30 September 2016
Transport and Aviation Minister Glenys Hanna Martin yesterday announced the implementation of a new integrated digital system at the Road Traffic Department, and said it is a major step forward in how business is done not only in the Department of Road Traffic, but throughout the country. The minister said when coming into office four […]
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30 September 2016
Royal Bahamas Defence Force officials this week apprehended 18 Cuban migrants in the southern Bahamas, officials said. According to a RBDF statement, officials made the arrest on Wednesday morning in the area of the Cay Sal Bank, which is just southeast of Key West, Florida. “While on routine patrol HMBS L.L Smith, under the command […]
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30 September 2016
As the trade unions have threatened that repercussions will happen and that they will take action if the government does not step in to resolve the latest dispute, Labour Minister Shane Gibson yesterday said that the Tri-Partite Council of Trade Unions have not sent any recommendations to him for consideration. “They sit on the council, […]
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30 September 2016
A tripartite Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the Ministry of Finance, the Inter-American Investment Corporation (IIC), which is the private sector arm of the IDB, and the Grand Bahama Port Authority was signed yesterday at the Ministry for Grand Bahama. Prior to the official signing, Minister for Grand Bahama, Dr. Michael Darville stated he was […]
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30 September 2016
It was a sad day yesterday for staff of the country’s national flag carrier, as the employees of Bahamasair tried to come to grips with the news of the passing of the company’s Managing Director, Henry Woods. Mr. Woods died at the University of Miami Hospital in South Florida early yesterday afternoon, after his fight […]
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26 September 2016
The Bahamas Government is poised to launch new markets to facilitate the wares of straw vendors, straw practitioners and wood carvers, in Cat Island and Harbour Island. Kevin Simmons, Chairman of the Straw Market Authority, made the announcement during the annual Appreciation and Recognition Ceremony for straw vendors, straw practitioners and wood carvers, Thursday, September […]
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26 September 2016
Much has been made of the 600 persons let off by the Sandals Royal Bahamian Resort last month as a result of their temporary closure but resort executives saying a large number of those persons are set to be re-hired. As of September 25, nearly 180 of those former staff members who applied have begun […]
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26 September 2016
After last week’s controversial nolle prosequi signed by Attorney General Allyson-Maynard Gibson, union heads have said that a possible national strike could be on the horizon. Trade Union Congress (TUC) President Obie Ferguson and Bahamas Public Services Union (BPSU) Head John Pinder appeared as guests on the talk show “Jones and Company” where they responded […]
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26 September 2016
An increasing number of persons awaiting vital surgeries continue to be a mounting issue at the Princess Margaret Hospital (PMH) and infrastructural issues at the facility do nothing to alleviate the situation. President of the Doctor’s Union Dr. Charles Clarke, who has been vocal about the issues affecting clinics around the country in recent weeks […]
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23 September 2016
Several trade union heads gathered yesterday during a press conference at the Bahamas Hotel Maintenance and Allied Workers Union Headquarters to voice their discontentment with the signing of a nolle prosequi by Attorney General Allyson Maynard, which terminated a lawsuit by the union against two Sandal’s Royal Bahamas executives. Sandals General Manager Gary Williams, […]
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