29 October 2018
Unemployment among the youth – those ages 15 to 24 – continues to be considerably higher than any other age group. In May, preliminary results of the Labour Force Survey showed that this group’s unemployment rate increased from 22.1 per cent to 24.1 per cent. Labour Minister, Dion Foulkes, said it’s something the government is still working on improving. […]
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29 October 2018
The passing of former Cabinet Minister Bradley B. Roberts is deemed a great lost to Sunshine Holdings Limited . Mr. Roberts was a founding shareholder of the company and the first Chairman of its Board. A release from the Board said he was “a man from humble beginnings who began his career as a businessman […]
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29 October 2018
Bains and Grants Town Member of Parliament, Travis Robinson, is an official One Young World Ambassador – one of four to win the prestigious award, the only person from the western hemisphere. With 5,000 applications from around the world, that number was shortlisted to 18, then again to the final five – Robinson one of them. […]
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29 October 2018
The Bahamas Nurses Union is set to have a demonstration this morning at 10 o’clock in response to the Public Hospitals Authority’s (PHA) announcement of shift changes for nurses. Last week the PHA’s Managing Director Catherine Weech told reporters that the new shift system will eliminate the inequity caused by the four nights on/ four […]
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29 October 2018
Good news on the labour front – in terms of candidates’ job readiness, those numbers are doing better. Minister of Labour Dion Foulkes said tertiary education providers are one of the main factors contributing to the increase. “I must congratulate some of our tertiary providers like the National Training Agency (NTA) and Bahamas Training and Vocational […]
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29 October 2018
Police are investigating a shooting incident Friday, 26th October, which left a juvenile male in hospital. According to reports, shortly after 8:00pm, the juvenile and another male were riding on a scooter on Hospital Lane, when they a male armed with a firearm opened fire in their direction, hitting him multiple time about the body, […]
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29 October 2018
Police in the capital investigate the remains of a man found in bushes off Martin Close, off Cowpen Road yesterday. Police Press Liaison Shanta Knowles told reporters that officers received word shortly after 12pm yesterday. Residents of that area have indicated that children were playing in a field nearby when they discovered the body. She […]
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29 October 2018
Outspoken Baptist Clergyman, Bishop Simeon B. Hall says “Talk Show hosts in the Bahamas have a higher calling to lift the level of national debates.” In a press statement, Bishop Hall said, “the freedom of expression which we welcome and are now free to enjoy here in The Bahamas must cause us to lift the level […]
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26 October 2018
Corruption was the buzz word for Centreville Member of Parliament, Reece Chipman, who used his parliamentary privilege to defend his family’s legacy in Parliament. The Chipmans are at the center of a dispute over enormous tracts of land amassed by their patriarch, Howard Nelson Chipman. Standoffs are regularly posted on social media – the last […]
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26 October 2018
Another Labour on the Blocks job fair, but this time, inmates are the job seekers. Yesterday, at the Bahamas Department of Corrections, 30 inmates seeking employment presented their resumes and sat for job interviews with 16 prospective employers. Labour Minister, Dion Foulkes, spoke to the importance of this initiative. He said, “ we could encourage […]
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