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‘YOU CAN’T SPIN IT UNEMPLOYMENT UP’ Sands says joblessness has risen due to govt’s aggressive taxation By JADE RUSSELL Tribune Staff Reporter jrussell@tribunemedia.net FREE National Movement chairman Dr Duane Sands accused the Davis administration of trying to “spin” the latest unemployment figures, which he said clearly shows an increase in joblessness. Bahamas National
Statistics Institute officials revealed on Friday that the unemployment rate was 10.4 percent in the third quarter of 2023 and 9.9 percent in the fourth quarter of 2023. Those rates reflect an increase compared to the 8.8 percent rate from the Labour Force Survey
Officials consider response over missing woman
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PHA TERMINATES SECURITY FIRM’S CONTRACT OVER UNPAID GUARDS By LYNAIRE MUNNINGS Tribune Staff Reporter lmunnings@tribunemedia.net THE Public Hospitals Authority (PHA) said it terminated its contract with its security company two weeks ago after learning that its employees had not been paid. Employees of Guard Force Security
International Limited protested outside the Princess Margaret Hospital yesterday, demanding they receive months of owed salaries. “It is important to note that the concerns raised are specific to the contracted security company and its employees and should be SEE PAGE FOUR
THIS photo provided by Emily Williams shows Taylor Casey on July 2, 2022. Casey, 41, was last seen Wednesday, June 19, 2024, at the Sivananda Ashram Yoga Retreat on Paradise Island, Bahamas, according to a news release from her family. Photo: Emily Williams/AP By EARYEL BOWLEG Tribune Staff Reporter ebowleg@tribunemedia.net TOURISM Director General Latia Duncombe said Ministry of Tourism officials are meeting
to determine the “best approach” to handle the negative consequences of the disappearance of an American woman. Chicago native Taylor Casey, 41, was last seen in the Paradise Island area
on June 19. Her relatives said she was in the country for the Sirvanada Ashram Yoga Retreat. A contingent of her relatives, including her mother,
‘INTIMIDATION TACTICS’ OF GOVT SLAMMED BY RETAILER
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By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor nhartnell@tribunemedia.net
DAVIS SAYS HE PERSONALLY INTERVENED TO REFUSE WORK PERMITS THAT WEREN’T ‘JUSTIFIED’
A MAJOR Bahamian retailer yesterday accused government agents of employing “intimidation tactics” by sending heavilyarmed officers into its main store as part of a tax compliance check-up. Brent Burrows II, CBS Bahamas’ vp of retail and sales, in a Facebook post on Monday’s surprise visit by the Government’s ‘Revenue Enhancement Task Force’ was “an eye-opening event” not just for himself but the wider private sector.
By KEILE CAMPBELL Tribune Staff Reporter kcampbell@tribunemedia.net PRIME Minister Philip “Brave” Davis said he has personally intervened to cancel work permits that were not “justified”. He did not give specifics. His comments came during a Progressive Liberal Party southern corridor
regional meeting last night. Mr Davis has repeatedly talked tough about clamping down on work permits. Ministers did not provide statistics about work permit grants during the recent budget debate in Parliament. Last year, former Labour Director Robert Farquharson said 40 percent of SEE PAGE FIVE
PRIME Minister Philip ‘Brave’ Davis
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