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Construction trainers go into the classroom

Fifty-four persons are participating in the Certified Craft Instructor training course’s second intake in a bid to close skills gaps and ensure Bahamians are employable. The course, offered by the Bahamas Technical and Vocational Institute (BTVI), b

BTVI students to design Miss Bahamas outfits

The Bahamas Technical and Vocational Institute (BTVI) recently signed an agreement with the Miss Bahamas Universe organisation for its students to create outfits for the 2019 pageant.with the Miss Bahamas Universe (MBU) organisation to have BTVI’s fa

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Archer right for job? Someone thought so

PRESS Secretary Anthony Newbold said he does not know what makes Omar Archer qualified to be the registrar of the Ministry of Works even as he insisted yesterday the controversial figure must have met the standards of the ministry. 

Human rights

Good government is more than the use of sovereign power to create prosperity, productivity and happiness. Good governing is the imaginative use of intuition, skills and knowledge to administrate with the participation and consent of the governed.

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Freeport to get a school of medicine

A DEAL to open a school of medicine in Freeport is expected to make a $60m impact on the island of Grand Bahama.

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Fresh Start programme seeks to encourage young citizens

THE Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture celebrated the relaunch of the Fresh Start programme in New Providence yesterday.

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9,000 homes still relying on food assistance scheme

NEARLY 9,000 households in New Providence continue to rely on the national food assistance programme, an initiative that has cost the government $54m, according to Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis last night.

Ten jobs axed at plastics company

A PLASTICS manufacturing plant in Freeport has terminated 10 contract workers, according to a company executive. Greg Ebelhar, chief operating officer at Polymers International Ltd, said: “Polymers International Ltd recently adjusted our workforce i

Govt pushes innovation as solution to change

The government is pushing technology and innovation as a response to the dynamic, rapidly evolving global economy, the deputy prime minister has confirmed.

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Staff face 3-month layoff as RIU closes

MORE than 100 employees at the Riu Palace hotel are expected to retain their jobs notwithstanding a three-month $25m renovation scheduled to begin today which will require the property to close its doors temporarily.

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Paint it pink – APD supports breast cancer awareness in a big way

A powerful symbol of Nassau at work, the three Liebherr cranes at the Nassau Container Port (NCP) on Arawak Cay welcome vessels entering the harbour with their massive, mechanical beauty.

Loretta demands more frequent jobless read-outs

The Opposition’s House of Assembly leader yesterday called for Labour Force Surveys to be done monthly as opposed to a bi-annual basis, in order to have consistent data on unemployment “ebbs and flows”.

'Govt spending cuts will hurt country'

Opposition Labour spokesman Senator Fred Mitchell has warned of a ripple effect from the Government’s spending cuts, arguing that the near two per cent drop in the unemployment rate was proof that the Christie administration had left the country in “

Uncertainty over shipyard jobs as contractor dropped

LABOUR Minister Dion Foulkes yesterday denied rumours that 75 employees were directly terminated at the Grand Bahama Shipyard earlier this week.

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Former candidate lashes out at DNA

By DANA SMITH dsmith@tribunemedia.net A FORMER DNA candidate has criticised his former party for comments it made about him when giving the reasons for his removal as its candidate for South Beach. Sammie "Star" Poitier, former DNA South Beach candidate

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Union to oppose digicel move

AS a former Jamaican prime minister arrived in Nassau to discuss the entrance of mobile phone service operator Digicel into the country’s telecommunications market, the BCPOU revealed that it will oppose the move if there are Bahamian companies that can do the job.

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Quality is the mark of a new supermarket

SUPER VALUE’s owner and president Rupert Roberts said that the opening of his third Quality Supermarket in the Sea Grapes Shopping Centre would create 50 jobs, telling Tribune Business that approximately $3.5 million had been invested into the store.

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GB casino replacement 'in place' by end-June

THE FINAL decision on an operator to take over the Grand Lucayan’s casino from Treasure Bay could be taken in two weeks, the Tourism Minister said yesterday, telling Tribune Business the Government was looking to have a replacement in place by end-June.

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Dion Foulkes: PLP has formed 'most expensive Bahamas government in history'

THE PROGRESSIVE Liberal Party (PLP) has “formed the most expensive government in the history of the Bahamas”, FNM chairman nominee, Dion Foulkes, said yesterday. He called the government’s large cabinet a “waste” of taxpayers’ money.

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PM: ‘Closing down every web shop would be expensive’

TO CLOSE down every web-shop ahead of the referendum would take great effort and cost taxpayers a lot of money, Prime Minister Perry Christie insisted yesterday.