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Parliament tit-for-tat

WE have had three one term governments since 2002. One of the reasons for this has to do with the politicians’ disconnect with the electorate. They do not understand the things which matter to the people, like jobs and the desire for visionary leaders who could take the country to the next economic and socially secured level.

Cyprianna farewell

I was so very sad to read of the recent death of Mrs Cyprianna Wilhelmina Wright-Fox. A truly charming Bahamian woman, she among others represented the best characteristics of a strong woman of grace whose work life painted a picture of building people, thereby contributing to building the kingdom of God on the job, with her family and by extension the community.

It’s time to celebrate our teachers

Today the 5th of October 2021, we are celebrating and acknowledging the greatest and most profound job done by teachers.

Union chief demands work permit freeze over Govt austerity

The Bahamas Electrical Workers Union’s (BEWU) president yesterday urged the Government to consider a freeze on work permits as it rolls out its austerity measures, telling this newspaper: “You can’t put Bahamians out to pasture”.Paul Maynard told Tri

Over 150 to graduate from Baha Mar training

More than 150 students will next week participate in the first graduation exercise for Baha Mar’s Leadership Development Institute (LDI), a non-profit training organisation supported by the resort developer.

Govt targeting jobs tie-up with carnival

The government is hoping Bahamians will soon find work aboard luxury cruise ships through its partnership with Carnival Cruise Lines.Senator Dion A Foulkes, the minister of labour, and Ministry officials sought to move the initiative forward in recen

Superwash chief: VAT bites 12-14% off key products

A leading businessman says the Bahamian economy is stuck "in a funk" as Value-Added Tax's (VAT) full impact starts to bite, with sales in two of his key product categories down 12-14 per cent. Dionisio D'Aguilar, Superwash's president, told Tribune Business that the Bahamas desperately needed to change its attitude towards "rebooting the economy" and making it easier to conduct business.

Making his mark in the major leagues

WHEN Antoan Richardson had the opportunity last month to play in the Major Leagues for the second time in his career little did he think he would play a pivotal role in one of the defining games of the 2014 baseball season.

$63m Adelaide project pledges up to 300 jobs

A Bahamian businessman is teaming with Albany’s developer and two UK investors for a $62.788m “mixed-use” residential and light industrial development in south-west New Providence that will create up to 300 full-time jobs.

Surprise at Christie admission

OPPOSITION Leader Dr Hubert Minnis was surprised by Prime Minister Christie's acknowledgment that the Bahamas was now "in the midst of one of the most difficult and challenging fiscal periods in the nation's history". The Prime Minister made his observati

Marines cleared of Cuban abuse ‘victimised’

ONE of five Royal Bahamas Defence Force (RBDF) marines previously accused of allegedly abusing a group of Cuban migrants at the Detention Centre in 2013 has claimed they have been “victimised” as a result of the allegations, charging that they have been overlooked for promotions and isolated to various “outposts” despite being cleared of all charges.

'Embrace' private sector into work permit decisions

Private sector representatives should sit on the Immigration and Labour Boards, a well-known businessman suggested yesterday, warning that many companies were beginning to “resent” being forced to hire understudies as a condition of work permit approvals.

Woman 'forced into prostitution' to pay airfare

A JURY heard evidence yesterday from the second of two women who allege they were victims of human trafficking.

Instead of opening, Baha Mar staff sent home; PM disappointed

WHAT an unmitigated disaster – the Baha Mar dream is over and 2,000 redundant Bahamian employees have been sent home to face a bleak Christmas.

Figures showing unemployment fall are ‘a mirage’, says FNM

FREE National Movement Deputy Leader Peter Turnquest yesterday criticised the Department of Statistics’ recent Labour Force and Household Income Survey, calling it a “mirage” that is “no way realistically reflective of what is going on with the country’s economy”.

Bahamas facing ‘dark place’ without reform

The Bahamas will find itself “in a dark place” unless it rapidly reinvents how it conducts business, a well-known businessman yesterday urging it to “open up” for greater short-term growth.

Blame government - not me, Rollins tells his constituents

OUTSPOKEN Fort Charlotte MP Dr Andre Rollins claims the vitriol aimed by his constituents towards him is misplaced, insisting that the failures of the Christie administration have landed every member of Parliament in dire straits with the electorate.

Minister to activists: Don’t deny us jobs

A Cabinet Minister yesterday urged environmental activists to be “balanced and responsible” when launching legal actions against legitimate developers, warning that these could deny Bahamians much-needed “economic benefits”.

Time for Mr Christie to list China’s investments in The Bahamas

WITH a foreign publication predicting that the once promising Baha Mar resort would bankrupt the Bahamas, the resort’s court appointed receiver has announced that there is a “good expectation” that the $3.5 billion hotel will be sold before September. Obviously, the hotel’s opening date will follow.

INSIGHT: Two years in – is the govt on course?

TWO years in, the Progressive Liberal Party is taking the opportunity to pat itself on the back for its time in government in the current administration.

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