The Bahama Journal – Jones Communications Network

Two of the more vocal figures on the opposition side have claimed that the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) has more to do with the recent drop in unemployment than the previous administration. Progressive Liberal Party Chairman Bradley Roberts and Opposition Senator Fred Mitchell have reiterated similar claims, with the pair indicating that the previous administration […]

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The Department of Statistics released its unemployment statistics last week which revealed that the unemployment rate in The Bahamas has dropped by 1.7 percent from 11.6 percent to 9.9 percent. The drop is due to the increased number of employed people which now sits at 7,770 versus a decreased number of unemployed people which translates […]

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Senator Fred Mitchell called the government’s verification process “farcical” and “a bunch of bull” after he received a letter demanding that he verifies. The senator said he would have ignored the “ridiculous” letter, but the deputy prime minister defended the verification process by explaining that the government is carrying out the process to ensure that […]

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Prime Minister Dr. Hubert Minnis assured yesterday that youth entrepreneurial empowerment will be the government’s major focus which is considered as a measure to tackle problems such as unemployment, crime and social issues. Dr. Minnis addressed the government’s commitment to youth entrepreneurial empowerment during the launch of Bahamas Striping Group of Companies Investment Group. Bahamas […]

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Less power outages and cheaper bills in the future – that is what Bahamas Power and Light (BPL) CEO Pamela Hill predicted yesterday, as she unveiled the company’s new five to seven year plan to assist consumers. “We’re working on two key things in order to improve it [power outages],” Hill revealed during the Rotary […]

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Following one working day of that controversial verification and restatement process, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Peter Turnquest told reporters that there were a few minor issues, but overall he is satisfied with how things played out thus far. The issues of long lines he spoke of were attributed to confusion as it […]

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The Ministry of Tourism signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Airbnb Inc. representatives yesterday to implement a new legislation which will require that a tax be paid on vacation rental home businesses. Minister of Tourism Dionisio D’Aguilar said the new legislation will put in place a modern regulatory framework within which vacation home rentals […]

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Prime Minister Dr. Hubert A. Minnis Wednesday challenged Cabinet ministers and public officers to resist the bureaucratic inertia that can sometimes creep into the equation as both go about the execution of their duties.   “The public service has a necessary restraining role, but too often that restraining role becomes bureaucratic inertia,” Prime Minister Minnis said. “Sometimes […]

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The government of The Bahamas will inject almost $20 million into the capital development of the 39 constituencies throughout the Commonwealth of The Bahamas over the next five years through its Constituency Capital Grant Programme.   The Constituency Capital Grant Bill 2017, (Short Title) came into force July 1, 2017, and provides for the allocation […]

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Yesterday marked the first of 23 days of the controversial verification and reinstatement process the government implemented and according to Minister of National Security Marvin Dames it’s a process that is conducive to creating a productive public service. As stipulated in a notice last week, all government monthly and weekly employed public officers, senators and […]

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