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Minnis slams govt one year on from Baha Mar bankruptcy
ON the anniversary of the Baha Mar bankruptcy filing, Free National Movement Leader Dr Hubert Minnis declared that “there is no opening in sight” for the resort as he criticised the government for offering “empty rhetoric and broken promises”.
Minister wants to speed up unemployment data
A CABINET minister yesterday said he wants accurate unemployment data, and details on new hirings, to be obtained much faster, following recent government-sponsored job fairs.
How can we create opportunity?
What areas can The Bahamas look at to create new job opportunities for Bahamians, particularly youth?
DNA LEADER BLASTS RIVALS ON ATLANTIS
By NATARIO McKENZIE Tribune Business Reporter nmckenzie@tribunemedia.net DEMOCRATIC National Alliance (DNA) leader, Branville MCartney, last night heaped blame on both PLP leader Perry Christie and Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham over the continuing $2.5
PM urges five more years
By KHRISNA VIRGIL kvirgil@tribunemedia.net ANOTHER five years in office for the Free National Movement would mean further social, economic and infrastructural advancements, Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham said. Revealing the party's Manifesto 2012-2017 pl
Baha Mar initiates multiple outreach programmes
By NATARIO McKENZIE Tribune Business Reporter nmckenzie@tribunemedia.net WITH the completed $3.5 billion Baha Mar mega resort to add 6,000 new jobs, Baha Mar's senior vice-president of administration and external affairs Robert Sands said Baha Mar has in
IDB executive warns over Gov't spending
GOVERNMENT spending creates jobs “only up to a point”, a top Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) executive said yesterday, noting that studies have shown it reduces economic growth.Therese Turner-Jones, the IDB’s Bahamas country manager, said: “Eve
From washing cars to sailing the seas
SHERVANO Johnson, 25, a resident of Pinewood recently received words of encouragement from Royal Caribbean International President & CEO Michael Bayley as the young man who began washing cars to earn money at age 13 prepared to ship out for a job aboard one of Royal Caribbean’s 26 innovative ships.
The poor are the majority
PM says he's focused on the poor? Seriously? According to The Nassau Guardian, Prime Minister Hubert Minnis said, “We feel that the wealthy, the rich individuals, regardless of the outcome, they would be able to survive and protect themselves. And we would still need them to help generate jobs, employment, etc, but we would do all we can to protect that grouping that needs protection, and that is the poor and marginalised.
New board of directors for BTVI
FOR the first time in 30 years, The Bahamas Technical and Vocational Institute will operate under a board of directors.
Seventh Dunkin' to create 30 jobs
Dunkin’ Donuts will create 30 jobs when it opens its seventh New Providence location in the Independence Shopping Plaza this week.
Union boss: BTC trying to make staff ‘look bad’
A union leader yesterday accused the Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) of trying to make Bahamian staff “look bad to justify” outsourcing local jobs as the carrier’s 2023 first-half revenues fell by $1.4m.
Florida spending 60% above 'healthy'
Bahamian spending on Florida shopping is at least 60 per cent higher than “healthy” for this economy, a retail entrepreneur yesterday warning that this was “killing jobs” and economic growth.
Minnis slams ‘chaotic’ NHI
FREE National Movement Leader Dr Hubert Minnis yesterday castigated the Christie administration over the “chaotic manner” in which it has sought to implement National Health Insurance as he urged the government to delay the launch of the healthcare scheme to properly engage stakeholders.
Poverty breeds 35% ‘no graduate’ rate
More than one-third of the poorest Bahamians fail to complete secondary education, helping to create what a former Cabinet minister yesterday described as a “stubbornly high” youth unemployment rate that must be reduced urgently .
Labour chief: Over 1,200 jobs found for Bahamians
The Government’s labour chief yesterday disclosed that more than 1,200 Bahamians have found jobs since it launched ‘Labour on the Blocks 2.0’ in May, with several hundred more recruits sought imminently.
Healthy business atmosphere needed for job growth
IMMIGRATION Minister Fred Mitchell, speaking at a Bahamas Chamber of Commerce and Employers Confederation luncheon on Thursday, has accused The Tribune of “highjacking” the debate over government’s proposed work permit policy.
What the web shop employees and patrons say after the vote
WEB SHOPS throughout the country remained open yesterday despite the resounding “no” vote in Monday’s gambling referendum.
Middle class 'under threat'
The Opposition’s finance spokesman yesterday warned that the Bahamian middle class was “under serious threat” from business downsizing and tax increases, as Scotiabank (Bahamas) became the latest institution to inform impacted staff of its outsourcing plans.
FNM ‘astounded’ by BTC job cuts
LONG Island MP and Shadow Minister for Labour Loretta Butler-Turner said she is “astounded” by the impending staff layoffs at the Bahamas Telecommunications Company, adding that “problems” facing the company stem from the management and CEO Leon Williams.