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The American firm, Atlantic Tele-Network company, (ATN), is buying 80 per cent of the holdings of Guyana Telecommunication Corporation with the state retaining 20 per cent, government announced yesterday.

 –  Another plea for pensioners 2017 Fortunate still to be experiencing more months to my age and life span, I am increasingly wont to restrain my “celebration” of the Festival of Christmas.From

The public belief of a cover-up and conspiracy in the 1976 Cubana Flight 455 twin bombing persists – fuelled by the preferential American treatment of the two prolific terror masterminds and their shielding from justice.

An open letter Mr. Adam Harris, Editor-in-Chief, Daily Chronicle. Dear Adam, I note that you have reacted strongly to our attack on your report of the suicide of Mr.

No Problems :Kero stoves spares is good business REPAIRING, mak­ing or selling spares for kerosene stoves are good things to be doing these days.

‘The national budget is a document that … authorises the government to raise revenues, incur debts and effect expenditures in order to achieve certain goals ….

By Ngaire Woods OXFORD – Democratic governments in the West are increasingly losing their bearings.

By Eion Jardine THE sports world was a sadder place when he died.

I arrived in Havana, Cuba, on the evening of Sunday, December 4.

Photos by Shabna Rahman   Ignatius Jones, self-employed, ‘I just plan to have a normal Christmas with my aunt who lives with me.

Readers will recall that two Mondays ago, the Minister of Finance presented to the National Assembly the 2017 Estimates of Revenue and Expenditure in accordance with Article 218 of the Constitution.

SCRIPTURAL read­ings, the singing of hymns and an anthem as well as a sermon by a Methodist priest will form part of the, programme for the re­committal of the re­mains of the late Pre­sident Forbes Burnham on Sunday in the Bo­tanic Gardens.

Story and photos by Joanna Dhanraj Almost every street had animals nibbling and grazing at whatever green was in their reach.

Crispy okra salad If they are open minded, your family and friends who do not like okra might find they grudgingly liking this salad.

Last week’s column mentioned that this year’s World Championship 12th game of classical chess between Magnus Carlsen and Sergey Karjakin under standard time controls did not compare favourably to the 1985 World Championship 24th and final game of the Anatoly Karpov and Garry Kasparov match.

By Michelle Yaa Asantewa Michael Abbensetts, who inspired a generation of Black British writers and actors by writing strong, independent and believable black characters, challenging racial stereotypes, has died aged 78.

At the end of last month, China published a detailed 16-page document, ‘China’s Policy Paper on Latin America and the Caribbean’, which sets out a new approach to relations between the Americas and the world’s second largest economy.

Two of the most disturbing aspects abiding in mankind – egoism and racism – have been front and centre, as well back and sideways, in the recent presidential election melee raging in the USA. 

(Part 2) Mutually beneficial Last week, this writer began a discussion about the 2017 Budget that was presented by the government. 

The debate on improving educational standards never ends. And in this debate I am glad to see it is generally realised that new school buildings and classroom furniture are only a very small part of what matters.