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Former DPM: Late report could cause chaos at polls
February 26, 2017
Former DPM: Late report could cause chaos at polls
Former Deputy Prime Minister Brent Symonette thinks the lateness of the boundaries report may cause chaos at the polls come election day, because the Parliamentary Registration Department may not have enough time to place voters in the correct constituencies.
"Now as many of you know, if you went to register you got a receipt, you never got your voter's card. So now that all of those voter's cards...
Bahamas 'Well on its' to Social Safety Net Form
February 17, 2017
Bahamas 'Well on its' to Social Safety Net Form
The implementation of the country?s first Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) Programme through the R.I.S.E. Programme will further facilitate the country?s push towards reformation of the Social Safety Net programme within The Bahamas...
February 16, 2017
Deadline for Submissions of Requests for Payment by Immigration and Customs Officers
The Minister for the Public Service is in receipt of a petition from uniformed officers of the Customs and Immigration Departments seeking the payment of "the sums agreed upon via the negotiation of the Union and Government Negotiating Teams?...
Michael Halkitis, magician and practical joker
February 15, 2017
Michael Halkitis, magician and practical joker
Dear Editor,
Perry Christie's alter ego in the Ministry of Finance stepped completely out of character the other day and allowed himself to get caught up in the hype of the PLP convention.
Michael Halkitis is a naturally low-key man who doesn't care much for hyperbole. But mesmerized by the pom-poms, the music and the sea of yellow-shirted adoring fans, he went off the deep end in an attempt to e...
Customs officers' payment to be delayed
February 15, 2017
Customs officers' payment to be delayed
Minister of Labour Shane Gibson said yesterday payment would be delayed for the 90 percent of customs officers who opted to sign a petition seeking the payment of the sums agreed upon by the government and the Bahamas Customs and Immigration Allied Workers Union (BCIAWU).
The government and the BCIAWU have had an ongoing back and forth over the union's denial to sign the industrial agreement.
Last...
Smith: Gibson playing politics with customs pay
February 10, 2017
Smith: Gibson playing politics with customs pay
Bahamas Customs Immigration and Allied Workers Union (BCIAWU) President Sloane Smith this week said he believes Labour Minister Shane Gibson is playing politics with his announcement that the government has set aside funds for certain customs officers who no longer wish to be represented by the union's current leadership.
On Wednesday, Gibson said the funds were ready following his receipt of a pe...
Gibson: Customs officers' money ready
February 09, 2017
Gibson: Customs officers' money ready
Labour Minister Shane Gibson yesterday said the government has set aside funds for serving uniformed officers of the Customs Department, following his receipt of a petition signed by over 100 customs officers requesting they be paid money agreed to by the Bahamas Customs and Immigration Allied Workers Union (BCIAWU).
In a letter addressed to the officers, Gibson said, "The minister for the public ...
Fiscal deficit up to 75.3 percent
February 01, 2017
Fiscal deficit up to 75.3 percent
With government spending on the rise, the fiscal deficit has risen to 75.3 percent in just the first four months of the current 2016/2017 fiscal year.
To date, the Christie administration has collected over $1 billion in value-added tax (VAT). Total VAT receipts amounted to $214.1 million for the first four months of the current fiscal year. However, VAT receipts collected in that period represent...
February 01, 2017
Gomez: Consumer Protection Policy draft to be distributed to stakeholders
The business atmosphere in The Bahamas is set to change drastically with the introduction of a Consumer Protection Policy, which will be introduced in draft form within the next 60 days, according to Chairman of the Consumer Protection Commission (CPC) Senator Jerome Gomez.
Speaking at the National Quality Policy (NQP) Validation Workshop at SuperClubs Breezes Bahamas yesterday, Gomez said the com...
January 30, 2017
KPMG stands 'firmly' behind economic assessment report
Despite a wave of criticism over KPMG's economic assessment report on National Health Insurance (NHI), the accounting firm told Guardian Business in a statement yesterday that it stands "firmly" behind the report's conclusions and welcomes "constructive discussion" with interested parties. And while some observers argued that the report's calculations did not consider the current fiscal health of ...
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