What about minimum hours worked?
Your editorial Wednesday, as well as other news items, including Peter Goudie on the Tribune Business page are all abuzz with talk of “Minimum Wage” and whilst there is no doubt that there are many justifiable cases, I wonder why we never see any news items or discussion about minimum hours or basic work ethic.
Underground abortion industry
Bahamian evangelical Christians must play close attention to the Progressive Liberal Party’s (PLP) impending policy announcement on abortion.
Ammunition and drugs found
GRAND Bahama Police discovered illegal ammunition and dangerous drugs this week in the Freeport and Eight Mile Rock areas.
US pair accused of false declarations to officers at airport
TWO Americans were accused of making false declarations to US officers at Lynden Pindling International Airport.
Hoopfest in Paradise seeks to bring elite prep basketball programmes to Bahamas
THE Hoopfest in Paradise initiative seeks to bring elite programmes from the American prep basketball circuit to The Bahamas over the upcoming winter holiday.
ALICIA WALLACE: The signs are there - you just have to be able to read them
THIS week started with Valentine’s Day and there were countless roses, chocolates, greeting cards and romantic gestures going around.
EDITORIAL: Excess markup exacerbates price rises
APPARENTLY, Bahamian consumers are on the wrong end of a markup system not designed to benefit them. Who could have guessed?
Four in ten Bahamians now fully vaccinated
A LOCAL infectious disease expert said about 40 percent of the population are fully vaccinated but cautioned against rescinding COVID-19 safety protocols too soon.
Glover-rolle urges sick out staff to go back to work
AFTER some government employees reportedly engaged in a “sick out” because of overdue promotions, State Public Service Minister Pia Glover-Rolle yesterday urged them to go back to work, adding her office had just received recommendations from their ministry for the promotions exercise.
Cabinet discussing abortion legal change
HEALTH Minister Dr Michael Darville says the question of whether abortion should be decriminalised is an issue Cabinet has started discussing.
Training to take the step into workplace
THE National Training Agency will teach practical and soft skills to more than 100 Bahamians registered for its 19th cohort, aimed at helping them into the workplace.
Video: Abandoned building goes up in flames
A major fire in the Downtown area on Tuesday night was captured in a video posted online.
Tourism’s ‘very big deal’: 13% of visitors are back
Tourism executives yesterday hailed the re-opening of markets that accounted for up to 13 percent of this nation’s pre-COVID visitor base as “a very big deal for The Bahamas”.
Bahamas in $7.5bn combined loss from Dorian and COVID
COVID-19 and Hurricane Dorian will inflict a combined $7.5bn loss on The Bahamas, a United Nations (UN) agency is forecasting, “inhibiting social and economic development for years to come”.
Nearly 20% of small firms asked for bribes
Nearly one in five small businesses on Dorian-devastated Abaco and Grand Bahama have reported being asked to pay a bribe to obtain government services, a UN agency’s report has revealed.
‘Right church, wrong pew’ over second GB marina
A Grand Bahama investor yesterday said he has yet to receive a satisfactory offer for his second marina asset, revealing: “They’re in the right church, but sat in the wrong pew.”
Minimum wage proposal to Gov’t ‘within a month’
Recommendations on a minimum wage increase could be submitted to government “within a month”, Tribune Business was told yesterday, although a liveable version is “way down the road”.
Hilton could reopen in two months
TOURISM, Investments and Aviation Minister Chester Cooper says the British Colonial Hilton has attracted a major international brand to support the property since announcing its closure earlier this year.
Restrictions remain as fourth wave dying out
WHILE COVID-19 cases and hospitalisations have declined since the start of the fourth wave, Health Minister Dr Michael Darville says the health system remains challenged and suggested no loosening of restrictions is imminent.
