Head of the Clearing Banks Association (CBA) Gowon Bowe has refuted recent claims made by Labour Minister Dion Foulkes that Commercial Banks have agreed to lower administrative fees. Last month before a weekly Cabinet meeting, Foulkes revealed that he had recently met with the Clearing Banks Association and an agreement had been formalized [to lower […]
Local phycologists and life coaches weighed in on the sweet-hearting phenomenon in The Bahamas, noting that the reason for this culturally accepted practice cannot be readily defined. Therapist and Life Coach Harrison Thompson, said while men might “step-out” of a marriage for sexual satisfaction, for women it is much deeper than that. “I believe that […]
Sixty-five-year-old Judith Rolle married young, just six months before her 17th birthday. Her husband, several years her senior, initially provided for her and the six children they eventually had but according to Rolle, the relationship soured when she discovered that her husband was being unfaithful. “My husband was a good husband to me,” Rolle said. […]
50 new officers to be hired to meet increase More than 1,000 inmates are housed at the Maximum Security Unit at the Bahamas Department of Corrections (BDOC), well over the 200 limit the facility was built to accommodate. Acting Commissioner of Prisons Charles Murphy, revealed these figures on Monday, noting that the institution is preparing […]
The Ministry of Tourism expressed its disappointment with Sunwing Travel calling it’s latest move to pull out of Grand Bahama a slap in the face. The company last week discontinued its flight services from the United States (U.S.) and Canada into Grand Bahama. In a statement, Minister of Tourism Dionisio D’Aguilar said he fully supports […]
Executives of the Sandals Resort are in breach of the Industrial Relations Act for failing to recognize the union as its bargaining agent according to Labour Director John Pinder. The Bahamas Hotel Maintenance and Allied Workers Union (BHMAWU), which falls under the Trade Union Congress, has since 2009 been seeking to negotiate an industrial agreement. […]
Social service worker chastised for ‘unlawfully’ removing children The Bahamas Public Services Union (BPSU) plans to call for legislation to protect social service workers after an employee of the Social Services department was detained for contempt of court. Social Services worker Ellise Seymour, attached to the Child Welfare Protection Unit (CWPU), was taken into custody […]
The Department of Labour has halted approval on all Notice of Vacancy (NOV) applications for work permits, in the wake of the 5.9 magnitude hurricane that hit Haiti on Saturday, October 6. Labour Director John Pinder told Eyewitness News yesterday that since the earthquake, there has been an influx of applications for Haitian labourers, but […]
Attorney General Carl Bethel has made application to the court to prevent the expansion of shanty towns across the country. This move comes after a discovery by the Ministry of Works that expansion – or the adding on of structures – was taking place in existing shanty towns. Commission chairman and Labour Minister Dion Foulkes […]
Bishop Simeon Hall and former deputy commissioner of police Quinn McCartney have been appointed as co-chairs to head the local Marijuana Commission, Health Minister Dr. Duane Sands revealed Tuesday. Hall served on CARICOM’s commission that presented its report at the general meeting in July, which recommended the reclassification of marijuana from a dangerous drug to […]
Pineridge Member of Parliament Fredrick McAlpine on Friday fired back at Prime Minister Dr. Hubert Minnis, after the nation’s chief told residents in Crooked Island that McAlpine wanted the residents of Grand Bahama to suffer because he objected to the government’s purchase of the Grand Lucayan Resort. McAlpine retorted, however, that the prime minister got […]
The welfare arm of the Department of Social Services may find itself inundated with more new cases, as the financial crisis at the state-run Mortgage Corporation has led to the eviction of many homeowners in recent weeks, and has prompted one noted attorney to advise his affected clients to access state benefits. Wayne Munroe, Q.C., […]
