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TUC chief: Labour law reform ‘unlikely’ before next election

The Trades Union Congress’s (TUC) president yesterday said it was “highly unlikely” that the controversial labour law reforms will be enacted before the upcoming general election, with little progress in negotiations at the National Tripartite Council.

BOB rights offering takes Govt further down ‘wrong road’

The Government has been pushed further down “the wrong road” on Bank of the Bahamas by the recent $40 million rights offering, an outspoken shareholder said yesterday.

PUBLIC SPENDING TO RISE 'LESS THAN 0.1% OF GDP' VIA WAGE FREEZE END

By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor Lifting the civil service wage freeze will increase public spending by a sum equivalent to "less than 0.1 per cent of GDP", the Government believes, its major difference with the International Monetary Fund (IMF)

Public spending to rise 'less than 0.1% of GDP' via wage freeze end

Public spending to rise 'less than 0.1% of GDP' via wage freeze end By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor Lifting the civil service wage freeze will increase public spending by a sum equivalent to "less than 0.1 per cent of GDP", the Government beli

Public spending to rise 'less than 0.1% of GDP' via wage freeze end

Public spending to rise 'less than 0.1% of GDP' via wage freeze end By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor Lifting the civil service wage freeze will increase public spending by a sum equivalent to "less than 0.1 per cent of GDP", the Government beli

Public spending to rise 'less than 0.1% of GDP' via wage freeze end

Public spending to rise 'less than 0.1% of GDP' via wage freeze end By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor Lifting the civil service wage freeze will increase public spending by a sum equivalent to "less than 0.1 per cent of GDP", the Government beli

Public spending to rise 'less than 0.1% of GDP' via wage freeze end

Public spending to rise 'less than 0.1% of GDP' via wage freeze end By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor Lifting the civil service wage freeze will increase public spending by a sum equivalent to "less than 0.1 per cent of GDP", the Government beli

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CCA: WE SHOULD TAKE ADVANTAGE OF BAHAMAS – Contractor reached out for help to son of top govt advisor

Baha Mar's main contractor asked the son of Perry Christie's top policy adviser to intervene when his father proposed changing The Pointe's Heads of Agreement over how many Bahamian construction workers would be employed.

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Private sector targets NHI concerns Christmas present

The Bahamian private sector is hoping to present the Government with a consolidated list of its National Health Insurance (NHI) concerns before Christmas, amid fears that the scheme’s cost estimates “might not be the most ideal”.

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BEC managerial talks start today

The Government will today begin negotiations with PowerSecure International over the five-year Bahamas Electricity Corporation (BEC) management contract, amid pledges that the deal will be overseen by “a non-partisan” Board.

Contractors Association: No Baha Mar woe reports yet

Senior Bahamian Contractors Association (BCA) executives say they have yet to receive reports of local construction companies not getting due payments for work done on the $3.5 billion Baha Mar project.Senior Bahamian Contractors Association (BCA) executives say they have yet to receive reports of local construction companies not getting due payments for work done on the $3.5 billion Baha Mar project.

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Wilson: Ingraham responsible for Sth. Eleuthera’s ‘demise’

The developer adjacent to a newly-announced $100 million resort project believes they will together make Cotton Bay “the Caribbean’s premier destination”, as he blasted former Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham for decisions that caused South Eleuthera’s “demise”.

Fiscal hawk fears politicians won’t ‘face the music’

The Government yesterday asked Moody’s to ‘take a bet’ that its economic growth and Budgetary initiatives will succeed, as a well-known fiscal hawk said: “They’re not going to have to face the music.”

NASSAU MUST BE INTELLECTUAL, NOT TOURIST, CAPITAL

By Richard Coulson During several recent months, the downward spiral in share prices and the threat of global recession have been largely driven by news - mostly bad - coming from the Eurozone. The abrupt reversal to price increases over the last few we

ATLANTIS BANKRUPTCY FEAR 'VERY FAR FETCHED'

By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor Kerzner International (Bahamas) chief executive yesterday described fears that the company's $2.5 billion lenders would look to foreclose or place the company into bankruptcy as "very far fetched", following Brook

Financial service executive settles on $615k 'offer'

By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor A Bahamian financial services executive has settled an action brought against him by Canadian regulators over a "false, misleading" $615,000 securities offering, agreeing to accept "the reduced charge of acting ag

Financial service executive settles on $615k 'offer'

By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor A Bahamian financial services executive has settled an action brought against him by Canadian regulators over a "false, misleading" $615,000 securities offering, agreeing to accept "the reduced charge of acting ag

Financial service executive settles on $615k 'offer'

By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor A Bahamian financial services executive has settled an action brought against him by Canadian regulators over a "false, misleading" $615,000 securities offering, agreeing to accept "the reduced charge of acting ag

Financial service executive settles on $615k 'offer'

By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor A Bahamian financial services executive has settled an action brought against him by Canadian regulators over a "false, misleading" $615,000 securities offering, agreeing to accept "the reduced charge of acting ag

Financial service executive settles on $615k 'offer'

By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor A Bahamian financial services executive has settled an action brought against him by Canadian regulators over a "false, misleading" $615,000 securities offering, agreeing to accept "the reduced charge of acting ag