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January 25, 2019
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...

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April 15, 2020
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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April 15, 2020
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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December 06, 2014
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...

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April 27, 2011
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...

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January 21, 2019
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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October 31, 2023
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.

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October 26, 2023
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 [...]

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October 26, 2023
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 [...]

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August 19, 2019
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...

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