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May 03, 2011
Bahamas Customs Trainee Officers Graduate

Nassau, Bahamas - Bahamas
Customs trainee officers graduation and awards of Class No.1, 2011 was
held on April 29, at Bahamas Customs House on Thompson Boulevard.
Pictured making a presentation is Acting Minister of Finance the Hon.
Zhivargo S. Laing (right) to the Most Outstanding Recruit and
Valedictorian, Kenly Burrows. Pictured at left is Comptroller of
Customs, Glenn L. Gomez.

Acting
Ministe...

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January 28, 2020
Celebration of 31st International Customs Day with Government House Award Ceremony

Governor General His Excellency the Most Hon. Cornelius A. Smith and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance the Hon. K. Peter Turnquest jointed the Bahamas Customs and Excise Department, as it commemorated the 31st International Customs Day Celebration and Long Service Award Ceremony at Government House, Friday, January 24, 2020. This year, three persons were honoured for 20 years of servi...

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May 04, 2018
Office of the Attorney General "Ups Fight" Against AML/CTF by Hosting Key Forensic Workshop

Officials from the Office of the Attorney General and Ministry of Legal Affairs and PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) collaborated to host a two-day Anti-Money Laundering/Countering Terrorism Financing (AML/CTF) Forensic Workshop, (May 1-2, 2018) in the Training Room of the Bahamas Customs Department, Customs House, Thompson Boulevard...

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January 29, 2018
Customs Day Long Service Awards at Government House

Her Excellency Dame Marguerite Pindling hosted the 29th International Customs Day Long Service Awards on Friday evening, January 26, 2018 in the Ballroom of Government House...

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January 26, 2017
Customs officers send petition to Gibson, circumventing union

After receiving a petition signed by over 100 customs officers requesting they be paid money agreed to by the Bahamas Customs and Immigration Allied Workers Union (BCIAWU)...

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September 12, 2014
Strike ends as TUC seeks to challenge injunction

Despite the government obtaining an injunction that orders the Bahamas Nurses Union, the Bahamas Customs, Immigration and Allied Workers Union (BCIAWU) and the Bahamas Educators Managerial Union to cease industrial action, those unions continued striking yesterday.
In an interview at his office on Elizabeth Avenue, Trade Union Congress (TUC) President Obie Ferguson said he received the injunction ...

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October 09, 2014
Auditor general's report highlights irregularities at customs

Auditor General Terrance Bastian found that a "large number" of bills of lading were released by the Customs Department "without evidence to suggest that duties were collected".

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July 28, 2011
Bahamas Customs Officers Graduation

Nassau, Bahamas - The Minister of State for Finance, the Hon. Zhivargo Laing presents Monique Darrell the award for being
named the Most Outstanding Officer Class No. 2 during the Trainee Customs Officers Graduation Ceremony July 26.

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September 11, 2014
Unions ordered back to work

After a day-long strike by several affiliates of the Trade Union Congress (TUC) yesterday, the government obtained an injunction preventing those unions from any further industrial action.
Director of Labour Robert Farquharson told The Nassau Guardian that Minister of Labour Shane Gibson obtained the injunction from Acting Supreme Court Judge Ian Winder.
The injunction orders the Bahamas Nurses Un...

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November 26, 2014
BTC Is Urgrading One Lucky Customer To A New House This Christmas

BTC Announces House Giveaway, Christmas Donations & Junkanoo Sponsorships...

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