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'90 taxi plates are inactive'
'90 taxi plates are inactive'
THE Ministry of Transport and Housing has revealed some 90 taxi plates are inactive.
Food parcels for struggling taxi drivers
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.
Taxi driver on probation for death threat
Taxi driver on probation for death threat
A TAXI driver who threatened to kill a security officer was placed on probation for two years yesterday.
Union: Taxi drivers now making close to pre-COVID income
Taxi cab drivers are now making almost as much daily income as they did prior to the tourism sector shutdown because of COVID-19 last year, Bahamas Taxi Cab Union President Wesley Ferguson said yesterday.
Taxis and vendors wary of 'bubble' proposal
Taxis and vendors wary of 'bubble' proposal
WITH cruise ships set to arrive in June, a proposed exclusive "bubble" arrangement between the vessels and tour operators at Freeport Harbour is not sitting well with local taxicab drivers and straw vendors.
Drivers protest at Atlantis taxi limit
Drivers protest at Atlantis taxi limit
DOZENS of taxicab drivers protested outside Atlantis' Royal Towers yesterday morning after senior resort officials allegedly imposed a new rule limiting the number of drivers able to be on property to service Paradise Island guests.
Taxi driver appeals conviction for assault
Taxi driver appeals conviction for assault
A TAXI driver who was fined $1,000 for assaulting a road traffic supervisor with her vehicle is appealing her conviction.
Now taxi drivers out in protest
Now taxi drivers out in protest
SCORES of angry taxi drivers gathered in Rawson Square yesterday to protest what they consider poor treatment and a blatant "disregard" to their concerns about their industry.
Foulkes: Government looking at ending taxi plate leasing
Minister of Transport and Local Government Dion Foulkes said yesterday that he has assured the president of the Bahamas Taxi Cab Union that the government will review the practice of leasing taxi plates to drivers and bring an end to the practice, which he called "unfair". "We have had many taxi drivers who have been ...
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Taxi drivers get into gear for clean-up of property
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...