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We are taking our job seriously, insists marijuana commission

BAHAMAS National Commission on Marijuana Co-Chairs Quinn McCartney and Bishop Simeon Hall yesterday insisted their Cabinet-appointed body was not on a fool’s errand.

Take the referendum seriously

I want to register my concern with the attitude being adopted by Prime Minister Perry Christie and the vast majority of the members of his Government regarding their position on the promised referendum on legalizing “Numbers” in The Bahamas.

'FNM played crucial role in reopening of hotel'

THE reopening of the Reef Village hotel in Grand Bahama was a project that the FNM worked hard to see achieved, Senator Kwasi Thompson said.

Analysing the election

Having observed the performance of two governments over the last ten years and the result of the recent general election I feel compelled to comment as follows: It is difficult to understand how a government

Prime Minister Christie Should Perform His Role in Regional and International Organisations

The Bahamas is a country of islands, but the country is not an island unto itself. We are a part of the world, the global village made smaller by the regional and international organisations of which we are a part.

‘Give us our job letters so we can get full salary and benefits’

A NUMBER of Department of Public Health nurses are demanding to receive their job appointment letters so they can receive a full salary and the insurance benefits entitled to them.

Concerns that hotel tax breaks unduly exploited

A BAHAMIAN businessman has voiced concerns that foreign investors are unduly exploiting Hotels Encouragement Act incentives to obtain tax breaks on construction materials for large vacation rental properties.

Striking unionists refuse to return to work

A FEW immigration officers have dribbled back to work with sick slips, claims of being away on vacation, or joining the picket line only on their days off to try to escape the consequences of participation in the immigration-customs strike at the airport. The airport workers walked off the job on April 5.

IAN FERGUSON: Young entrepreneurs to require these qualities

YOUNG entrepreneurs do not necessarily have a lot of work experience - either because they just graduated from college, or entered the job market for the first time and want to start a new business venture. The encouragement they often receive is to get a job and work towards gaining experience that will later inform their entrepreneurial pursuits. The truth is that an early start on the road to enterprise can also prove beneficial to youth in business.

DEIDRE BASTIAN: Workplace Stress

Study after study and survey after survey tell the same story: workers feel stressed-out on the job, and the stress is taking a toll on their sleep, health, relationships, productivity and sense of well-being.

EDITORIAL: Minnis missing on by-election trail

ON Wednesday, voters go to the polls in West Grand Bahama and Bimini – and each of the major parties has been throwing its political heavyweights at the campaign.

West loses another dumb war

ON Wednesday, voters go to the polls in West Grand Bahama and Bimini – and each of the major parties has been throwing its political heavyweights at the campaign.

‘Stress’ will stop business from joining apprenticeship scheme

THE private sector is dealing with too much “stress” to participate in the National Apprenticeship Programme, said former Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis yesterday.

No payout for foreign worker at Baha Mar

PETER Lisosky was highly optimistic when he left his job in the United States in 2015 to work at Baha Mar.

‘Delay decision on Lighthouse Point for 60 days’

THE group Lighthouse Point Partners has urged the government to delay its decision on Lighthouse Point for 60 days, calling for an equal and fair opportunity to present its proposal for the property to the public.

FNM thanks Turnquest

THE Free National Movement yesterday officially thanked former Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Peter Turnquest for his service, saying he did a “commendable job” in the face of “unprecedented, back-to-back crises”.

Contractor concern on public contract access

Several Bahamian contractors yesterday voiced concern they are being excluded from public works contracts as others backed the Government for trying to "stimulate as best they can".

Retailer expands on to Bay Street

A Bahamian retail entrepreneur yesterday revealed he is expanding to Bay Street through a $700,000 investment that will create 20 jobs, adding: "There's always opportunity in the midst of crisis." Andrew Wilson, the Quality Business Centre (QBC) and

Is Minnis irritating Christie?

Perry Christie stood on hallowed ground in South Andros and unleashed a poorly timed rant aimed at Hubert Minnis. It backfired big time. Instead of meeting the intent of maligning Dr. Minnis as unfit for the Office of the Prime Minister, it showed that the current occupant lives in la la land.

‘Not wise’ to play politics in govt job

TOURISM and Aviation Minister Dionisio D’Aguilar has suggested the political leanings of two Progressive Liberal Party supporters may have played some part in their firing from airports in Eleuthera.

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