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CHAMBER VOICE: Ensuring staff love their jobs

Our last few columns have taken us deep into exploring, and understanding, the lack of efficiency that exists in the Bahamian workforce and the challenges that this presents on a macroeconomic scale.

ART OF GRAPHIX: Charting the path to career success

So you’ve graduated from high school or college, flipped your tassel to the other side and thrown your cap in the air, while exchanging kisses, hugs, photographs and contacts, plus branded school shirts. Better still, you now have a nice graduation diploma or big, fancy degree that reads: ‘Bachelor of Science’ .

Atlantis to add 192 jobs 'within a week'

Atlantis is adding 192 new jobs “within a week” through the opening of Olives Restaurant and expanded high-end casino lounge, its top executive yesterday disclosing the resort was eyeing July-August occupancies in the mid-high 80 per cent range.

Builder defends $20m contract

GOVERNMENT-hired builder Rev Lloyd Smith has defended his construction firm Holiday Industrial Builders International (HIBI) insisting that during the arbitration process, which followed a “politically motivated” contract termination, he pocketed nearly $10 million as there was no evidence that his work did not meet coding standards.

Government ‘missed the bus’ in tackling crime problem

BAHAMAS Against Crime Executive Director C B Moss has chastised the government saying the Christie administration “has missed the bus” when it comes to addressing crime challenges in this country.

Time for serious rehabilitation

During the decades of the fifties through eighties many Police Officers were sent to the UK for training. It was during my training at the West Riding Detective Training College I was taken to a Borstal Institute in a city in England. It is a prison for young offenders, who are taught trades while incarcerated and assisted to get jobs when released as certified tradesmen.

Data breaches increase 20-fold

The Data Protection Commissioner says there has been a 20-fold increase in complaints to her office since she assumed the post in mid-2013, including allegations illegally-recorded conversations.

Five-year deal gives BEC union transition focus

The Bahamas Electrical Managers Union (BEMU) yesterday said its new five-year industrial agreement allows it to focus directly on the Bahamas Electricity Corporation (BEC) reform process.

‘We’re not giving our guys a chance’

The Government was yesterday urged to enforce the requirement for Bahamians to understudy foreign workers, amid ongoing controversy over the seemingly minimal local workforce at the $250 million British Colonial Hilton expansion

Baha Mar neighbour moves on construction

A multi-million dollar project just steps away from Baha Mar confirmed yesterday that its construction will continue, despite the neighbouring $3.5 billion Baha Mar resort project filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

Hilton to be Nassau boardwalk ‘catalyst’

Prime Minister Perry Christie yesterday said the Government and Bay Street property owners are “ready and willing” to move forward with plans for a boardwalk along Nassau’s harbourfront, describing the British Colonial Hilton’s expansion as the “catalyst” for the project.

PM to blame for crime levels

Hardly a day goes by without our nation being greeted with horrific news of one or more cold blooded murders. Unbelievably, with a little more than three months left in this year, we are already at a record-breaking 107 murders, a number which will undoubtedly have increased by the time this letter is published.

Housing woe ‘paralyses’ construction industry

Small Bahamian contractors have been left virtually “paralysed” due to a stagnant housing market, with the sector seeing little trickle down from the larger foreign direct investment (FDI) projects.

Chamber chief: Growth forecasts ‘stretch targets’

The Bahamas Chamber of Commerce and Employers Confederation’s (BCCEC) chairman yesterday described as “stretch targets” this nation’s GDP growth projections for the next two years, even though the Government appears not to have revised its forecasts.

Mortimer: Bad taxes part of reason why people are dying

DNA Deputy Leader Chris Mortimer yesterday criticised the possibility of a new tax to fund the government’s proposed National Health Insurance scheme. He said the “bad tax policy” is “part of the reason we have people dying in the streets.”

Immune System Enhancers

THE immune system does a remarkable job of defending the body against diseases and microorganisms, but sometimes it fails and a germ can invade the body, causing one to become ill.

Barbed wire 'thrown in immigration officer's face'

A SUSPECTED illegal migrant allegedly threw barbed wire in the face of an immigration officer in a bid to evade capture during a routine check yesterday morning.

Abandoned Cat Island roadworks

My name is Carlton Zonicle and I have been a resident of Zonicle Hill, Cat Island the majority of my life. As a concerned citizen, I would like to discuss and receive a response from Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Works, Philip “Brave” Davis regarding past and potential construction works performed on Cat Island. It is also worth noting that Mr Davis is the Member of Parliament for Cat Island.

Engineers chief: Much VAT confusion remains

The BAHAMAS Society of Engineers (BSE) president yesterday said there was still much confusion among industry professionals over how Value-Added Tax (VAT) should be applied to contracts and receivables.

Confusion over VAT Comptroller persists

Uncertainty continues to surround the appointment of the Value-Added Tax (VAT) Comptroller, amid concerns that the current arrangement may result in the incumbent having “conflicting” roles.

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