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Financial union urges lower business costs

The Bahamas Financial Services Union (BFSU) yesterday urged the Government to reduce the cost of doing business in this nation, in a bid to halt the industry’s contraction and outsourcing of jobs to lower-cost Caribbean rivals.

FNM: Middle class are hardest hit by layoffs

THE impending layoffs at Scotiabank (Bahamas) and reports of possible downsizing in the hotel industry signal a “scary” climate for the middle class, FNM Deputy Leader K Peter Turnquest said yesterday.

‘Illegal migrants should be deported and blacklisted’

MIGRANTS who enter the Bahamas illegally should be jailed, deported, blacklisted and barred from entering the country again, Marco City MP Greg Moss said in the House of Assembly yesterday.

Job advice for young Bahamians at COB event

SCORES of young Bahamians were given job advice yesterday by panellists at the College of The Bahamas’ Career Symposium.

Fresh start

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The first trading week of 2023 is behind us after providing some hope on the global stock markets.

GB youngsters join employment scheme

NEARLY 200 young people on Grand Bahama are participating in the government’s Summer Youth Employment Programme this year. Pakesia Parker-Edgecombe, parliamentary secretary of information and communications in the Office of the Prime Minister, and M

PLP candidate 'to do a great many things for North Abaco'

PLP candidate Renardo Curry is ready to do a great many things for North Abaco, party chairman Bradley Roberts said.

IAN FERGUSON: Set the limits over staff 'moonlighting'

Difficult economic times and a squeeze on living standards have forced many employees to seek supplementary employment, which can cause difficulties for their principal employer. ‘Moonlighting’ can lead to divided allegiances, conflicts of interest a

Bank contraction threatens 'way of life' for Bahamas

The opposition’s shadow finance minister yesterday warned the “way of life for many Bahamians is under threat” to the continual loss of institutions and jobs in the financial services industry.Chester Cooper, the Progressive Liberal Party’s (PLP) dep

Reid: Second chance programme could reduce reoffending levels

PASTOR Carlos Reid has described the government’s newly announced Second Chance jobs programme as a “past due” initiative, one he believes that could spark a decline in the recidivism rate among offenders.

‘Publish jobs of permit holders’

SENATOR Ranard Henfield, leader of the We March protest movement, wants the government to disclose the list of jobs and positions for which work permits have been issued to non-Bahamians to perform.

Faceless racism

I am so tired of “proving” that I am Bahamian because of the colour of my skin. Who and what is a Bahamian anyway? To anyone is who NOT a Black Bahamian it feels as though you have to be Black, in order to be considered Bahamian, period. And this sentiment isn’t just felt by non-Black Bahamians (ie Caucasian Bahamians, Conchy-Joes, whatever you want to call us), it’s also felt by those who are not necessarily Bahamian at all, but are legally living in this country, and have the right to be here.

INSIGHT: Gov’t should be worried over jobless rate

NEARLY three years into the Christie administration’s second term in office, many voters and, by Prime Minister Perry Christie’s own recent admission, PLP supporters are growing restless with the lack of fulfilment of the promises that were used to sway them at the ballot box in 2012.

Developer takes ‘Passion’ to his Love Beach project

A prominent Bahamian developer is taking his “Passion” to Love Beach with plans to construct two seven-storey condo buildings that will in total feature 61 three-bedroom units.

GAIN AN EDGE: Finding where the jobs are

The Lyford Cay Foundations offers three tips for students on mapping out their progress to career success.

‘We were sacked for being PLP’

DANIELLE Gibson and Holly Barrett were fired as assistant managers of the North Eleuthera and Governor’s Harbour airports Tuesday, months after they warned Progressive Liberal Party leader Philip “Brave” Davis and former Transport and Aviation Minister Glenys Hanna Martin that their jobs were under threat, allegedly because of their political leanings.

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