GetMe Ride taxi services app launched

After more than six months working out the kinks, GetMe Ride, the Uber or Lyft style app that uses taxi drivers for a mobile ride call-up service, has gone online. The company announced the app's launch yesterday, citing "bugs" as the reason it was not [...]

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Taxi Cab Union expects resolution over outstanding NIB payments

THE Bahamas Taxi-Cab Union expects some resolution to the outstanding payments owed to the National Insurance Board, according to BTCU President Wesley Ferguson.

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Taxi-cab industry issues will be resolved by October

TRANSPORT and Local Government Minister Renward Wells has "promised faithfully" that by October all issues surrounding the taxi-cab industry will be resolved, according to Bahamas Taxicab Union president Wesley Ferguson.

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Team of six ministers to tackle taxi issues

TRANSPORT and Local Government Minister Renward Wells said the prime minister has formed a cabinet sub-committee of six ministers to tackle all issues surrounding the taxi industry...

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Wells to Taxi Cab Union: Give us a chance

Minister of Transport and Local Government Renward Wells yesterday pleaded with taxi drivers to give him a chance to help them, as he outlined upcoming efforts to address their long-standing concerns. "Your issues are long-standing," he said to a crowd of drivers that had assembled [...]
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Taxi plate change to beat hackers

THERE are "roughly 5,000" self-drive licence plates in circulation, according to Road Traffic Controller Bradley Sands, who yesterday suggested some rental car operators are presently "illegally crossing over" into the taxi business.

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New colour for taxi plates on the way

THE government is moving forward with plans to facilitate the colour change of taxi plates, Transport Minister Renward Wells revealed yesterday.

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Minister Thompson responds to Taxi Driver's concerns

Responding to Taxi Drivers’ concerns on Thursday, May 9, Minister of State for Grand Bahama, Senator the Hon. J. Kwasi Thompson said during a press briefing at Office of the Prime Minister that issues that they currently face have been that way for years, but taxis are very important to the island...

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Taxi drivers will take drastic action if issues ignored, warns union boss

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Taxi driver thankful for life after horrific accident

Thirty-one-year-old Jahlacula Collie said yesterday he thought he was going to die on Sunday when his 2007 Lincoln Town Car collided with a garbage truck on West Bay Street near Sandyport on Sunday afternoon.

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