Union’s threat over axed gaming jobs
THE Minnis administration has been given seven days to reinstate those Gaming Board employees terminated this week or risk facing “some action” from a united and furious union movement.
One year deadline to hand over foreign jobs
ATTORNEY General Carl Bethel yesterday said for every foreigner given a work permit under the Commercial Enterprises Bill, a Bahamian must be trained for that position within a year.
Sandilands' unsung hero wins October hospital award
DIANA McPhee-Austin was yesterday named the October recipient of the Public Hospitals Authority (PHA) Unsung Heroes Award.
Call to act on parole programme recommendation
NATIONAL LEAD Institute President Troy Clarke yesterday urged the government to act on recommendations submitted by the Parole and Re-entry Steering Committee concerning rehabilitation of prisoners.
Armed gunmen rob couple on beach
POLICE are looking for two gunmen who robbed a couple at a beach in western New Providence on Wednesday.
GB bill 'to bring jobs'
THE Grand Bahama (Port Area) Tax Exemptions Bill will create “additional jobs” for Grand Bahamians as well as well as “remove stumbling blocks for local businesses,” according to Free National Movement (FNM) Chairman Carl Culmer. Mr Culmer said the
Govt pledge on Pinder's Point
GRAND Bahama Minister Kwasi Thompson has indicated that the government is “fully committed” to addressing the safety concerns of the residents of Pinder’s Point, Lewis Yard, and the surrounding communities near the industrial park in Grand Bahama. T
'Lower business licence fees to help boost Freeport economy'
FAMILIES for Justice Founder Rev Glenroy Bethel is calling for the lowering of business licence fees in the Freeport area. Rev Bethel appealed to the Grand Bahama Port Authority to reduce its licence fees in light of job losses and the economic diff
Grouper season has now closed
BAHAMAS Reef Environment Educational Foundation (BREEF) yesterday urged Nassau grouper lovers to support the closed season and choose an alternative fish as the endangered species is off limits for the next three months.
Remembering Ronnie Butler
THE memorial service for the life of the “Godfather of Bahamian Music,” Ronnie Butler, was held yesterday at the William Johnson Auditorium.
90 days more for Ragged Island water
RAGGED Island residents will have to wait another 90 days before water supply on the island is back to normal, Water and Sewerage Corporation Assistant General Manager of Family Island Operations Cyprian Gibson told The Tribune yesterday.
PLP doubts Minnis on Ferreira document
MEMBERS of the Progressive Liberal Party expressed doubt over claims by Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis that he did not see or sign off on matters in a gazetted document that he dismissed as “fake news” over the weekend.
'I won contract - then Smith wanted $5,000 a month'
THE complainant in former Progressive Liberal Party Senator Frank Smith’s bribery and extortion trial told a judge Smith asked her for $5,000 a month, which she said she paid over a one-year span after she received a government cleaning contract.
Enterprise Bill ‘will be made law’
ATTORNEY General Carl Bethel yesterday made it clear that government intends to pass the Commercial Enterprises Bill into law in its current form.
Union fury at gaming dismissals
NEARLY one dozen employees at the Gaming Board were terminated on Monday, according to Bahamas Public Service Union President Kingsley Ferguson, who told The Tribune he believes the firings were both “personal and political”.
