CDC gets $67.5M in emergency items from U.S. Southern Command

US Charge d’Affaires Thomas Pierce (right) hands over the supplies to Retired Colonel Chabilall Ramsaroop. (GINA photo)

The Civil Defence Commission (CDC) on Monday  received emergency relief supplies to the value of $67.5M from the United States  Naval Forces Southern Command to strengthen the country’s disaster response capacity.  The items were handed over at the CDC’s warehouse, Base Camp Stephenson, Timehri, the Government Information Agency (GINA) said in a release.

Colonel (Rt’d) and Chairman of the CDC, Chabilall Ramsarup