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BTC downsizing expected to start July 15
July 02, 2011
BTC downsizing expected to start July 15
The disengagement of Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) employees who applied for voluntary separation packages (VSEPs) could come as early as July 15, according to president of the Bahamas Communications and Public Managers Union (BCPMU) William Carrol.
Carrol said yesterday that the BCPMU and the Bahamas Communications and Public Officers Union (BCPOU) plan to meet with employees early ne...
August 03, 2017
The opposition exposing themselves with their 'blah, blah blah'
Dear Editor,
A member of Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition, the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP), has exposed his party's Achilles heel when expressing contempt for the newly elected prime minister's national address.
The spokesman's comments that follow confirm the last government lived in an alternate universe.
PLP comment: "What concerned me about the speech is why do they keep talking down this ...
National disaster tax
June 18, 2017
National disaster tax
Dear Editor,
Have you ever heard the saying by some black people that they say fulfills their obligation to this life? It goes something like this: "All I have to do is stay black and die!" That's it!
What do whites say? "The only thing I can be sure of is death and taxes!" That's it!
I think that they are both right; although whites do have to stay white, and blacks do have to pay taxes.
Taxes, w...
Rolle says Davis claims are breach of privilege
June 13, 2017
Rolle says Davis claims are breach of privilege
BRENSIL Rolle, State Minister for the Public Service, did not depart from his assertions yesterday regarding public sector hiring and the ballooning of the government's payroll under the Christie administration despite Official Opposition Leader Phi
June 09, 2017
The PLP hired security officer to watch police station GTHOH
Dear Editor,
The Minister of State for Public Service and National Insurance Brensil Rolle revealed to the House during the budget debate that the PLP added 6,500 persons to the already bloated civil service between 2012-2017. In the waning months of its tenure in office the Christie regime increased the government payroll by $10 million. Forty-one persons on Acklins, which is a part of MICAL, wer...
June 09, 2017
Govt borrowing could reach 'point of no return', says BCCEC chairman
On the heels of the new Free National Movement (FNM) government announcing it would have to borrow $722 million, outgoing Chairman of the Bahamas Chamber of Commerce and Employers' Confederation (BCCEC) Gowon Bowe said borrowing could come to a point of "no return".
Speaking at a press conference, Bowe asserted the need for clarification on expenditure commitments made under the previous Christie ...
10m more in govt salaries
June 09, 2017
10m more in govt salaries
THE government's payroll increased by $10m as new employees were hired in the final five months of the former Christie administration, State Minister for Public Service and National Insurance Brensil Rolle said during his contribution to the budget debate in the House of Assembly yesterday.
Workers the country can't afford
June 09, 2017
Workers the country can't afford
The Bahamas has been in a no-growth/contraction phase the past few years. In that time government debt has gone up. The government debt-to-GDP went from 48 percent in the 2011/12 fiscal year to a projected 71.5 percent this fiscal year.
The new Free National Movement (FNM) administration is borrowing $722 million it thinks necessary to stabilize the mess left by the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP)...
Public service grew by 6,500 under PLP
June 09, 2017
Public service grew by 6,500 under PLP
Minister of State for Public Service and National Insurance Brensil Rolle revealed yesterday that the public service grew by 6,500 people over the last five years, and the government's payroll ballooned by $10 million in the last five months of the Christie administration's term.
Rolle, who made those revelations during his contribution to the budget debate in the House of Assembly, said Oppositio...
Demanding better from a new government
May 24, 2017
Demanding better from a new government
Dear Editor,
Allow me to congratulate Prime Minister Dr. Hubert Minnis and the Free National Movement on their tremendous, overwhelming victory at the polls on May 10! To God be the glory!
Although I am a lifelong FNM, I never supported Dr. Minnis for FNM leader. I was always skeptical of his ability to lead the party to victory. I am happy to have been wrong, especially since, as I wrote in a le...
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