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Christopher Famous, JP, MP

Christopher Famous, JP, MP

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7 Oct 2022 House of Assembly
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Good evening, Mr. Deputy Speaker. How are you doing?
7 Oct 2022 House of Assembly
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I will be very brief.
7 Oct 2022 House of Assembly
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You can start my 20 minutes in the next five minutes. Mr. Deputy Speaker , I am wearing pink today, and other Members of Parliament will be wearing pink today in recognition of breast cancer awareness. Bermuda House of Assembly The Deputy Speaker: Oh yes.
7 Oct 2022 House of Assembly
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So we just want to show our support. There was a time in our lives that, as a man in Bermuda, you wouldn't be caught dead wear-ing pink. But we have matured. And we realise that our mothers, our wives, our significant others, our daughters all need to make sure that they get their mammograms. So as men we just …
7 Oct 2022 House of Assembly
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Mr. Deputy Speaker, I want to move on to another subject. It is called human relations. Over the last few weeks, perhaps even lon ger, we have been inundated with things on social m edia attempting to dictate how the PLP runs their internal affairs. Sometimes it is laughable to read this stuff, but this is what I want to …
7 Oct 2022 House of Assembly
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Does anyone know what his most famous saying (with no pun intended) was? An Hon. Me mber: All politics is local.
7 Oct 2022 House of Assembly
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All politics is local. So, for those who are aspiring to any given office, all politics is local. It's about human relations. Touch base with the people you think do not like you, or may not vote for y ou. It doesn't matter. People want to feel that interaction. Right? Mr. Deputy Speaker, another thing that's been floating around on …
7 Oct 2022 House of Assembly
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And it just so happens that the first time I was able to give a maiden speech was just around five years ago on my birthday. And my maiden speech was based around lead ership. So I say to anyone, each one of us, all of us are leaders. We are leaders of our communities. Right? It's not about what …
7 Oct 2022 House of Assembly
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All right. Thank you.
30 Sep 2022 House of Assembly
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Good morning, Mr. Speaker. Good morning, Bermuda. Mr. Speaker, I would like to start off with condolences for one of my dear constituents, Ms. Zoleta Smith, nee Thompson.
30 Sep 2022 House of Assembly
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I assume the whole House will associate with that.
30 Sep 2022 House of Assembly
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I also want to give cond olences for another Devonshire resident. He actually lived in constituency 13, Mr. Jahi Butterfield of Ale xander Road. I associate myself with my brothers at BELCO. For 30 years we ensure —more than 30 years, but every hurricane we are there. Mr. Speaker, the next name you may know, and I think MP Jackson …
30 Sep 2022 House of Assembly
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Yes. Well, I just thought I would mention it.
30 Sep 2022 House of Assembly
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I have got it on record now. Mr. Speaker, I would like to associate myself also with Mr. Ire Cannonier, future St. George’s cricket Cup Match player, Berkeleyite, wrong house, but good team.
30 Sep 2022 House of Assembly
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And, Mr. Speaker, 125 years ago on this same street, Court Street, there was a gathering of 27 students a little further north at a place called Samaritan’s Lodge. That is where the birth of the Berkeley Institute started, Mr. Speaker. So from humble beginnings on Court Street, down onto St. John’s Road and now at a sprawling campus, Berkeleyites …
30 Sep 2022 House of Assembly
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I am congratulating Berk eleyites, Mr. Speaker.
30 Sep 2022 House of Assembly
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There are so many in this House on both sides of the fence.
30 Sep 2022 House of Assembly
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Yes, I am watching the clock. But most important, Mr . Speaker, Berkeleyites and Gold House, Respice Finem, Mr. Speaker. Have a great day.
30 Sep 2022 House of Assembly
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Good afternoon, Mr. Speaker.
30 Sep 2022 House of Assembly
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Let me first declare my unashamed interests. I am a Bermuda College alumnus and I have set on the Board of Governors for the last four years, Mr. Speaker. I won’t get into the nitty - gritty. I am sure that the Minister is more than capable of sorting that out. Mr. Speaker, the Bermuda College offers our Bermudian people …