16 November 2018
The Bahamas Industrial Manufacturers and Allied Workers Union (BIM&AWU) is planning to stage a strike vote, according to the Union’s President, Jennifer Brown. Ten months ago, executives of BIM and AWU met with Morton Salt Limited to negotiate a new industrial agreement. That agreement expired February of this year. Since then, the parties have exchanged […]
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16 November 2018
The soaring cost of electricity has many Bahamas Power and Light (BPL) customers outraged. The angst and frustration of many of the callers into Love 97’s daily talk show “Issues of the Day” yesterday came from around the Bahamas. “We’ve been having 50-year-old problems in this country. The Bahamian people have been saddled with this […]
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15 November 2018
The spike in Bahamas Power and Light (BPL) electricity prices has left quite a number of Bahamians in a bind, and the President of the Bahamas Electrical Workers Union yesterday urged the government and the company to take action. The electricity company has gone on record saying that this 22 per cent increase is due […]
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15 November 2018
The Attorney General’s office and gaming house operators are at an impasse in a legal dispute over taxes. Attorney General, Carl Bethel, who spoke to reporters before a Cabinet meeting on Tuesday said, “we are in discussions with the attorneys for the Gaming house operators. We don’t accept their interpretation of the law, we […]
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15 November 2018
The Bahamas Communications and Public Officers Union (BCPOU) yesterday filed an industrial trade dispute with the Department of Labour against the Bahamas Telecommunications Company Limited (BTC) as the company continues downsizing. In a press release issued last night, The BCPOU noted that BTC has failed to bargain in good faith and to renew the Industrial […]
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15 November 2018
Calling it a “fact finding mission,” Opposition Leader Philip Davis, yesterday visited the Downtown Straw Market to speak to vendors about their various concerns. Some of the issues include being without light for over a year, and the seizing and dumping of items from stalls of delinquent stall owners. Mr. Davis argued that the “backbone” […]
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15 November 2018
Discussions on the framework and regulatory procedures to encourage and support crypto currency assets and related instruments will be a key talking point at the Grand Bahama Technology Summit, as Prime Minister Dr. Hubert Minnis says steps must be taken to position the country as a technology centre of the region. While presenting the keynote […]
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14 November 2018
The family of missing pilot, Byron Ferguson contends that he did file a flight plan, despite conflicting reports that he did not. Still hoping and while still carrying on searches of their own, young Ferguson’s brother, Bjorn Ferguson said his brother who has at least 20-years of experience flying did file a flight plan, something […]
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14 November 2018
The Clifton Review The Clifton Review is a tri-weekly column that examines the question of the Clifton project along with the evolution of the war between two billionaires. We covered the start of this war with articles describing the battle over easement rights, the mysterious burning of a home, the blocks to rebuilding, and countless questionable court […]
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14 November 2018
Attorney General Carl Bethel says that his office will carry out due administration of law in The Bahamas in regard to recent information surfacing surrounding alleged visa fraud in the Department of Immigration. Speaking with reporters just before the weekly Cabinet meeting, Mr. Bethel said that when he learned of the allegations, he instructed that […]
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