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Christopher Famous, JP, MP

Christopher Famous, JP, MP

2498
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24 Nov 2023 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
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Yes. I have a supplementary, Mr. Deputy Speaker.
24 Nov 2023 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
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Mr. Deputy Speaker, in the same vein, would CFATF [Caribbean Financial Action Task Force] fall underneath CARICOM? Hon. Walter H. Roban: No. I do not believe that CFATF does fall under the CARICOM umbrella, Mr. Deputy Speaker.
24 Nov 2023 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker. Mr. Deputy Speaker, I would like to join in the condolences for Mr. Peets because, as spoken by his MP, Mr. Peets was part of the Devonshire– Smith’s community. Mr. Deputy Speaker, also from the Devonshire –Smith’s community, specifically Devon Heights, we have lost Mrs. Davis. Her husband, Robbie Davis of the telephone company. Mrs. …
24 Nov 2023 House of Assembly
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Glebe Road is the government name for what we call Friswells Hill, Pond Hill, St. Monica’s. The Dublin family literally are on the top of Bermuda House of Assembly Glebe Hill, Glebe Road Hill. And he will be sadly missed by all of his relatives, who are a large [family]. Mr. Deputy Speaker, on the subject of congratulations, I would …
24 Nov 2023 House of Assembly
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Mr. Deputy Speaker.
24 Nov 2023 House of Assembly
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Good afternoon. There is not much I can say that has not been said already.
24 Nov 2023 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
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But I would like to use the word in this instance “humility.” Mr. Deputy Speaker, when this news broke — [Inaudible interjection]
24 Nov 2023 House of Assembly
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Excuse me? Hello. Hello.
24 Nov 2023 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
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When this news broke, I was not fully aware of what was what. So, I sent a text to the Minister. And within a short time, he responded. He said, Listen. I’m on it. My team is on it. I should say, let me reiterate. My team and I are on it. When I had a chance of actually seeing …
24 Nov 2023 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
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Good afternoon, Mr. Deputy Speaker , colleagues, and the listening public. Mr. Deputy Speaker , I am going to make a slight departure and then get back on track.
24 Nov 2023 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
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Mr. Deputy Speaker , as a people, we have undoubtedly experienced the absolute worst of humanity. We have been enslaved. We have suffered genocide, land theft, denial of rights, and so on and so forth. In this country, we have been told: You can’t go to school over there. You can’t work there. And you can’t live there. In this …
24 Nov 2023 House of Assembly
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We all have a phone, a tablet, and when we see certain things right now, Mr. Dep-uty Speaker , as much as some people like to say, No, that is not what it is. It is what it is. It is apartheid when children are being slaughtered standing outside their house, where innocent women are buried under rubble standing outside …
24 Nov 2023 House of Assembly
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That is for people we pay. We are just bringing them in. By 1616, the first enslaved persons were brought to this country. One was Black and one was of Native American heritage. Mr. Deputy Speaker , you may know this gentleman, Cyril Packwood. He is an Outerbridge as well. So, he is from God’s country. He wrote a book. …
24 Nov 2023 House of Assembly
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Undeniably. He is Bermuda’s Alex Haley. He wrote many articles. And one of the articles he wrote . . . And I am going to say this Mr. Deputy Speaker. I forgot the exact title, but it [spoke to] the origins of Black Bermudians. And I quote, Mr. Dep-uty Speaker , “Many Africans . . . were imported from the …
24 Nov 2023 House of Assembly
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They have the same names as we do. It is not a coincidence. They are us. We are them. The same thing with St. Kitts [and Nevis]. They are us. We are them. Mr. Deputy Speaker, the third wave of migration from the West Indies came during the 1960s when Bermuda was short of civil servants. Police officers, prison officers, …
24 Nov 2023 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
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But then they changed the name. They said: No. Let’s call it CARICOM, the Caribbean Community. So, for 50 years —longer than the European Union —CARICOM has been in existence. Initially it was just a few: Jamaica, Guyana, Barbados, Montserrat, the originals. Then as countries became independent, they joined. Then countries who were not yet independent said, Hey! All of …
24 Nov 2023 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
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—leading the story about Bermuda wishing to become a full -time—yes, write it down, Jarion, I mean, sorry, Honourable Member — wishing to become a full -time member, I know the path they are on. They kept on digging questions at the Premier. What is it? When is this going to happen? Why are you doing this? What is the …
24 Nov 2023 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
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No, no, no, no, no. Before they did that, they brought in, Hey, Mike, can you do us a favour ? Hey, write this story and put in there that their joining CARICOM could lead to open borders. That will rile up the natives. Hmm. [Inaudible interjection]
24 Nov 2023 House of Assembly
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That is the word, dog whistles. Can I say dog whistle? I do not mean he is a dog, but it is a dog whistle.
24 Nov 2023 House of Assembly
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That is what they did. And as usual you got the 100- plus comments, maybe 50 people repeating 20 things, repeating it two times. A guy who as the [former] Home Affairs Minister, attended a grand total of one CARICOM meeting [and] is now a CARICOM expert on what this means. [Laughter]