The M
inistry of Natural Resources (MNR) as it is known was established on December 17, 2011 as the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment (MNRE) with a primary focus of harmonizing policy and management in the Natural resources-based sectors. However, following the appointment of the new Government in May 2015, the institutional structure of the MNRE changed and it became a Department of Natural Resources and Environment under the purview of the Ministry of Presidency. A second change occurred on January 18, 2016 which saw the Department of Natural Resources and the Environment transformed to into the Ministry of Natural Resources.
Following a directive by His Excellency, President David Arthur Granger, to launch an inquiry into the collapse of mining pits, Minister of Governance, Hon. Raphael Trotman, MP, on Friday held the initial meeting with the members of the Committee to layout the mandate. The issue of safety in the mining…
Georgetown, GINA, June 25, 2015 Guyana is fully prepared to stand up against neighbouring Venezuela which has recently laid claim to Guyana’s territorial waters according to Minister of Governance, with responsibility for National Patrimony, Raphael Trotman. Delivering his inaugural address to the National Assembly as a minister, Trotman said, “Venezuela…
