He said his government will work hard to end piracy, but he said the problem of poverty will first have to be tackled.

VOA: standard.2009.10.30

"As hard as it may be to sustain in these economic times, your commitments have never been more needed, they have never been more inspiring,".

VOA: standard.2009.09.23

So I think the police service has the responsibility to involve us in that discussion and we as the public, as parliamentarians,have a responsibility to respond intelligently to that and be realistic about the hard choices that are made,"

VOA: standard.2009.04.21

"I think there are going to be hard choices governments are going to have to face, either to open up in areas where they actually need workers, and some do involve some lesser-skilled occupations, or probably have to face some strong pressures with respect to irregular migrations,"

VOA: standard.2010.01.20