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October 03, 2018
Town Meeting Held for Owners and Operator of Taxicabs

The Ministry of Transport and Local Government hosted a Town Meeting with owners and operators of taxicabs on Monday evening, October 1, 2018 at the National Training...

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December 06, 2021
POIF Responds to Former Prime Minister Minnis On RCI Deal

Last week in the House of Assembly, former Prime Minister Hubert Minnis sought to defend his government’s ill-conceived Beach Club deal with Royal Caribbean International (RCI).

For Protect Our Island Funds (POIF), the revelation of RCI’s 150-year lease signed under the Minnis administration makes it clear that on the environment and economics aspects of the Paradise Island project is a bad...

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March 25, 2021
Drivers protest at Atlantis taxi limit

DOZENS of taxicab drivers protested outside Atlantis' Royal Towers yesterday morning after senior resort officials allegedly imposed a new rule limiting the number of drivers able to be on property to service Paradise Island guests.

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March 06, 2016
Vendors will not bow out on efforts to remain on Cabbage Beach

CABBAGE Beach Vendors Association president Monique Taylor on Friday said members of her association will not bow out or relent in their efforts to ensure that they remain on the Paradise Island beach.

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March 04, 2016
Vendors will not bow out on efforts to remain on Cabbage Beach

CABBAGE Beach Vendors Association president Monique Taylor on Friday said members of her association will not bow out or relent in their efforts to ensure that they remain on the Paradise Island beach.

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March 03, 2016
Beach protestor 'in pain' after arrest

THE wife of a taxicab driver arrested during Monday's Cabbage Beach protest at the foot of the Sidney Poitier Bridge said her husband is in good spirits despite physical pain.

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March 02, 2016
TORN DOWN: Protestors act as access extended

DESPITE the prime minister's assurance that he would "personally" work to find an alternative solution for vendors who were blocked from their regular access point to Cabbage Beach, more than a hundred protestors marched over the Sidney Poitier Bridge to Paradise Island and tore down the fence which obstructed the beach path.

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September 15, 2015
Off limits: Cabbage Beach access closed to the public next month

THE imminent closure of the main public access to Cabbage Beach adjacent to the Riu Paradise Island Hotel has ignited a firestorm of criticism, with Bahamas Taxicab Union officials warning that the decision could adversely affect scores of drivers...

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April 10, 2015
Taxi union chief calls for audit over cab licences

PUBLIC Services Drivers Union president Richard Johnson yesterday renewed calls for a forensic audit of the Road Traffic Department to "determine exactly who are the holders of the more than 2,500 taxicab licenses" in the county...

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May 05, 2023
Ministry of Transport Embarking on a Taxi Industry Service Improvement Programme in Collaboration with Stakeholders

Minister of Transport and Housing the Hon. JoBeth Coleby-Davis and other Senior Ministry of Transport officials met with members of the Bahamas Taxicab Union (BTU) and the Bahamas Hotel and Tourism Association (BHTA) to discuss the Ministry’s Taxi Industry Service Improvement Programme under the theme: Building Consensus for Improvements in the Taxi Industry, at Baha Mar Resort, Wednesday, May 3...

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