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Cut in work permits to help Bahamians

Cut in work permits to help Bahamians By SANCHESKA BROWN Tribune News Reporter sbrown@tribunemedia.net BECAUSE of the high level of unemployment, the Department of Immigration decreased the number of work permits issued in 2011 by 24 per cent, Deputy Pr

Cut in work permits to help Bahamians

Cut in work permits to help Bahamians By SANCHESKA BROWN Tribune News Reporter sbrown@tribunemedia.net BECAUSE of the high level of unemployment, the Department of Immigration decreased the number of work permits issued in 2011 by 24 per cent, Deputy Pr

Cut in work permits to help Bahamians

Cut in work permits to help Bahamians By SANCHESKA BROWN Tribune News Reporter sbrown@tribunemedia.net BECAUSE of the high level of unemployment, the Department of Immigration decreased the number of work permits issued in 2011 by 24 per cent, Deputy Pr

Poor construction work forced families to move

Poor construction work forced families to move By KHRISNA VIRGIL kvirgil@tribunemedia.net Sub-par construction work on houses built before May 2007 caused several families to be relocated from government subdivisions, Housing Minister Neko Grant reveale

PM: 'ECONOMY TO GROW BY 2.8%'

PM: 'economy to grow by 2.8%' DESPITE the economic challenges of 2011, Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham indicated last night that the Bahamas' economy is expected to grow by 2.8 per cent for 2012 - up from the near two per cent growth experienced in the pr

PM: 'ECONOMY TO GROW BY 2.8%'

PM: 'economy to grow by 2.8%' DESPITE the economic challenges of 2011, Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham indicated last night that the Bahamas' economy is expected to grow by 2.8 per cent for 2012 - up from the near two per cent growth experienced in the pr

PM: 'ECONOMY TO GROW BY 2.8%'

PM: 'economy to grow by 2.8%' DESPITE the economic challenges of 2011, Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham indicated last night that the Bahamas' economy is expected to grow by 2.8 per cent for 2012 - up from the near two per cent growth experienced in the pr

PM: 'ECONOMY TO GROW BY 2.8%'

PM: 'economy to grow by 2.8%' DESPITE the economic challenges of 2011, Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham indicated last night that the Bahamas' economy is expected to grow by 2.8 per cent for 2012 - up from the near two per cent growth experienced in the pr

Jobless youth up by a third

Jobless youth up by a third By SANCHESKA BROWN Tribune Staff Reporter sbrown@tribunemedia.net THE NATIONAL unemployment rate has risen 2.2 per cent in five months and youth unemployment is up by more than 30 per cent, according to the latest labour sur

MP stresses need to protect journalists

MP stresses need to protect journalists By SANCHESKA BROWN Tribune Staff Reporter sbrown@tribunemedia.net MEMBER of Parliament for West End and Bimini Obie Wilchcombe yesterday stressed the need for legislation to protect "the rights and liberties" of j

MP stresses need to protect journalists

MP stresses need to protect journalists By SANCHESKA BROWN Tribune Staff Reporter sbrown@tribunemedia.net MEMBER of Parliament for West End and Bimini Obie Wilchcombe yesterday stressed the need for legislation to protect "the rights and liberties" of j

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Fire started by candle destroys home with no electricity

A FAMILY of seven is now homeless after a fire gutted their home Monday morning destroying everything they owned.

There's gold in Haiti's hills

There's gold in Haiti's hills By SANCHESKA BROWN Tribune Staff Reporter sbrown@tribunemedia.net A MASS exodus of Haitians from the Bahamas has been predicted after $20 billion of precious metals was discovered in the impoverished country. The prediction

CUSTOMS STAFF STAGE WALKOUT

By SANCHESKA BROWN Tribune Staff Reporter sbrown@tribunemedia.net CUSTOMS and Immigration Officers at the Lynden Pindling International Airport walked off the job yesterday morning, after a foul odour from raw sewerage became "unbearable", union official

FNM hits out at 'can't do' PLP

FNM hits out at 'can't do' PLP THE FNM hit out the PLP yesterday, branding it a party that does nothing but "criticise what they can't do." The governing party was responding to comments made by the opposition in relation to the opening of the Thomas A R

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MINISTER CALLS FOR MORE CCTV

MINISTER CALLS FOR MORE CCTV By SANCHESKA BROWN Tribune Staff Reporter sbrown@tribunemedia.net NATIONAL Security Minister Tommy Turnquest yesterday confirmed the appointment of two new Assistant Commissioners of Police. Mr Turnquest also revealed the s

LAING: decision to borrow was right

LAING: decision to borrow was right By SANCHESKA BROWN Tribune Staff Reporter sbrown@tribunemedia.net MINISTER of State for Finance Zhivargo Laing yesterday defended the government's decision to borrow more than $200 million from the Inter-American Dev

LAING: decision to borrow was right

LAING: decision to borrow was right By SANCHESKA BROWN Tribune Staff Reporter sbrown@tribunemedia.net MINISTER of State for Finance Zhivargo Laing yesterday defended the government's decision to borrow more than $200 million from the Inter-American Dev

LAING: decision to borrow was right

LAING: decision to borrow was right By SANCHESKA BROWN Tribune Staff Reporter sbrown@tribunemedia.net MINISTER of State for Finance Zhivargo Laing yesterday defended the government's decision to borrow more than $200 million from the Inter-American Dev

PM warns airport staff

PM warns airport staff By KHRISNA VIRGIL kvirgil@tribunemedia.net PRIME Minister Hubert Ingraham said customs and immigration officers at the airport are breaching their terms of employment by refusing to work the shift system outlined in their contract

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