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A NEW DAY - BUT WITH OLD FACES: Cabinet decision to hire retirees defended amid 'double dipping' claim
A NEW DAY - BUT WITH OLD FACES: Cabinet decision to hire retirees defended amid 'double dipping' claim
THE Office of the Prime Minister has defended Cabinet's decision to allow re-engaged retirees to receive a salary and their pension, saying the process will be selective, merit-based and infrequent.
Rehiring the retired They get salary plus pension
Rehiring the retired They get salary plus pension
THE Davis administration will allow retired civil servants who are reengaged by the government to simultaneously receive their salary and their pension, a shift in policy from the Minnis administration.
New franchise hires 40 staff
New franchise hires 40 staff
By ALISON LOWE
Business Reporter
alowe@tribunemedia.net
A former political hopeful has hired 40 employees ahead of opening a new fast-food restaurant chain in the Bahamas, which he yesterday said will give home delivery pizza businesses a run for their money.
Michael Turnquest, who ran for the FNM in the Kennedy constituency in 2007, told Tribune Business he has so far invested $500,000 in sett...
Social Services looking to hire security firm
Social Services looking to hire security firm
The Department of Social Services is reporting that everything is back to normal at its Horseshoe Drive location after heated arguments erupted at that office last week.
However, Assistant Director Kim Sawyer said yesterday the department is searching for a private security firm that can assist when food coupons are being issued at the end of the month.
In one instance last week, an employee was h...
Sands hired as jumps coach at FSU
Sands hired as jumps coach at FSU
Bahamian legendary athlete, now coach, ‘Superman’ Leevan Sands is headed to the ACC (Atlantic Coast Conference).
Carnival Cruise Line Sought to Hire 65 Bahamians during Recruitment visit to Nassau
In keeping with the Government of the Bahamas’ mandate to increase the amount of Bahamians employed in the Maritime Sector, the Ministry of Labour, in conjunction with other industry partners...
Financial firm hires ex-CFAL executive
Financial firm hires ex-CFAL executive
LENO CORPORATE SERVICES has hired former CFAL executive Khalil Braithwaite as the firm's manager for business development and client relations.
"Leno Corporate Services is pleased to secure Khalil Braithwaite's services, and expects that he will make a valuable contribution to the team," said Sean Longley, Leno's president and chief executive.
"Mr Braithwaite is a young Bahamian financial servic...
ACCOUNTANT HIRING INCREASES BY 20 PER CENT
ACCOUNTANT HIRING INCREASES BY 20 PER CENT
By ALISON LOWE
Business Reporter
alowe@tribunemedia.net
THERE has been a 20 per cent increase in the hiring of accountants during 2010, something Bahamas Institute of Chartered Accountants (BICA) president, Reece Chipman, yesterday said appears to be proof of "a greater need for assurance" from stakeholders about companies' finances due to the recession.
The added demand for the industry's ser...
Labour Minister Urges Businesspersons to Hire Reformed Inmates
Nassau, Bahamas - Minister
of Labour and Social Development Senator the Hon. Dion Foulkes appealed
to businesspersons on Thursday to be as open as possible and hire
reformed inmates once they have served their time.
Speaking at the opening ceremony of a male health seminar for inmates
at Her Majesty's Prisons Mr Foulkes said, "We want to appeal to the
business community that when former inmates a...
Leading real estate broker ‘Fed up’ with law-breaking foreign appraisers, Blames companies operating in The Bahamas for hiring them
One of the country’s most successful real estate professionals today backed the industry association’s pledge to go after illegal appraisers who “rob qualified Bahamians of work” by operating in a country without a license to do so.
Mario Carey, founder and president of Better Homes and Gardens MCR Group, issued the no-holds-barred statement a day after the Bahamas Real Estate Associat...