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		<title>By: Eye of Horus</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2014/05/minister-highlights-various-employment-initiatives/#comment-2249247</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Eye of Horus]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 May 2014 01:26:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you know someone from Manila give them some money &amp; ask them to get one from Recto Avenue for you next time they&#039;re home.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If you know someone from Manila give them some money &amp; ask them to get one from Recto Avenue for you next time they&#8217;re home.</p>
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		<title>By: CommonSensenBda</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2014/05/minister-highlights-various-employment-initiatives/#comment-2246762</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[CommonSensenBda]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2014 20:10:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Really Rhonda, you had to go all the way back to 1977?!

Please regal us as to how much of the Pitt report was made into law and enacted under the fourteen years of a BLACK LABOR PARTY government.

READY......]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Really Rhonda, you had to go all the way back to 1977?!</p>
<p>Please regal us as to how much of the Pitt report was made into law and enacted under the fourteen years of a BLACK LABOR PARTY government.</p>
<p>READY&#8230;&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: CommonSensenBda</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2014/05/minister-highlights-various-employment-initiatives/#comment-2246554</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[CommonSensenBda]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2014 19:46:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MINISTER FAHY IS NOT TRYING TO HIRE BERMUDIANS, JUST ENSURING THAT WE ARE BEING FIRED.......

Now that the LIES are past us, is the ELECTED Government moving to address the situation, because we all are aware of the lack of effort from the previous admin to even ADDRESS the issue, much less take a stand on all the IMPORTED labor.... wait, they apparently have now taken a stand, now that they won&#039;t be responsible for implementing it.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>MINISTER FAHY IS NOT TRYING TO HIRE BERMUDIANS, JUST ENSURING THAT WE ARE BEING FIRED&#8230;&#8230;.</p>
<p>Now that the LIES are past us, is the ELECTED Government moving to address the situation, because we all are aware of the lack of effort from the previous admin to even ADDRESS the issue, much less take a stand on all the IMPORTED labor&#8230;. wait, they apparently have now taken a stand, now that they won&#8217;t be responsible for implementing it.</p>
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		<title>By: JustAskin2</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2014/05/minister-highlights-various-employment-initiatives/#comment-2245521</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[JustAskin2]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2014 17:34:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[No he does look pretty stiff to me and that smile is a little too large to be comfortable :)]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>No he does look pretty stiff to me and that smile is a little too large to be comfortable <img src='https://cloudfront.bernews.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>By: Mike Hind</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2014/05/minister-highlights-various-employment-initiatives/#comment-2238996</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Hind]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2014 03:40:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[You mean the one where he&#039;s smiling wide with his shoulders back in a relaxed posture? That one?

You can&#039;t just make stuff up and pretend it&#039;s true, &quot;Robert&quot;. Come on.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You mean the one where he&#8217;s smiling wide with his shoulders back in a relaxed posture? That one?</p>
<p>You can&#8217;t just make stuff up and pretend it&#8217;s true, &#8220;Robert&#8221;. Come on.</p>
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		<title>By: Robert</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2014/05/minister-highlights-various-employment-initiatives/#comment-2238434</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Robert]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2014 02:17:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[He always looks uncomfortable in these pictures.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>He always looks uncomfortable in these pictures.</p>
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		<title>By: Unbelievable</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2014/05/minister-highlights-various-employment-initiatives/#comment-2238039</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Unbelievable]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2014 01:19:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rhonda, dear, that Opposition party you are referencing here, had the power and it messed up. hence why it lost the power. 

Why don&#039;t you criticise your party? You can&#039;t and you won&#039;t do it cuz you are told to step into line and don&#039;t look weak in front of others. Meanwhile, the PLP had themselves a good old time and spent money like it was a running faucet. 

Yet, you seem to be ok with that.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Rhonda, dear, that Opposition party you are referencing here, had the power and it messed up. hence why it lost the power. </p>
<p>Why don&#8217;t you criticise your party? You can&#8217;t and you won&#8217;t do it cuz you are told to step into line and don&#8217;t look weak in front of others. Meanwhile, the PLP had themselves a good old time and spent money like it was a running faucet. </p>
<p>Yet, you seem to be ok with that.</p>
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		<title>By: Tired of it all</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tired of it all]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2014 21:08:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rhonda,

I remember clearly last year some time when the Government did a similar press conference on one of these job initiatives.  Your response was that the scheme was set up by the PLP initially and the OBA are trying to get credit or it.

So about 6 months later now you believe that these are terrible programs, a waste of time and somehow a denigration of Bermudians in general.

What has changed since then?  Do you believe that the PLP initiated job schemes were essentially a waste constructed by an out of touch Government?  Or has your mind been swayed because you see Fahy now standing up there with graduates of these programs?

Why don&#039;t you tell the 400 or so Bermudians who have taken advantage of these opportunities that they are essentially stupid for trying to improve or expand their skills.

I know you hate the OBA and want no credit to be given to them in any shape or form, but be at least a little bit rational in your hatred.  But please answer a simple question: why were you full of praise for the PLP when they stood in front of the cameras and touted very similar if not the same programs, but now you call these a waste and denigrate them?

PS: In order for one to have a livable wage one must first have a job.  So what is your beef with people enhancing their skill sets?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Rhonda,</p>
<p>I remember clearly last year some time when the Government did a similar press conference on one of these job initiatives.  Your response was that the scheme was set up by the PLP initially and the OBA are trying to get credit or it.</p>
<p>So about 6 months later now you believe that these are terrible programs, a waste of time and somehow a denigration of Bermudians in general.</p>
<p>What has changed since then?  Do you believe that the PLP initiated job schemes were essentially a waste constructed by an out of touch Government?  Or has your mind been swayed because you see Fahy now standing up there with graduates of these programs?</p>
<p>Why don&#8217;t you tell the 400 or so Bermudians who have taken advantage of these opportunities that they are essentially stupid for trying to improve or expand their skills.</p>
<p>I know you hate the OBA and want no credit to be given to them in any shape or form, but be at least a little bit rational in your hatred.  But please answer a simple question: why were you full of praise for the PLP when they stood in front of the cameras and touted very similar if not the same programs, but now you call these a waste and denigrate them?</p>
<p>PS: In order for one to have a livable wage one must first have a job.  So what is your beef with people enhancing their skill sets?</p>
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		<title>By: Terry</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2014/05/minister-highlights-various-employment-initiatives/#comment-2236123</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Terry]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2014 20:47:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yah calling us uneducated and lazy Rhonda?You can&#039;t obtain or maintain a livable wage if you don&#039;t have an education.

Sure we can all be pot washers and porters and maids.

Too whom.

How much they pay you Rhonda.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yah calling us uneducated and lazy Rhonda?You can&#8217;t obtain or maintain a livable wage if you don&#8217;t have an education.</p>
<p>Sure we can all be pot washers and porters and maids.</p>
<p>Too whom.</p>
<p>How much they pay you Rhonda.</p>
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		<title>By: Rhonda Neil</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2014/05/minister-highlights-various-employment-initiatives/#comment-2235739</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rhonda Neil]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2014 19:54:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[“We followed that (the Pitt Report) up by having a constitutional conference with a body from the Foreign Office and ourselves, and both parties were there, and we changed … what had been the vexatious point, constitutionally, which was called the Commonwealth vote,” said Sir Peter in a 2001 interview. “Young white people, who’d been in Bermuda for more than three years, had the vote at the elections just because they were Commonwealth and white. This had virtually deprived the black Opposition party of ever really getting enough votes to get power.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>“We followed that (the Pitt Report) up by having a constitutional conference with a body from the Foreign Office and ourselves, and both parties were there, and we changed … what had been the vexatious point, constitutionally, which was called the Commonwealth vote,” said Sir Peter in a 2001 interview. “Young white people, who’d been in Bermuda for more than three years, had the vote at the elections just because they were Commonwealth and white. This had virtually deprived the black Opposition party of ever really getting enough votes to get power.</p>
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		<title>By: Rhonda Neil</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2014/05/minister-highlights-various-employment-initiatives/#comment-2235711</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rhonda Neil]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2014 19:51:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[How much progress have we made...

Pitt Report Riots of 1977 
4.15. The contributory causes, in
our view, are all tangled together and
derive much of their influence from the
way they interact. To try to separate
them, and to compile a list, can therefore
be misleading. At best those factors
which, through weight of evidence are
perceived to be the most important of
the contributory causes, can be grouped
under headings. These groupings include
the economic structure of Bermuda
and the strong belief that there is
inequality of economic opportunity.
Concentration of economic power in
&quot;Front Street&quot; and the banks, lack of support
for small businesses, especially if
they are black, lack of job opportunities,
training and Bermudianisation, all (of
which) are intricately intertwined.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>How much progress have we made&#8230;</p>
<p>Pitt Report Riots of 1977<br />
4.15. The contributory causes, in<br />
our view, are all tangled together and<br />
derive much of their influence from the<br />
way they interact. To try to separate<br />
them, and to compile a list, can therefore<br />
be misleading. At best those factors<br />
which, through weight of evidence are<br />
perceived to be the most important of<br />
the contributory causes, can be grouped<br />
under headings. These groupings include<br />
the economic structure of Bermuda<br />
and the strong belief that there is<br />
inequality of economic opportunity.<br />
Concentration of economic power in<br />
&#8220;Front Street&#8221; and the banks, lack of support<br />
for small businesses, especially if<br />
they are black, lack of job opportunities,<br />
training and Bermudianisation, all (of<br />
which) are intricately intertwined.</p>
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		<title>By: J.A.M.S</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2014/05/minister-highlights-various-employment-initiatives/#comment-2235645</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[J.A.M.S]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2014 19:43:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jennita DeShields C.P.A, we are so proud of you and can&#039;t wait to see the great things you will accomplish in the future. Continue to maintain determined and persevered to get what you want out of life.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Jennita DeShields C.P.A, we are so proud of you and can&#8217;t wait to see the great things you will accomplish in the future. Continue to maintain determined and persevered to get what you want out of life.</p>
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		<title>By: Rhonda Neil</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2014/05/minister-highlights-various-employment-initiatives/#comment-2235640</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rhonda Neil]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2014 19:42:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[as long as the govt continues to believe and put forward solutions, to counteract  to the lazy, uneducated Bermudian... instead of addressing the number one grass root issue of a livable wages... we will be doing the same thing, another 100 years from now... my Mom says in her day 60+ years ago, the same things where being said then,a little more racially overtly..but let&#039;s be honest the vast majority of persons in the unemployment line at the low end, are several generational of Black Bermudians......when I read the Pitt and Wooding&#039;s Report the same recommendation are in there... but what does the Bermuda govt do....the same old same old, hoping for a different result...]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>as long as the govt continues to believe and put forward solutions, to counteract  to the lazy, uneducated Bermudian&#8230; instead of addressing the number one grass root issue of a livable wages&#8230; we will be doing the same thing, another 100 years from now&#8230; my Mom says in her day 60+ years ago, the same things where being said then,a little more racially overtly..but let&#8217;s be honest the vast majority of persons in the unemployment line at the low end, are several generational of Black Bermudians&#8230;&#8230;when I read the Pitt and Wooding&#8217;s Report the same recommendation are in there&#8230; but what does the Bermuda govt do&#8230;.the same old same old, hoping for a different result&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: Rhonda Neil</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2014/05/minister-highlights-various-employment-initiatives/#comment-2235564</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rhonda Neil]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2014 19:33:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Where can I go to get a certificate and training... in pot washing...and soft skills...oh yes the Bermuda govt offers said programs...]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Where can I go to get a certificate and training&#8230; in pot washing&#8230;and soft skills&#8230;oh yes the Bermuda govt offers said programs&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: Qualifications are not enough...</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Qualifications are not enough...]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2014 18:53:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Experience is a must as well.  Bermudians should consider getting entry-level jobs elsewhere to gain experience.  It doesn&#039;t make sense for a global company to have entry-level positions in their Bermuda office when they can pay much less for the same position in North America or the UK.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Experience is a must as well.  Bermudians should consider getting entry-level jobs elsewhere to gain experience.  It doesn&#8217;t make sense for a global company to have entry-level positions in their Bermuda office when they can pay much less for the same position in North America or the UK.</p>
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