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FNMs who supported PLP ‘were not offered jobs’

PRIME Minister Perry Christie yesterday denied that he recently gained the public support of a group of Free National Movement (FNM) turncoats in exchange for them to receive employment or favourable treatment, adding that to assert otherwise was “demeaning”.

Where was god when Dorian hit? Theologising human suffering

I begin with two insightful passages of scripture: Isaiah 22:5, which states, “For it is a day of trouble, and of treading down, and of perplexity by the Lord God of hosts in the valley of vision, breaking down the walls, and of crying to the mount

FNM leader blasts govt over failure to tackle youth unemployment

FNM Leader Dr Hubert Minnis yesterday criticised the Christie administration for allegedly giving employment opportunities to a “chosen few” in society, charging that the country’s unemployment rate is largely due to the government taking “care of their own while the rest of us suffer.”

Job hopefuls attend job fair hosted by Titan Hospitality

A MOTHER facing eviction from her apartment and a woman allegedly cheated out of National Insurance Board contributions were examples of the jobseekers crowding a fair Titan Hospitality hosted yesterday.

New hope

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The averted US debt default, and positive data from the American jobs market, put international investors in a buying mood. In Germany, the Dax index jumped over the 16,000 point mark last Friday. Wall Street also closed higher.

IAN FERGUSON: Employers must wake up to staff discontent

The past two-and-a-half years have possibly seen the most dramatic shift in the labour market, and work environment, in Bahamian history. Unemployment rates during the pandemic hit unprecedented levels and now, two years later, as companies recover in leaps and bounds, frictional joblessness and mass resignation has become our new reality.

Straw Market: The votes

Straw Market: The votes "I'm supporting the FNM because I'm married to a Haitian and Hubert and the FNM has tried to help the Haitians more than the PLP has. "If the PLP gets in power, I would feel sorry for a lot of Haitians and those closely affiliated

‘Writing was on the wall’ on PharmaChem close

A Grand Bahama businessman says he is “not surprised” that PharmaChem Technologies will cease operations tomorrow as the “writing was on the wall” from a few years prior.

Number of Baha Mar applicants “alarmingly" low, warns Lloyd

FORMER Baha Mar Leadership Development Institute Executive Director Jeffery Lloyd yesterday called reports that an estimated 1,500 people applied for or inquired about jobs at the once stalled Cable Beach resort on the first day of the process “alarming” and “significantly low”.

$200m – yet $219 for workers

I believe that the main bone of contention that the Keep Ya Corned Beef We Marching protestors and rabble have with the Minnis administration is its proposed sliding scale tax on web shop operators.

Dames urges new graduates to ‘stand firm’ in police jobs

NATIONAL Security Minister Marvin Dames congratulated 100 new police graduates yesterday for successfully completing the police recruit training programme.

Common sense over COVID

This Covid-19 pandemic, which seems intent on cleansing an over populated planet, has presented many problems for humanity.

Internships offer two-way benefits

Each year more than 6,000 new students enter the job market.

Mitchell makes legal threat over Minnis claim on citizenships

FOREIGN Affairs and Immigration Minister Fred Mitchell has hinted at possible legal repercussions for comments levelled at him by Free National Movement Leader Dr Minnis earlier this week, dismissing the claims that he was “giving out citizenships” as “damnable and contemptible falsehood and untruth”.

PM did ‘commendable’ job - and party needs convention

FORMER Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) Cabinet minister George Smith yesterday defended Prime Minister Perry Christie for “personally taking charge” of preparing Bahamians for Hurricane Matthew, saying he did a “commendable” job throughout the ordeal.

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