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Majority of 52 week programme workers placed in private sector • Gov’t working towards placing remainder of un-posted employees • Remainder of participants undergoing training
By YOURI KEMP Tribune Business Reporter ykemp@tribunemedia.net TWO thirds of the remaining unposted 52 week programme workers in the public service have been successfully placed in the private sector while the remainder are undergoing training.
Clint Watson, press secretary in the Office of the Prime Minister at his weekly press briefing on Friday said: “There’s been a lot of interest about being able to place persons in the private sector. So far, there have been about 50 to 60 persons who’ve been placed.” In November, Pia Glover-Rolle, minister of
state for the public service, revealed that 233 people were approved by the former Free National Movement government for employment in July 2021, just two months before the September 16 general election. Of that number, 85 were un-posted because
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FOCOL Holdings announces new promotions to its executive ranks RYAN PINDER
AG: Several tools added to deal with international requests for exchange of information • Case management system developed by Department of Information Technology By YOURI KEMP Tribune Business Reporter ykemp@tribunemedia.net THE Attorney General has provided an insight on the government’s case management system to help facilitate the management of responses to international requests for exchange of information. Ryan Pinder, in the 2019-20 Anti-Money Laundering/Combating the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) Annual Publication for The Bahamas, said: The OAG (Office of the Attorney General) over the last 24 months added several tools to assist the Unit in effectively managing the government’s responses to international requests for exchange of information either through a) Mutual Legal Assistance Treaties, b) Letters Rogatory, c) Court to Court for criminal matters via the Criminal Justice (International Cooperation) Act, 2000 or d) Court to Court for civil matters via the Evidence (Proceedings in
Other Jurisdiction) Act, 2000. “A case management system has been developed by the Department of Information Technology as an IT solution to enhance the Unit’s procedures. The IT solution was launched during the week of the 10 December 2018. As of 20 February 2019, all Mutual Legal Assistance and Criminal Justice Requests for Assistance matters (United States of America, Canada, etc.) have been entered into the case management system and updating of matters is ongoing. As of July 2019, all matters relating to outgoing requests were entered into the case management system. Extradition matters were entered into the case management system as of 21 August 2019. “The Protocol for Processing International Requests for International Legal Assistance Matters has been amended to ensure that all members of the Unit are aware that all new matters are to
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FOCOL Holdings Limited has announced three top level promotions in its executive establishment. Effective January 1 Anthony Robinson becomes FOCOL Holdings Limited’s Deputy Chairman. Dexter Adderley has been appointed President and Chief Executive Officer
and Clinton Rolle becomes Managing Director and General Manager of Sun Oil Limited. Sir Franklyn Wilson, who was one of a group of businessmen who acquired the energy company in 1982 and FOCOL Chairman since 2014, made the announcement during a
meeting with Prime Minister Philip Davis to appraise him of the company’s leadership and succession plan. Said Sir Franklyn: “Under the theme ‘Continuity and Change’ and with all other members of the leadership team affirming support, these latest executive movements are the
SIR FRANKLYN WILSON outcome of years of proper succession planning. On this occasion, I recall the
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