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BTC union anger erupts on manager dismissals
The Bahamas Telecommunications Company’s (BTC) top executive yesterday said there will be times when the carrier and its two trade unions "vigorously disagree" amid demonstrations over staff terminations.
Officer shed tears over video shown at inquest
A POLICE officer choked up and cried in court as she recalled when a fellow officer killed 18-year-old Kwondrick Lowe near Kemp Road last year as the Coroner’s Court inquest into the killing continued yesterday.
Regulators standing firm over tougher consumer protection
REGULATORS have held firm over plans to slash the time for communications industry operators to resolve customer complaints, wrongful disconnections and new serve installation despite industry push back.
FRONT PORCH: The dizzying results of dumbing down
WHILE some may disagree with Rev TG Morrison, Pastor of Zion Baptist Church, on various social issues, many agree with a number of compelling points he made at the Majority Rule Day Service in January of this year.
Manager ‘pressured’ on WSC payments
THE former chief financial officer (CFO) of the Water and Sewerage Corporation (WSC) testified yesterday that Adrian Gibson pressured the general manager of the company to resolve delayed payments to landscaping companies.
EDITORIAL: More details needed for proposed PPP with BPL
IT did not take long for the word BaTelCo to come up after word began to spread of a shake-up of Bahamas Power and Light.
‘Why should we believe you?’, key witness asked by lawyer
A DEFENCE attorney asked a key witness in the criminal trial of Long Island MP Adrian Gibson and others why jurors should believe her testimony after she admitted to lying to police during her record of interview.
‘Cut out of the deal’
FORMER employees of the Lyford Cay Club say that they were “cut out of the deal” struck by the Bahamas Hotel, Catering and Allied Workers Union (BHCAWU) and the Bahamas Hotel and Restaurant Employers Association.
‘I don’t know how I got in this mess’
A WOMAN who accepted a plea deal in the criminal trial of Adrian Gibson and others said she was surprised when police charged her with fraud-related offences because she did not know how she “got in this mess”.
Contractors ‘within 30 days’ of licensing legal challenge
BAHAMIAN contractors say they are “within 30 days” of launching Judicial Review proceedings over the Government’s failure to implement the Act and licensing regime designed to regulate the industry.
PI Crown Land battle splits Court of Appeal
The Bahamian entrepreneur seeking to restore Paradise Island’s lighthouse has split the Court of Appeal over his long-running Crown Land lease battle with the Government.
