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A cancer of misplaced priorities

NewsDay Staff ·

A cancer of misplaced priorities

A CANCER is eating away at the heart of our government and its symptoms are becoming all too familiar: misplaced priorities, arrogance and indifference to the plight of ordinary workers. 

The latest scandal comes from the Department of Civil Registry. 

Workers who toiled during the 2023 national mobile registration blitz were promised allowances of US$120 per day, a total of US$3 600 for three months of service. 

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