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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.
More details revealed for taxis and large vehicle bridge toll rise
LABOUR Minister Shane Gibson recently reminded the public that toll rates for the Sidney Poitier Bridge to Paradise Island will increase on May 1.
Taxi drivers to get up to $40,000 monthly with new agreement
Grand Bahama taxi drivers will have the opportunity to earn up to an additional $40,000 monthly based on an agreement between the Taxi Union and Bahamas Paradise Cruises, announced June 4, 2018.
Taxi drivers allege 'unfair' competition for Atlantis fares
A GROUP of disgruntled Paradise Island-based taxi drivers have expressed concern over some of the Atlantis resort's employees allegedly facilitating "unfair" competition in the ground transportation industry.
Taxi Driver's Killer Jailed for 21 Years
Taxi Driver's Killer Jailed for 21 Years
A man who faced up to 35 years in prison for the manslaughter of his 66-year-old Long Island lover was sentenced to 21 years in prison yesterday. Adrian Robinson, 46, of Long Island, who said he was not a person incapable of being rehabilitated, asked Justice Bernard Turner for leniency in sentencing him, stating that although he was charged with murder, the jury had convicted him of manslaughter ...
Taxis/non-guests barred from Atlantis Royal Towers
Taxis/non-guests barred from Atlantis Royal Towers
A proposed policy change that would limit taxi access to the Atlantis' Royal Towers has some cab drivers concerned they will lose income.
As of this week Friday, only private vehicles and taxis carrying hotel guests or those who purchased hotel tour packages will be allowed to pull up to the Royal Towers entrance on weekends.
Taxi drivers: We're clean
Taxi drivers: We're clean
BAHAMAS Taxicab Union President Philip Watkins has dismissed a tabloid report that taxicab drivers are defecating and urinating in their vehicles while parked at Prince George Wharf as "old news" and "irrelevant"...
Ministry of Transport Embarking on a Taxi Industry Service Improvement Programme in Collaboration with Stakeholders
Ministry of Transport Embarking on a Taxi Industry Service Improvement Programme in Collaboration with Stakeholders
Minister of Transport and Housing the Hon. JoBeth Coleby-Davis and other Senior Ministry of Transport officials met with members of the Bahamas Taxicab Union (BTU) and the Bahamas Hotel and Tourism Association (BHTA) to discuss the Ministry’s Taxi Industry Service Improvement Programme under the theme: Building Consensus for Improvements in the Taxi Industry, at Baha Mar Resort, Wednesday, May 3...
'90 taxi plates are inactive'
'90 taxi plates are inactive'
THE Ministry of Transport and Housing has revealed some 90 taxi plates are inactive.
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...