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Baha Mar 'rising to occasion' with 3,277 staff contacts

Baha Mar yesterday said it had already contacted 3,277 potential Bahamian recruits for its $2.6 billion resort, adding that it was confident it would “rise to the occasion” in developing a local workforce.

Ex-Robin Hood boss 'rises from the ashes' with $10m re-opening

BUSINESSMAN Sandy Schaefer said around $10 million has been invested to re-open both of his former Robin Hood outlets, a development he said will create 250 jobs.

'Imagine the jobs if $600k electric bill slashed 25%'

The Bahamas Electricity Corporation (BEC) “crisis” is driving entrepreneurs out of business, a leading private sector official warned yesterday, adding that the nationwide electricity bill for his company totalled $600,000 per annum.

Union's BTC Board control hope dashed

The trade union representing the Bahamas Telecommunications Company’s (BTC) line staff yesterday said it was “a bit disappointed” that the Government had failed to regain Board control, having hoped this would provide a bulwark against further job losses.

Freeport 'one incident from major catastrophe'

FREEPORT – An official at the International Maritime Pilots Association expressed serious concerns over the absence of proper structure for pilotage services in Freeport. Nick Cutmore, Secretary-General at IMPA, says Grand Bahama has had quite a few incidents and wake-up calls, and is only one incident away from a major maritime catastrophe.

Start-up targeting $250m sales via repair exports

A Bahamian start-up yesterday said it was targeting $250 million in sales “within the first three years” of exporting its airport runway repair products to the Caribbean, as it works on a contract to overhaul eight Family Island airports.

Caribbean Bottling goes 'Full Throttle' with 10 new jobs

Caribbean Bottling Company (Bahamas) is poised to create 10 extra jobs as it goes ‘Full Throttle’ to launch a new energy drink and add three new flavours to its Minute Maid brand within the next six weeks.

Bahamian outrage on landfill 'deal'

THE head of a Bahamian waste disposal company yesterday said it was “regrettable” that the Government had decided to award a recycling/remediation contract for the New Providence landfill to a foreign company, noting that a local consortium had offered a package involving an initial public offering (IPO) and creation of 60-100 jobs at full roll-out.

Dairy Queen's $400k expansion creates 14 jobs

The Dairy Queen franchise has created 14 new jobs through its $400,000 expansion to Cable Beach, its principal yesterday disclosing ambitions to grow beyond its fourth location with outlets in downtown Nassau and other islands.

E-passport provider in IT school venture

The former Bacardi plant’s owners yesterday pledged to “move forward” with establishing a high-end IT school, having enlisted the company responsible for the Bahamas’ e-passport and border control systems as its project partner.

'Internal brain drain'costs Bahamas $3.5bn

The Bahamas is losing nearly $3.5 billion to the “internal brain drain” caused by low worker productivity, a well-known eye doctor yesterday arguing this was having a greater economic impact than the loss of 61 per cent of tertiary-educated Bahamians to jobs abroad.

BEC ‘conflict’ over bidder’s outage hiring

Trade unions and politicians yesterday described as “real weird” the decision to have one of the Bahamas Electricity Corporation (BEC) bidders determine the cause of last week’s island-wide blackout, with some screaming it was a “blatant conflict”.

Moss wants party to contest every seat in 2017

UNITED Democratic Party Leader Greg Moss has insisted that his newly formed party is set to break the political status quo in the country, changing the climate from “theatrics” to presenting concrete proposals with a view to enhancing the lives of Bahamians.

George Smith claims PLP will not nominate Anthony Moss for Euxma at next election

FORMER Cabinet minister George Smith insisted that the Progressive Liberal Party would not nominate Exuma MP Anthony Moss in that constituency for the next general election, saying the parliamentarian is not viewed as being good enough for the job.

Kemp Road residents tell of need to tackle social causes of crime

RESIDENTS of the Kemp Road community continued to stress the need for a more “defined social approach” to the crime problem in their community, insisting that while there is fear of crime, they will not allow their community to collapse due to violence.

Smith: Time to move on from Nygard debate

FORMER Cabinet minister George Smith yesterday called on politicians to “move aside” if they are not ready to adequately serve the electorate.

‘Don’t play politics over Baha Mar’

ATTORNEY General Allyson Maynard-Gibson yesterday fired back at the Official Opposition over its accusations that the government was to blame for the more than 2,000 jobs lost at Baha Mar.

Eight bail applications for murder granted this year

ONLY eight bail applications for murder have been granted by the Supreme Court so far this year, Attorney General Allyson Maynard-Gibson revealed yesterday.

Work stopped at The Pointe

FORMER Deputy Prime Minister Brent Symonette yesterday called for the country’s executive leadership to resign after it was revealed that developers of the $250m The Pointe resort had overstepped approved works and were issued a stop order from the Ministry of Works.

‘Ship has not sailed’ over aircraft registry

The “ship has not sailed” on the Bahamas’ window of opportunity to create an aircraft registry, an aviation attorney arguing it should still purue this.

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