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September 21, 2020
Taxi drivers upset over unemployment denial

MANY taxi-cab drivers on Grand Bahama have been denied the 13-week unemployment extension benefit, the president of the Grand Bahama Taxi Union has claimed.

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September 18, 2020
Food parcels for struggling taxi drivers

SOME 200 struggling taxi-cab drivers received food parcels this week at the Reach Out Community Centre in Freeport during the official renaming of the organisation's feeding programme on Grand Bahama.

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July 04, 2011
Taxi drivers get into gear for clean-up of property

MEMBERS of the Prince George Dock Taxi Driver's Association came together to clean up a dilapidated property that had become a conspicuous eye-sore in the heart of downtown Nassau.

Torrence Henfield, co-ordinator of the clean up, said the property on the corner of East Bay and Ernest Streets was riddled with a garbage "in the front and the back" and had started to attract comments from tourists...

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March 20, 2015
Embracing the modern taxi

The yellow taxis of New York and the black taxis of Britain are icons of transportation in their respective countries.

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March 27, 2018
Govt 'to address licensing for taxis and buses'

AN area of concern that has plagued successive governments in the country has been the leasing of government licences and franchises for taxis, tour buses, limousines and omnibuses by persons not engaged in the public transport sector.

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December 03, 2010
Well-known taxi driver killed in home invasion

Police are hunting home invaders who yesterday callously murdered a well-known taxi driver.

Taleus Fatal, 62, was needlessly gunned down as the robbers made off with an amount of cash - believed to be $1,000.

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September 18, 2019
Taxi driver spared jail over lapsed gun licence

A 41-year-old taxi driver was spared a prison sentence yesterday for not licensing his shotgun. Instead, Deputy Chief Magistrate Andrew Forbes fined Tomiko Johnson $2,000 for admitting to being in possession of an unlicensed shotgun on Sunday. Acco

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July 02, 2020
Taxi drivers glad to be back on the road

ONE local bus driver wants the government to rethink the policy of a maximum 50 percent occupancy on jitneys, questioning how this will work for the industry in the long term. He spoke as public transport resumed for the first time yesterday since t

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September 03, 2010
Fort fees rescinded to avert taxi driver boycott

By KEVA LIGHTBOURNE
Guardian Senior Reporter
kdl@nasguard.com

It seems that a threat by taxi drivers to boycott the historic Fort Fincastle site if a small fee was levied on visitors to enter the grounds was enough to make officials rescind the move.
Instead, visitors will now have to pay a$1 charge if they wish to venture into the fort.
On Wednesday, the Antiquities Monuments and Museums Corpora...

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September 13, 2010
Grand Bahama Taxi Union Grateful to Ministry of Tourism Aviation

Grand Bahama Island, Bahamas - The 2008-2010
Executive Board for the GB Taxi Union expressed gratitude
to the Ministry of Tourism & Aviation for its efforts to boost tourism
to the island.  

The 400 plus ship calls during this GB
Taxi Union Executive Board's tenure translated into nearly 1 million
taxi fares for union members. To express their gratitude, Ms. Karen
Seymour, Director-Gra...

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