Georgetown, Guyana, July 10, 2007 (Stabroek News) - The city's water supply was disrupted after a storm damaged a transformer at the Shelter Belt Water Treatment Plant on Saturday afternoon.
Georgetown, Guyana, July 10, 2007 (Stabroek News) - The city's water supply was disrupted after a storm damaged a transformer at the Shelter Belt Water Treatment Plant on Saturday afternoon.
Source: http://www.caricom.org/jsp/pressreleases/pres293_07.jsp
Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Dec 12, 2007 (CARICOM Secretariat)- Expanding the scope for collaboration and effective action to address disaster preparedness and post disaster efforts, must be a part of the Caribbean Region’s efforts to minimize the effects of natural disasters, Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), H.E. Edwin Carrington said on 11 December 2007.
The Secretary-General was at the time delivering the feature address at the opening of the Second Caribbean Conference on Comprehensive Disaster Management, at the Hilton Hotel, Barbados. The conference was held under the theme `The Changing landscape of Caribbean Disaster Management – Vision Becoming Reality’.
Source: http://www.caribbeannetnews.com/news-9926--13-13--.html
Georgetown, Guyana, July 9, 2007 (Caribbean Net News) - Minister of Health, Dr Leslie Ramsammy, on Monday welcomed a US$5 million disaster relief project for which Guyana and several other Caribbean countries which are members of the Caribbean Emergency Response Agency (CDERA) are beneficiaries to better respond to disasters such as hurricanes, earthquakes and floods and which result in the loss of lives.