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CIBC: Growth ‘insufficient’ to cut jobless below 10%

Current and future economic activity will be “insufficient” to cut the Bahamian employment rate below 10 per cent, a major Canadian bank believes, although it expects this nation to withstand last week’s Standard & Poor’s (S&P) downgrade.

Nagico T20 cricket tourney at Windsor Field this weekend

AS countries around the Caribbean make a concentrated effort to reinvigorate the development of cricket in the region, the Bahamas will be a major part of that process when they host the Nagico T20 tournament for the second consecutive year.

Call for government to end uncertainty over equality referendum

CITIZENS for Constitutional Equality, a non-partisan, civil society network, has renewed calls for the government to make a decision on the proposed constitutional referendum and remove all uncertainty over the country’s position on gender equality.

Ministry: sick plane passenger was not suffering from Ebola

THE MINISTRY of Health yesterday dismissed rumours that a visitor who became severely ill while travelling on a private charter plane in the Bahamas was suffering from the Ebola virus.

Nottage: Don’t be a vigilante

NATIONAL Security Minister Dr Bernard Nottage yesterday said there was “no room for vigilantism” as the government announced the formulation of new crime-fighting strategies.

Is now the time for Brent Symonette to lead the FNM?

EDITOR, The Tribune.

Mitchell: Haiti ambassador not recalled

FOREIGN Affairs Minister Fred Mitchell yesterday dismissed a Miami Herald report which claimed that the Haitian ambassador to this country has been recalled to Haiti.

Mitchell: Detention Centre has been operating without rules

THE Carmichael Road Detention Centre has been operating without governance procedures or rules since it was established in the mid-1990s, Immigration and Foreign Affairs Minister Fred Mitchell revealed yesterday.

Coastal weakness may ‘compromise’ tourism

The Government yesterday said it was undertaking feasibility studies to help management (ICZM) and better manage the country’s coastal resources, and mitigate the impact of natural disasters and climate change.

‘Name the official in bribe scandal’

FORT Charlotte MP Dr Andre Rollins said yesterday the government official who was allegedly bribed in 2001 to secure a contract at the Bahamas Electricity Corporation must be named to serve as a deterrent to corruption and “to keep politicians honest”.

Bus passengers are warned to be ready for chaos

PEOPLE who rely on public transportation have been warned to “be ready for the chaos that is coming” due to the government’s changes to bus stops in downtown Nassau.

BEC final shortlist due next month

WORKS Minister Philip “Brave” Davis said the government is on schedule with its revised time-table for the restructuring of the Bahamas Electricity Corporation as it eyes an October date for a finalised shortlist of bidders.

'Daunting task' for VAT education team

The VAT Education Task Force has “a daunting task” to ready all businesses for the new tax by January 1, one of its members admitted yesterday, but was already devising strategies to speed the process up.

Where is the flip flop?

EDITOR, The Tribune.

Sports in brief

THE annual Bull Red Class C Regatta will be held in Black Point, Exuma, starting on Thursday (New Year’s Day). The regatta is slated to run through Saturday, January 3. There will be at least 12 boats competing, including defending champions Asue Draw Thunderbird, Keep Your Eyes on Him, Bulla Reg and the Golden Girl.

VAT bill passed - but Moss joins FNM in voting no

THE VAT Bill was passed last night by a vote of 22 to 8 - but PLP MP Greg Moss voted no, alongside all seven members of the FNM present.

Agreement to increase EMS risk allowance

DISGRUNTLED emergency medical personnel, who claim they have been “beaten and assaulted” on the job, have had their cries heard following negotiations for an industrial agreement between the Bahamas Public Services Union and the Public Hospital Authority yesterday morning.

Loretta urges clarity on referendum Bills

FNM Deputy Leader Loretta Butler-Turner yesterday urged the government to clarify key elements of the Constitutional Amendment Bills to ensure the equality referendum on November 6 is successful.

Work to begin ‘soon’ on $21m baseball stadium

WORK will start “as soon as possible” on the new $21m, 4,500-seat Andre Rodgers Baseball Stadium, which will be erected east of the Government High School in the Queen Elizabeth Sports Centre.

Union chief supports Gov’t on contract worker ‘dignity’

The Bahamas Public Service Union’s (BPSU) president has praised the Government for “bringing some level of dignity” to ‘unregularised’ civil service employees, and called on it to abide by established protocols when hiring temporary/contractual workers in future.

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