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The American turbo-charged recovery
ActivTrades
THE US economy is currently on track to surpass previous growth expectations, as demonstrated by the latest job numbers published on Good Friday, which gave account of 916,000 new jobs created in the country during the month of March, largely exceeding the consensus forecast of 647,000.
Rebuilding our islands
I have been trying to find a reliable, qualified person to fix our roof since hurricane Michael. We called the Labour board to find out what is the going rate for a qualified worker and we were told they have no guideline, it is up to us and the worker.
Work may start on medical school by end of the year
GROUND-breaking and construction on a new medical school in Grand Bahama expected to create some 200 jobs could start before the end of the year, according to State Minister for Grand Bahama Senator Kwasi Thompson.
PM urges people to register to vote - and help the PLP return to office
PRIME Minister Perry Christie has said his Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) must be re-elected to government as he urged Bahamians to register to vote at a time when registration numbers are low.
Pensive about the global order
As the world is gripped by by Covid-19 pandemic, I find myself pensive about the global political, economic and social order.
Robertson urges young people to take up courses
YOUNG people were urged to take advantage of training courses at the Bahamas Technical and Vocational Institute yesterday, with the institution’s president saying there were lots of job opportunities available for skilled Bahamians.
Landscaping chair hits out over rogue entrants
Established landscaping companies are increasingly having to clean-up behind rogue new market entrants who have emerged amid the COVID-19 pandemic, it was argued yesterday.
Govt concern: Best paying jobs going to non-Bahamians
A Cabinet Minister yesterday said the Government is concerned that “most” high-paying financial services jobs are held by non-Bahamians due to labour shortages locally.
Morton Salt ready for industrial action
MORTON Salt yesterday branded its latest industrial offer to line-staff as “fair” and one that would “preserve jobs”, adding that it was prepared for any work stoppages at its Inagua plant.
Job figures expected to show better news, predicts Turnquest
AHEAD of the Department of Statistics’ Labour Force Survey, Deputy Prime Minister K Peter Turnquest said he expects unemployment figures to show some improvement.
Self-starter winner 'silences doubters'
BAHAMAS Striping, the self-starter grant-winner, is hoping that it has “silenced all doubters” over its ability to handle major projects with the recent completion of a major striping project at the Eastern Road junction over the Thanksgiving holiday. It completed improvements at the Newgate Road junction near Blair Estates.
Why opposition from Christians?
Why are Christians and Pastors trying to stop gambling from becoming legal?
More than 2,000 to be trained by agency
By DANA SMITH
PM predicts 300 new jobs for Bimini
PRIME Minister Perry Christie yesterday forecast more than 300 new jobs for Bimini and upgrades to health care services as the government expands its public-private sector partnership with the Genting Group and the University of Miami.
Weekend Relays the way for marketers
“I love it when a plan comes together.”
1,100 job loss ‘trade off’ for $100m taxes
Freeport’s economy could lose up to 1,100 jobs if the Government were to ‘trade off’ employment for $80-$100 million in extra revenue generated by allowing the city’s key tax breaks to expire.
Bran says: ‘No success in VAT’
The Democratic National Alliance’s (DNA) leader yesterday asserted that “there is no success in Value-Added Tax”, arguing that Bahamians were now “paying” for successive governments’ fiscal mismanagement.
Bahamian contractors willing to save Baha Mar
AFTER sitting at the negotiating table into the wee hours of a Beijing morning, the Bahamas government delegation was on its way home last night with little good news of the fate of the $3.5 billion Baha Mar resort.
Christie criticised for not interfering with private enterprise
WITH THE spectre of another Moody’s downgrade of this country’s credit worthiness – after being dropped to a notch just above “junk” – the Christie government quickly grabbed onto the completion of Baha Mar as the lifeline from its economic woes. It had hardly dodged that bullet when it was faced with union bullies threatening to “shut the country down”.
ZNS staff jobs and politics
I am writing in response to an interesting article under the headline ''ZNS Staff Jobs Shock'' in the August 17 edition of The Tribune.