08 May 2019
The Bahamas Chamber of Commerce and Employers Confederation (BCCEC) has released the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) Impact Assessment, as conducted by Oxford Economics. And while the consulting group did not give a definitive yes or no to if The Bahamas should join the WTO, it pointed to more positive than negative implications for the country […]
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08 May 2019
The Water and Sewerage Management Union says that the Executive Chairman of the Water and Sewerage Corporation Adrian Gibson and the Board lack accountability. The Union says it reviewed the recent eleven page press release by the Board of Directors of the Corporation in which the Board claimed to be in the process of reviewing new corporate policies guidelines and […]
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08 May 2019
Members of the Progressive Liberal Party were totally offended that former President of the Bahamas Christian Council Reverend Ranford Patterson would allow Prime Minister Dr. Hubert Minnis to use the church to spew out propaganda and lies about the PLP. Speaking at a Press Conference yesterday, the Chairman of the PLP, Senator Fred Mitchell denounced Reverend Patterson for allowing Dr. Minnis to come into his sanctuary, […]
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08 May 2019
Progressive Liberal Party Leader Philip Davis yesterday said the Government is on track to miss its Revenue Target by at least $40 million dollars. “They were wrong to undo many of the revenue building initiatives that the PLP Government left in place. This elusive deficit target is being pursued at the expense of the social deficit. The […]
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08 May 2019
Deputy Prime Minister Peter Turnquest says that economic growth in the country will be felt within a year. He was responding to concerns that despite the touted growth in the economy, this is not being felt by everyday Bahamians. According Mr. Turnquest, this should be the case sometime this year. “You have the construction sector that will feel it before […]
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08 May 2019
Bahamas Against WTO organizer and member, Fayne Thompson, said yesterday that the World Trade Organization (WTO), Impact Assessment, produced by Oxford Economics, is a scathing review of The Bahamas’ accession to the organization. Speaking with this Journal, Mr. Thompson suggested that the report indicates that The Bahamas “government is in a quandary” when it comes […]
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07 May 2019
It has been said that Morton Salt has the government ‘in their back pocket’, as there is still no sign of a resolution between union members in Inagua and the salt company. President of the Bahamas Industrial Manufacturers and Allied Workers Union (BIMAWU) Jennifer Brown told The Journal that the company has been telling the government that the […]
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07 May 2019
National Security Minister Marvin Dames yesterday congratulated 16 senior Police officers for completing phase one of his ministry’s Senior Professional Certification in Law Enforcement Leadership. Mr. Dames, in his address, said that as criminality evolves and becomes more sophisticated, it is important for public safety officials to adapt and make use of cutting edge technology. […]
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07 May 2019
The Minister of Tourism Dionisio D’Aguilar said he is confident then that Disney Cruise Line will not allow the South Eleuthera project to damage its reputation. He said, “there isn’t a company better than Disney, and when we sat down and talked to Disney, it is so much more important to their whole philosophy that they get this project right. They […]
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07 May 2019
The Ministry of Tourism and Aviation presented its creative campaign featuring Bahamian-American rock legend Lenny Kravitz to Canadian Media and Travel Industry Partners during a local campaign launch event on May 2ndat the Bisha Hotel. Set to the lyrics of Kravitz’s hit song Fly Away, the television commercial and supporting marketing campaign captured his deep personal connection to […]
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