The Ministry of Natural Resources (MoNR) on Friday launched its Mashramani band at the Sophia Exhibition Centre before a small gathering as it prepares to take to the streets with a larger contingent than in the past to celebrate Guyana’s Golden Jubilee Republic anniversary.
MoNR Administrator Beverley Alert, who spoke on behalf of Minister of Natural Resources Raphael Trotman, who could not attend the launch, encouraged students to go learn about the difference between being independent and being a republic.
“Today we sit at the United Nations (UN), we sit at the Commonwealth and other international agencies as equals with our former colonial masters. Today, fifty years on, you might want to say that we have grown and indeed we have but we are still a very young nation and at this point in time…. our country is set for unprecedented growth…,” Alert said.
