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Staff and unions blast BTC during protests
Several dozen Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) workers yesterday joined with executives from the company's two trade unions to demonstrate against feared job losses and other grievances with the carrier.
YOUR SAY: Time for the government to foster opportunity
A visionary and enlightened approach to economic policy would focus on the pursuit of “economic opportunity,” not simply “job opportunity”.
McLean to coach Cardinals: Takes on new job as an assistant
After spending the past decade moving up the ranks from player to assistant director for player development for the Houston Cougars men’s basketball team, Bahamian Mikhail McLean has taken on a new job as an assistant coach for the Lamar University Cardinals.
Red Dress Soirée returns
MORE than 50 Bahamian adolescents infected and affected by HIV/AIDS depend heavily on a special programme by the AIDS Foundation that provides them with a nurturing environment, a hot meal, peer support, counselling and even job preparation skills.
Bishop accuses Sandals of ‘gross injustice’ over jobs
BISHOP Walter Hanchell yesterday slammed Sandals Royal Bahamian Resort for recently making more than 600 employees redundant, accusing the resort of committing a “gross injustice” by using the workers as “pawns” in its feud with the Bahamas Hotel Maintenance and Allied Workers Union.
Jobs scheme 'is an election ploy'
LONG Island MP Loretta Butler-Turner has slammed the government’s new apprenticeship programme for being an “election ploy” as she questioned how it was different from the heavily criticised 52-week job placement plan implemented under the Ingraham administration.
THE ART OF GRAPHIX: The right combination in recruitment battles
The battle between qualifications and experience has played out in the business arena for some time. I have met many persons who, with an immense amount of academic knowledge and qualifications, still struggle to secure employment. I am not sure if there is a clear answer to this age-old question, but there are good arguments on both sides.
The PLP deception: the truth
The Progressive Liberal Party came into power on the 7th of May 2012 on “Golden” dreams and promises.
Changes ahead for foreign students
Changes ahead for foreign students The US State Department plans major changes to a foreign exchange programme that has been exploited by unscrupulous labour brokers and organised criminals in the sex industry, according to an internal memo obtained Tues
Attorney General tells migrants who lost jobs in storm to leave country
MIGRANT storm victims who have lost their jobs as a result of Hurricane Dorian “need to go home” even if their work permits are not yet expired, Attorney General Carl Bethel said yesterday.
EDITORIAL: Time is wasting for govt to get to work
FIRST it was promotions being halted – and now it’s contracts under review.
Life in bloom
Sharon Ferguson worked a 9-to-5 job for over 20 years. And while she loved her job, she felt a strong desire to be less restricted and more creative.
From troubled to transformed – Travina Thompson gets second chance in life
At age 26, Travina Thompson had succumbed to the temptations of the partying lifestyle. She had lost sight of her goals and found herself in a rut.
Butler-Turner suspicious of Baha Mar jobs timing
FREE National Movement (FNM) Shadow Minister of Labour Loretta Butler-Turner yesterday said she found it “highly suspect” that Prime Minister Perry Christie announced that 1,500 people will be hired to work at the stalled Baha Mar resort in the height of election season.
Businesses held hostage for unemployed
AT A time when local business owners need all the encouragement they can get to expand and create jobs, Immigration has announced a clampdown on work permits with its minister admitting that the department is so behind the times in both staff and equipment that it is unable to meet the needs of the business community.
Fears of mass lay-offs at BTC
FNM deputy leader Loretta Bulter-Turner has questioned whether mass lay-offs for scores of BTC employees is imminent as the company reportedly prepares to outsource its call centres to Panama.
Union: No CIBC lay-offs likely before September
THE Bahamas Financial Services Union (BFSU) does not foresee any redundancies at CIBC FirstCaribbean International Bank (Bahamas) before September 30, its president expressing concern over the outsourcing of decision-making authority in the commercial banking industry.
Judo athletes share CARIFTA gold joy
JOB WELL DONE: CARIFTA judo team members met with Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture Dr Daniel Johnson yesterday and presented him their winner’s trophy.
A lie dressed up is still a lie
EDITOR, The Tribune. I have heard Perry Gladstone Christie on several occasions, especially recently, say that the PLP created 22,000 jobs between 2002-2007. I am stunned to see that he did not gather enough courage to come back to the Bahamian people to
A lie dressed up is still a lie
EDITOR, The Tribune. I have heard Perry Gladstone Christie on several occasions, especially recently, say that the PLP created 22,000 jobs between 2002-2007. I am stunned to see that he did not gather enough courage to come back to the Bahamian people to