security personnel to Grenada after Hurricane Beryl passes
Prime Minister Dickon Mitchell Prime Minister of Grenada, Dickon Mitchell on Monday said that Guyana was on standby to deploy...
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Flood waters recede, drainage system being cleared; politicians trade blame for disaster
Even as flood waters were receding from the south-eastern town of Linden and surrounding Region 10 (Upper Demerara-Upper Berbice) areas,...
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European Union provides more funds for sea defence works
President Irfaan Ali and Deputy Managing Director for Americas, European External Action Service Mr Javier Niño Pérez The European Union...
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