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October 15, 2014
Minister seeks to resolve taxi row

TRANSPORT and Aviation Minister Glenys Hanna Martin says officials are working to prevent a repeat of the tense demonstration that took place between taxi drivers and tour company workers on Bay Street on Monday...

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October 20, 2020
Man accused of taxi driver killing

A MAN who evaded arrest for two years by fleeing to the United States was arraigned in a Magistrate's Court yesterday charged with the murder of a taxi driver in 2018.

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Taxi cab fees exempted
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October 02, 2020
Taxi cab fees exempted

ALL taxi cabs and public buses have been exempted from payment of inspection fees for the month of October, the Ministry of Transport and Local Government said yesterday.

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September 21, 2020
Taxi drivers upset over unemployment denial

MANY taxi-cab drivers on Grand Bahama have been denied the 13-week unemployment extension benefit, the president of the Grand Bahama Taxi Union has claimed.

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July 02, 2020
Taxi drivers glad to be back on the road

ONE local bus driver wants the government to rethink the policy of a maximum 50 percent occupancy on jitneys, questioning how this will work for the industry in the long term. He spoke as public transport resumed for the first time yesterday since t

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February 24, 2020
Delight for Abaco taxi drivers as they are given some new cars

TEN Abaco taxi drivers will now have a chance to restart their livelihood on the storm-damaged island after being presented with new vehicles from an international nonprofit organisation. One of them is Vernon Russell. Having been a taxi driver on

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November 19, 2019
Taxi Union Threatens Stoppage

THE Bahamas Taxi Cab Union is threatening to withdraw services this holiday season if Transport Minister Renward Wells does not meet with them soon to disclose the government’s plans for the sector on the issue of taxi plates. In a letter to Mr Wells yesterday, BTCU President Wesley Ferguson said: “Because of your blatant disrespect for the union, we demand an emergency meeting with you, befor...

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September 18, 2019
Taxi driver spared jail over lapsed gun licence

A 41-year-old taxi driver was spared a prison sentence yesterday for not licensing his shotgun. Instead, Deputy Chief Magistrate Andrew Forbes fined Tomiko Johnson $2,000 for admitting to being in possession of an unlicensed shotgun on Sunday. Acco

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August 23, 2019
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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August 09, 2019
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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