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Mitchell challenges private sector over work permits

The Immigration Department yesterday challenged the business community to cite one specific example of a company’s growth being inhibited by the refusal of work permit applications.

New senator backtracks over public disclosures

THE FNM’s new Senate pick Lanisha Rolle backtracked from an opinion she expressed last year highlighting her grievances with the Public Disclosures Act, telling The Tribune yesterday “the law is something one must comply with”.

Minimum wage is 'not enough' says Christie

PRIME Minister Perry Christie this week acknowledged that the country's minimum wage is "not enough" but said the government would raise it "incrementally" as "circumstances would allow".

Valentine’s Day dinner competition winners

ROBERT E Mullings and Raquera Huyler are the lucky winners of The Tribune’s competition to win special Valentine’s Day dinners for two at the exclusive Courtyard Terrace restaurant at the One & Only Ocean Club, Paradise Island, on Saturday night.

PLP uses the church

Some smart aleck within the Gold Rust government of PM Perry Christie conjured up the bright idea of importing the foreign carnival festival to The Bahamas and pumping $9m of the Bahamian people’s hard earned money into it.

Court extends hotel injunction

A SUPREME Court justice yesterday extended an injunction that prevents the Bahamas Hotel Catering and Allied Workers Union from engaging in industrial action over an ongoing gratuity dispute with the Melia Nassau Beach Resort.

Minister: ‘110% support’ for Bahamian group to acquire Peace & Plenty

The Investments Minister yesterday said he would give any Bahamian bid to acquire Exuma’s iconic Club Peace & Plenty Resort “110 per cent support”, and favour their offer over any foreign rival.

‘A piece of us’ for sale at nearly $6m

Exuma’s iconic Club Peace & Plenty must continue as a boutique resort, the island’s Chamber of Commerce president yesterday describing the property - now formally up for sale - as “a piece of us”.

Union hopes for end to injunction

THE Bahamas Hotel Catering and Allied Workers Union (BHCAWU) is “optimistic” that a Supreme Court injunction preventing the union from engaging in industrial action over a gratuity dispute with the Melia Nassau Beach resort will be lifted when the two sides meet in court this week.

Business ‘screams’ confirmed: 40% of workers can’t compete

A Cabinet Minister was yesterday said to have conceded what the private sector has “been screaming about” for decades, having admitted 40 per cent of the Bahamian workforce lacks the education to compete in a “merciless” global economy.

Immigration policy exacerbates worker productivity crisis

The Immigration Department’s “closed door” work permit policies are exacerbating the Bahamas’ productivity crisis, a top private sector executive yesterday warning they were making it impossible for companies to hire the “unemployable”.

Trees planted to mark next generation of pupils

LYFORD Cay International School (LCIS) have planted Lignum Vitae trees on their seven-acre campus to commemorate the 13 alumni who have returned to the school as parents.

Law does not support Price Control demands

A well-known businessman yesterday said the law did not support the Price Control Commission’s demands for every food store to hold documents justifying prices for ‘breadbasket’ items.

Masters Softball Association action off to a flying start

FORGET about the late opening because play in the Masters Softball Association is off to a flying start nonetheless.

VAT roll-out better than expected ‘despite Gov’t’

The Government must accept that Value-Added Tax’s (VAT) smoother-than-expected implementation to-date is due more to the private sector’s efforts than its own, the Tax Coalition’s chairman said yesterday.

Business ‘hardship’ fears over GOV’ts workforce reforms

The private sector is likely to warn that the Government’s proposed minimum wage and redundancy pay reforms will “create hardship” among businesses already reeling from significant tax-induced cost increases.

‘Premature’ to tell if VAT a Ferrari or Lada

Senior private sector executives yesterday warned it was “too premature” to determine whether Value-Added Tax (VAT) will achieve all desired objectives, likening implementation to “driving a used Lada rather than a Ferrari”.

Gov’t sought Arawak Homes settlement ‘far higher’ than judgment

The Christie administration attempted to negotiate a settlement “significantly in excess” of the $4.4 million awarded to Arawak Homes by a Supreme Court judge for land previously seized by the Government.

Producer Moya Thompson puts spotlight on world-class Bahamian talent

AS a Bahamian woman involved in the art and culture scene for several years, Moya Thompson has seen and experienced a lot of local talent.

Sunshine Holdings ‘tests water’ for $20m

Sunshine Holdings is “testing the waters” with a $20 million preference share offering, its chairman revealing that the proceeds will be used for balance sheet restructuring.

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