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'Between devil and the deep blue sea' over $100m Love Beach development

An ex-Bahamas Real Estate Association (BREA) president yesterday said he and the Government are "caught between the devil and the deep blue sea" over a $100m Love Beach condominium project.

View From Afar: Investing in human capital key to a brighter Bahamas

THERE are many Bahamians who need gainful employment.

Bishop Ellis will clash with Christie

Prime Minister Perry Christie is quoted in both leading dailies this morning as having informed Baha Mar executives that his Government wants more Bahamians engaged on the Resort’s construction project.

BRAN FIRES BROADSIDE AT RIVALS

PRIME Minister Hubert Ingraham and PLP leader Perry Christie were branded as "guilty partners" in the ongoing Atlantis saga that possibly threatens to leave almost 8,000 jobs "hanging in the balance," DNA leader Branville McCartney said yesterday. Speakin

Facing the future

The following is a letter addressed to Dr Jonathan Rodgers

Sandals to build its HQ in Bahamas

SANDALS Resorts International is moving ahead with plans to construct its new corporate headquarters in the Bahamas, the Prime Minister recently revealed, adding that the move would provide additional jobs in marketing, accounting and information technology (IT )services.

Baha Mar gets over 14,000 job requests

BAHA MAR said yesterday that it has received more than 14,000 job applications to-date, a senior executive noting that up to 700 hires would come from its Leadership Development Institute (LDI) initiative.

Davis' flawed statistics

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Carnival’s $100m cruise port must ‘bring jobs back’

The Grand Bahama Chamber of Commerce’s principle yesterday called on the $100m Carnival cruise port to hire local contractors and workers as a way to “bring jobs back” to the island.

$5.5m Port Lucaya acquisition closes

A UK investor has finally closed his long-awaited $5.5 million purchase of Freeport’s Port Lucaya Marketplace, the Prime Minister has disclosed.

Coco Cay offers hope to jobless

WITH the $200m overhaul of Coco Cay nearing completion, executives from Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines were in the capital yesterday for the cruise line’s third job fair since November.

9,000 jobs lost under 15% VAT

The initial 15 per cent Value-Added Tax (VAT) would have “eliminated” 9,000 Bahamian jobs and caused a $380 million drop in tourism sales in 2015, an industry study estimated.

Freeport’s restaurants 50% below break even

A typical restaurant in Freeport’s Port Lucaya Marketplace “regularly fails” to earn 50 per cent of what is required to ‘break even’ on a daily basis, the Government has been warned.

More than 1,000 queue for a few dozen jobs

MORE than 1,000 people queued up outside Sandals Royal Bahamian Resort in Cable Beach yesterday for the resort’s career fair despite the limited positions available.

Public loses confidence as politicians juggle figures

THE Department of Statistics is now being dragged to the Mad Hatter’s Ball. First it was the crime statistics, now it appears that the Department of Statistics and National Insurance are out of step with the score sheet set for them by the politicians.

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