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Disney triples construction workforce promise to 300

Disney Cruise Line yesterday revealed it is near-tripling the number of construction jobs created by its Lighthouse Point project to 300 amid hopes that Eleuthera can attract up to $1bn in total investment over the next decade.

Project's $400m 'game changer'

THE proposed trade market for Freeport is projected to have an annual $400 million economic impact and create between 6,000-8,000 total jobs, one of its directors telling Tribune Business yesterday that it would be a "game changer for the entire Bahamas".

One Eleuthera bid ‘a last minute public relations move’

A GROUP opposing the One Eleuthera Foundation’s (OEF) acquisition of Lighthouse Point has dismissed the organisation’s latest pitch for the property as “last minute public relation move” riddled with “grave concerns”.

EDITORIAL: Baptist ministers think now is the time to speak

“To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted; A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up. A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance. A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing. A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away. A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak - Ecclesiastes 3:4”

Budding entrepreneurs discover fertile landscape

Getting fired was the best thing that ever happened to Marc-Arnold Christophe and Ryan Ferguson.Their terminations gave them the freedom and spark to launch their own business, True Green, a landscaping company.The 23-year-olds met in 2012, at their

Hotels face 'real challenge' filling 21% supervisory jobs

The hotel industry faces “a real challenge” in finding enough Bahamians to fill the 21 per cent of jobs accounted for by managerial positions, a senior hotel executive has warned.

Union: Work week targets its members

The union representing more than 100 line staff at Morton Salt yesterday accused the company of ‘punishing’ bargaining unit employees in an effort to force the signing of a new industrial agreement.  

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Atlantis job fear over wage rise

THE new national minimum wage of $210 could have a dire affect on one of the country’s leading hotels, as there is some suggestion that the 40 per cent wage hike might result in job reductions.

Best Buddy scheme helps disabled to graduate at Baha Mar

FIVE students with developmental or intellectual disabilities have been offered jobs at Cable Beach mega-resort Baha Mar after graduating from the resort’s Leadership Development Institute yesterday.

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Limousine drivers complain over road traffic officer's actions

DISGRUNTLED members of the Bahamas Limousine Association yesterday complained that a Road Traffic officer prevents them from getting jobs by giving “first preference to taxi drivers” at the Lynden Pindling International Airport.

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Praise for creation of youth environment group

A LEADING environmentalist has praised Kenred Dorsett after his ministry’s announcement this week of the launch a Youth Environmental Corps training up to 1,200 young people for jobs in the blue and green economies in the Bahamas.

Solving our nation’s problems

There cannot be anyone who would wish or to cause unemployment however there is a reality if more and more people require employment and successive Governments are unable to produce reliable employment then we have to ask those who represent them as their MPs - are you really doing best for your constituents?

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First labour force survey since Covid-19 expected to be released June 20

THE Department of Statistics will release the latest labour force survey on June 20th, according to Labour director Robert Farquharson.

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Pintard: It’s Bell’s job to show up and explain his actions

FREE National Movement Leader Michael Pintard said it is Immigration Minister Keith Bell’s “job to show up and explain” his actions, noting the minister was absent during the evening sitting of the House of Assembly yesterday.

Bahamian digital asset move drives job creation

The Bahamas’ entry into the digital assets space has created at least 30 jobs, and pumped over $5m into the economy, by attracting new broker/dealers and cryptocurrency exchanges to this nation, a financial provider says

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‘Happy days’ are soon to come for GB, says Cooper

DEPUTY Prime Minister Chester Cooper has assured Grand Bahamians that “happy days” are soon to come for the island’s economy.

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Baha Mar builds employee pool

BAHA MAR has been on an aggressive social media campaign to widen the pool of potential hires for when the resort opens in 2014, its senior vice-president of external and governmental affairs telling Tribune Business yesterday that close to 7,000 jobs would be available once the hiring process begins.

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Bid to open horizons for deaf students

THE government has committed to ensuring all students leave school sufficiently qualified in either academics or applied sciences to choose freely among job opportunities, pursue tertiary education and eventually have a career.

INFRASTRUCTURE NOT LINKED TO THE ECONOMY

By NATARIO McKENZIE Tribune Business Reporter nmckenzie@tribunemedia.net THE Bahamas traditionally has not made the connection between public infrastructure investment and increased economic activity, Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) Senator, Michael Halk

INFRASTRUCTURE NOT LINKED TO THE ECONOMY

By NATARIO McKENZIE Tribune Business Reporter nmckenzie@tribunemedia.net THE Bahamas traditionally has not made the connection between public infrastructure investment and increased economic activity, Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) Senator, Michael Halk