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Nurses sickout
May 01, 2018
Nurses sickout
More than 200 nurses throughout The Bahamas called in sick yesterday forcing many clinics to turn away patients, Health Minister Dr. Duane Sands said. "Technically, this can be construed as just a lot of nurses just happened to be sick today, but it is very [...]
Minister Sears updates on Immigration and National Insurance - steps to increased efficiencies
March 13, 2024
Minister Sears updates on Immigration and National Insurance - steps to increased efficiencies
Immigration and National Insurance: “These two critical institutions play key roles in the fabric of our nation and touch the lives of every Bahamian, permanent resident, investor, expatriate worker, and tourist in the Bahamas,” said the Hon. Alfred Sears, Minister of Immigration and National Insurance. Minister Sears was making his contribution to the mid-year budget on Thursday, March 7, 20...
March 08, 2024
Ministry of Labour and the Public Service Continues Digitizing Documents
The Minister of Labour and the Public Service the Hon. Pia Glover-Rolle said the Ministry has completed just under one million scans as a part of its digital document management process, so that paper files stacked up to the ceiling will be a thing of the past.
Minister Alfred Sears - Mid-Term Budget Contribution - Ministry of Immigration and National Insurance
March 08, 2024
Minister Alfred Sears - Mid-Term Budget Contribution - Ministry of Immigration and National Insurance
Mr. Deputy Speaker,
Honorable Members of the House of Assembly
Shake-up at Immigration
September 08, 2023
Shake-up at Immigration
The Department of Immigration, which has been mired in controversy in recent months, is set to get a leadership change with Acting Director of Immigration Keturah Ferguson to be placed on leave and then retired, according to high level sources familiar with the developments.
'This country lacks leadership'
July 26, 2023
'This country lacks leadership'
Former Minister of National Security A. Loftus Roker, who is still widely known for the tough stance he took against illegal immigration when he was minister responsible for immigration, said yesterday he remains concerned that Bahamians are losing out in their country, and lamented what he said is a lack of political leadership.
NEW CLAIMS BY FNM OVER BELL BEHAVIOUR: 'Permits given to people in custody and businesses without valid licences'
July 24, 2023
NEW CLAIMS BY FNM OVER BELL BEHAVIOUR: 'Permits given to people in custody and businesses without valid licences'
A HOST of irregularities under Immigration Minister Keith Bell have been alleged by FNM leader Michael Pintard - including work permits granted to arrested individuals who had made no application, for businesses that had no licence and interventions that led to concerns being raised by Immigration Director Keturah Ferguson.
TCI premier reaches out to expats
February 21, 2023
TCI premier reaches out to expats
Coming out of the 44th Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) in Nassau, and a meeting with the Turks and Caicos diaspora on New Providence, Charles Washington Misick, premier of the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI), met with TCI residents and their descendants on Grand Bahama on Saturday evening in the ballroom of the Grand Lucayan hotel.
September 17, 2016
The United Nations in the case of Haiti may have done more harm than good
I remember exactly where I was when the news broke out that some people in Haiti were dying of a strange disease.
September 14, 2016
PM speaks of importance of international diplomatic ties in national development
Prime Minister and Minister of Finance the Rt. Hon. Perry Christie said that when the United Nations adopted its ?2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development? in September 2015, he stressed it was the hope of the people of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas that the country would be agreeing to a new agenda that was "people-centred, planet-sensitive, and inclusive in approach to its development, grounde...
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