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Unemployment could hit 40%, says Foulkes
THE country’s unemployment rate could be as high as 40 percent, Minister of Labour Dion Foulkes said yesterday but stressed officials won’t know the exact figure until the Department of Statistics does its jobs survey.
Foulkes says 8,000 jobs created or coming soon
LABOUR Minister Dion Foulkes said yesterday that some 8,000 jobs have either been created recently or will come on stream soon.
Foulkes wades in to stop water strikers
WATER and Sewerage Corporation (WSC) workers will have to go back to work as Labour Minister Dion Foulkes has referred their strike action to the Industrial Tribunal, saying the issue has “threatened the public interest”.
Foulkes: We’ll help workers fired from web shops
LABOUR Minister Dion Foulkes promised the Minnis administration will help more than 300 people who may lose their jobs as web shops respond to increased taxation, though he gave few details about how the government will do this.
Foulkes tries to calm the waters
LABOUR Minister Dion Foulkes has called for cooler heads to prevail in the Water and Sewerage dispute, telling reporters yesterday that he is “cautiously optimistic” that both sides could negotiate a resolution in the coming weeks.
76 migrants detained by Defence Force
THE Royal Bahamas Defence Force arrested 76 illegal migrants in two separate operations this week.
A TRUE BAHAMIAN PATRIOT: Former Governor General Arthur Dion Hanna dies age 93
FORMER Governor General and Deputy Prime Minister Arthur Dion Hanna, the ardent progressive whose faith in Bahamians helped push The Bahamas toward independence and sparked the Bahamianization policy that defined an era, died at home yesterday at 93.
Melia ‘unfair’ to withhold gratuity
FORMER Minister of Labour Dion Foulkes said yesterday it is “unfair and uncaring” for the Meliá Nassau Beach resort to withhold earned gratuity payments from its workers during these “difficult economic times.”
FNM leader wants Smith to step down
OPPOSITION leader Dr Hubert Minnis has called on House Deputy Speaker Dion Smith to tender his resignation immediately following allegations he made racial slurs, said demeaning things about foreigners and put residents of a building in fear for their safety.
Foulkes says DNA surprised everyone
FORMER Minister of Labour Dion Foulkes said the impact of the Democratic National Alliance on Monday's election took everyone by surprise
UNION WARY OF MEETING WITH MINISTER
By SANCHESKA BROWN Tribune Staff Reporter sbrown@tribunemedia.net UNION officials suspect a meeting with Labour Minister Dion Foulkes, scheduled for next week, is nothing but a "publicity stunt" with the general election looming. Sloane Smith, vice-pres
Minister 'very concerned' on City Markets
Minister 'very concerned' on City Markets By NATARIO McKENZIE Tribune Business Reporter nmckenzie@tribunemedia.net LABOUR minister Dion Foulkes yesterday said he was "very concerned" about the job security for City Markets' remaining 400 employees, tell
Foulkes fires shot across rival's bow
FNM Yamacraw candidate and Labour and Social Development Minister Dion Foulkes said the opposition is the party of "self-entitlement" and its members use politics to pursue thei
Govt plans increase to redundancy 'cap'
The Labour Department’s Industrial Relations Unit has enjoyed an 89 per cent success rate in resolving trade disputes over the past 12 months, a Cabinet Minister said yestrerday. Dion Foulkes, minister of labour, told the Senate during his contributi
PM urges PLP supporters to 'help us register every vote'
REGISTER to vote was the consistent message uttered by Prime Minister Perry Christie and incumbent parliamentarians to hundreds of supporters at the Progressive Liberal Party’s (PLP) regional branch meeting last night.
Traders warned over price gouging
LABOUR Minister Dion Foulkes yesterday discouraged opportunistic merchants from price gouging as the country braces for Hurricane Irma.
'All plans are on' for New Year's Parade
“ALL plans are on” for the New Year's Day Parade to start at 2am Wednesday, Junkanoo Corporation New Providence Chairman Dion Miller assured The Tribune, adding that there was no threat of showers for the event.
Uncertainty over shipyard jobs as contractor dropped
LABOUR Minister Dion Foulkes yesterday denied rumours that 75 employees were directly terminated at the Grand Bahama Shipyard earlier this week.
Foulkes says Christie is scrambling over referendum
FNM CHAIRMAN nominee Dion Foulkes said yesterday that Prime Minister Perry Christie is scrambling to make changes to the upcoming gambling referendum because he knows it will fail, if it goes through “as it is.”
FOULKES: fire davis over workers' pay
FORMER FNM cabinet minister Dion Foulkes wants Philip “Brave” Davis, Deputy Prime Minister, fired over claims that Urban Renewal workers have not been paid since May.