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August 2011 Voices

“This is a very unfortunate situation. You cannot make that much of a cut when we are trying to fight gang and gun violence. For Government to come up with this budget was just wishful thinking that it was actually going to work” Shadow National Security Minister Michael Dunkley, regarding reports that the Police Service are running low on funds.“The more you do for your people, the less they appreciate it” Bermuda Industrial Union leader Chris Furbert after a confrontation Dennis Nesbitt. The union member claimed he’d not been paid enough sick leave since he was seriously injured working on the garbage trucks two years ago,“It was an extremely sad and difficult moment for me. I was outside watching the fire spreading. It wasn’t easy. You feel helpless as there’s nothing you can do. I’m just glad all the staff got out. That’s the main thing” HWP Group president and CEO Jonathan Brewin following a devastating fire at the company’s St John’s Road facility.“I would never do it again. I’m just tired of being searched” Loukai Phillips, who stripped naked in LF Wade International Airport’s Custom’s hall after she was informed that Customs officers wanted to search her.“They have trimmed the fat at Berkeley. Now they’re cutting into the meat” BPSU vice president Jason Hayward responding to a proposal to cut more than half of the support staff at the Berkeley Institute.“One person can’t do all the work on their own, but if everybody comes together, there are more than enough of us to make it work” Aliana King, 11, who set out to raise $20,000 for charity.“Service interruptions also have an adverse effect on our visitors who seek to explore the Island using our modes of public transport. Undoubtedly, this has a knock-on effect on our economy with reduced visitor spending” Economy Minister Kim Wilson“It seems only fitting that Hilary’s final days were at Agape House, benefiting from the hospice care she helped create, which has served so many in the Bermuda community” Tim Hunter, chairman of the Friends of Hospice charity about Agape House’s first clinical coordinator, who died August 19, aged 70.