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Labour Statistics Indicate a Decrease in GB's Unemployment Numbers Unemployment
Minister of State for Grand Bahama in the Office of the Prime Minister, Senator the Hon. Kwasi Thompson said Grand Bahama showed a decrease in the unemployment rate from 12.4 per cent to 11.9 per cent...
30,000 apply for unemployment assistance
30,000 apply for unemployment assistance
Brensil Rolle.As the COVID-19 pandemic drags on, nearly 30,000 people have applied for unemployment assistance, Minister of Public Service and National Insurance Brensil Rolle said yesterday. Many business operators in the country have been forced to lay off thousands of employees as social distancing orders, a [...]
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Thousands of laid off work permit holders ineligible for unemployment assistance
Thousands of work permit holders, who would have had contributions paid on their behalf to the National Insurance Board (NIB), are not eligible for the unemployment benefit (UEB) program after being laid off as a result of the COVID-19 outbreak. According to data from the [...]
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Ministry of Labour holds skills and Employment Workshop
The Government has moved to creating a ?One Stop Shop? to allow Bahamians greater access to the range of services offered by the Department of Labour...
Engineers 'more optimistic' about employment
Engineers 'more optimistic' about employment
By ALISON LOWE
Business Reporter
alowe@tribunemedia.net
BAHAMIAN engineers are welcoming a boost in their employment levels thanks to a "more optimistic environment" being attributed to the enforcement of the Professional Engineers Act and progress on Baha Mar and major infrastructural work in New Providence.
Current Director and former President of the Bahamas Society of Engineers, Cyprian Gib...
Unemployment rate increases
Unemployment rate increases
The national unemployment rate rose from 10 percent in May 2018 to 10.7 percent in November 2018, the Department of Statistics revealed today. The results show that unemployment stood at 11 percent on New Providence, 11.9 percent on Grand Bahama and 7.7 percent on Abaco. [...]
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Bahamas National Statistical Institute to produce quarterly reports on unemployment rates
Bahamas National Statistical Institute to produce quarterly reports on unemployment rates
BAHAMAS National Statistical Institute acting managing director Nerissa Gibson said the institute will start releasing data on unemployment rates quarterly, twice more than it has traditionally done.
PM reaffirms commitment to employment growth as top priority
NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Prime Minister Philip Davis said yesterday that employment growth remains a primary focus for his administration, stating: "We will not be satisfied until every Bahamian who wants a job has a job." During his contribution to the debate on the Speech from the Throne, Davis said the government is seeking to generate [...]
PROMISING FUTURE: DPM boasts full employment on Exuma
NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Deputy Prime Minister Chester Cooper recently boasted of full employment on the island of Exuma, stating that the island's future has "never been more promising." Cooper, the Exuma and Ragged Island MP and Minister of Tourism, Aviation, and Investments, told the Exuma Business Outlook that The Bahamas' brand remains strong, with Exuma [...]
Minister concerned about female youth unemployment
Minister concerned about female youth unemployment
While vowing to take an aggressive approach toward addressing unemployment among young women, Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture Lanisha Rolle said her ministry will allocate “as much as needed” to tackle the issue...