US, Guyana continuing work on disaster preparedness  

The United States and Guyana are continuing collaboration on national disaster preparedness for this country.

A statement yesterday from the US Embassy said that on October 26, the United States Southern Command and the Guyana Civil Defence Commission (CDC), in partnership with Pacific Disaster Center (PDC), a University of Hawaii research centre based in the US, facilitated a National Disaster Pre-paredness workshop. This culminated in a baseline assessment on Guyana’s disaster risk and readiness. This partnership bolsters an already strong bilateral cooperation on disaster response between the two countries and sets the stage for the regional Trade-winds exercise scheduled for July 2023, the statement said.