Tag: Civil Defence Commission
MYO donates $4M in relief supplies for St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Godfrey Broomes- April 17, 2021-CDC lauds private sector donations The Muslim Youth Organisation (MYO) of Guyana on Saturday donated a quantity of foodstuff and ... Read More
CDC distributes 100 sanitation hampers at Arangoy, Aranka
Godfrey Broomes- April 12, 2021-following flooding The Civil Defence Commission (DC) over the weekend distributed 90 hygiene hampers to residents of Arangoy and 10 ... Read More
Guyana to consider setting up seismic monitoring centre
Shaquille Bourne- March 18, 2021—consultations to be held with UG, Trinidad and CDEMA —GGMC to monitor data on Region 9 earthquake The Civil Defence ... Read More
Guyana to test oil spill response capability at Exercise Tradewinds – CDC
Godfrey Broomes- February 25, 2021Guyana would be testing its capacity to respond to an oil spill at Exercise Tradewinds which is slated for June ... Read More
Minister Benn and team conduct earthquake assessment in Sawariwau, Katoonarib
Godfrey Broomes- February 7, 2021- allays residents’ fears about aftershocks Minister of Home Affairs, Hon. Robeson Benn has dispelled the fears of residents in ... Read More
Gov’t commits support for National Oil Spill Committee
Godfrey Broomes- January 26, 2021- Prime Minister Prime Minister Hon. Brigadier (ret’d) Mark Phillips, has affirmed the Government’s commitment to supporting the National Oil ... Read More
CDC, stakeholders partnering to boost Guyana’s disaster recovery capacity
Kellon Rover- January 16, 2021The Civil Defence Commission (CDC) has partnered with the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA), the World Bank through the ... Read More
CDC distributes relief supplies to Pomeroon residents
Natasha Smith Thomas- January 8, 2021This Civil Defence Commission (CDC) distributed relief supplies in several areas of the Pomeroon which were affected by flooding due ... Read More
Press Release – Flood Response Updates for Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam)
Staff Writer- November 16, 2020The Civil Defence Commission continued its flood response with more distribution of cleaning and sanitation hampers during the past weekend. ... Read More
CDC to partially activate National Emergency Operations Centre
Gavin Lewis- November 4, 2020-to examine provision of shelters The Civil Defence Commission (CDC) has decided to partially activate the National Emergency Operations ... Read More