Comments on: Chamber President Highlights Jobs Challenge https://bernews.com/2025/11/chamber-president-highlights-jobs-challenge/ Bermuda's #1 source for 24/7 breaking news, photos & videos Wed, 29 Apr 2026 21:50:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.7.5 By: Joe Bloggs https://bernews.com/2025/11/chamber-president-highlights-jobs-challenge/#comment-5998372 Thu, 27 Nov 2025 12:42:39 +0000 https://bernews.com/?p=1531019#comment-5998372 I agree with you, Pac Man. Most young people these days do not want to sacrifice luxury like we did. They want things given to them.

]]> By: PAC. MAN https://bernews.com/2025/11/chamber-president-highlights-jobs-challenge/#comment-5998352 Wed, 26 Nov 2025 22:50:37 +0000 https://bernews.com/?p=1531019#comment-5998352 JOE Bloggs They may be coming for you next .
There is no shortage of bedrooms. Never was, . The young just do not want their activities in control of their parents. Alternately their parents may have told them time has come to go . This happens to young people in their 30 ‘s, they are not mothers little boy any more . Now to know this could be where the one hundred mill went.
May be if out young went to see how others have to survive they would not have to be so picky.
There is no free lunch any more.
I knew My father wanted me to leave as his father did before him, with the exception, I beat him to it at the age of 21 i was out the door with my pleasant good bye. I had two jobs to be able to make it . No different than as it is to day ,and a bike to get to work that day. No body did me any favours or hand outs. The Goverment just got a slap in the face for all their efforts

]]> By: Joe Bloggs https://bernews.com/2025/11/chamber-president-highlights-jobs-challenge/#comment-5998349 Wed, 26 Nov 2025 21:12:33 +0000 https://bernews.com/?p=1531019#comment-5998349 Life would be easier for “hmmm” if the government would take homes from the “haves” and give them to the “have nots”. That would create a “fairer Bermuda”.

]]> By: Hmm https://bernews.com/2025/11/chamber-president-highlights-jobs-challenge/#comment-5998344 Wed, 26 Nov 2025 19:26:11 +0000 https://bernews.com/?p=1531019#comment-5998344 Truth be told, it is my belief, Airbnbs have increased in popularity because it eliminates having to deal with dreadful tenants.
Even without Airbnb, many landlords would rather keep their properties vacant then rent to certain individuals and that is their right.
And note, just as the Banks continue to increase interest rates and the cost of living continues to rise, then so will rents.

]]> By: So I save and work hard and invest in https://bernews.com/2025/11/chamber-president-highlights-jobs-challenge/#comment-5998343 Wed, 26 Nov 2025 19:17:14 +0000 https://bernews.com/?p=1531019#comment-5998343 Housing. Then buy 4 more while you cruise have a big car think nothing of having fancy parties and going out. My hard sacrifice and use of a bike,then a second hand car was my hard earned dream that I shared with friends who had no interest. Now l8ke you they have regrets. You followed your dreams and so did many of us.. Lots of advice was given and obviously ignored by you and many know it all Bermudians.a tough lesson when you think if theopportunoties you and many heard about but ignored. Yes. You could have done something like I did and a few friends who listened and acted.

]]> By: hmmm https://bernews.com/2025/11/chamber-president-highlights-jobs-challenge/#comment-5998323 Wed, 26 Nov 2025 14:01:22 +0000 https://bernews.com/?p=1531019#comment-5998323 Growth of international business has not increased rents. Landlords increased the rent. the lack of hosing due to people owning too many properties and using them for Air BNB has contributed to this also.

Tackle both those things by reducing quantity of properties that can be owned by greedy Bermudians and get rid of Air BNB from Bermuda.

Make Bermuda affordable then Bermudians will return from overseas.

]]> By: Joe Bloggs https://bernews.com/2025/11/chamber-president-highlights-jobs-challenge/#comment-5998317 Wed, 26 Nov 2025 13:01:02 +0000 https://bernews.com/?p=1531019#comment-5998317 I am going to come to the defence of Jason Hayward. I do not think his comments are mere “word salad”. I believe he was doing the best he could. He has demonstrated time and again that he hasn’t the faintest grasp of any fundamentals of economics.

]]> By: Joe Bloggs https://bernews.com/2025/11/chamber-president-highlights-jobs-challenge/#comment-5998307 Wed, 26 Nov 2025 10:48:02 +0000 https://bernews.com/?p=1531019#comment-5998307 The Government’s response (“I thank the Bermuda Chamber of Commerce for raising this important national issue”) only confirms the Government’s complete lack of understanding of economics

]]> By: Ringmaster https://bernews.com/2025/11/chamber-president-highlights-jobs-challenge/#comment-5998305 Wed, 26 Nov 2025 10:36:14 +0000 https://bernews.com/?p=1531019#comment-5998305 The data from the Chamber clearly shows how he PLP have driven Bermuda to an economic nightmare. confirmed by the word salad response from Hayward.
The growth of IB has increased rents and reduced housing availability for Bermudians in local employment. Hospitality has no one available and so Bermuda has to import more foreigners. None of this benefits Bermudians, yet the PLP manage to convince enough to vote to continue this destruction.

]]> By: Hmmm https://bernews.com/2025/11/chamber-president-highlights-jobs-challenge/#comment-5998291 Wed, 26 Nov 2025 03:11:58 +0000 https://bernews.com/?p=1531019#comment-5998291 Solution: Reduce the size of the civil service. Perhaps.

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