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David A. Burch

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23 Feb 2024 House of Assembly
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1,768 words
Mr. Speaker, in keeping with prior commitments made by myself to keep the public informed, I rise again in this Honourable House today to address the state of our national highways and plans to address their deplorable condition. Mr. Speaker , I begin by reminding Members and the listening public that there are multiple circumstances happening simultaneously that are contributing …
23 Feb 2024 House of Assembly
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177 words
Mr. Speaker, let me first say that the miller is back in service. But it is old and unreliable. And we both trade millers on occasion with East End Asphalt. There has been an attempt to see if not only could we rent a miller, but rent a plant. And the answer to that is negative. But included in the …
23 Feb 2024 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, yes, I am aware. About four years ago when they finished paving at the airport, they offered it to us. It was too expensive at that time. That piece of equipment is still here. We have had a recent look at it. The challenge with it is that it is Spanish -made. So, the ability to get parts …
23 Feb 2024 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, the private utilities, as in this case BELCO, do pay to reinstate the roads. The challenge with the trenching that BELCO has done is that it must settle before you can go back and pave the whole half of the road. That is the requirement under the new instructions that, if they dig up the road, they have …
23 Feb 2024 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, thank you. I would like to be associated with the condolences [regarding] Mr. Antoine Brangman, the father of MP Jache Adams. I would also like to extend condolences to the family of Ms. Delores G. Thomas, who was eulogised this week, Mr. Speaker. If you knew Ms. Thomas, “Mrs. T” as she was called by many visitors to …
23 Feb 2024 House of Assembly
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Dr. Dorothy Matthews - Paynter, who is 101 years old. She was present and present in the classroom. And just . . . I mean, just a lovely person. They had some of her equipment there from her hairdressing days. And it was — [Inaudible interjection]
23 Feb 2024 House of Assembly
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I said that. And so yes, Mr. Speaker, I would like to send congratulations to Paget Primary. But P6 Liverpool in particular. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
23 Feb 2024 House of Assembly
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Yes, Mr. Speaker.
23 Feb 2024 House of Assembly
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Not really. [Laughter]
23 Feb 2024 House of Assembly
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I will not need the whole 30.
23 Feb 2024 House of Assembly
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I am going to say a few things about some of the things in the budget that have been mentioned already. And I will start with roadworks and potholes, Mr. Speaker. And I am not going to re-peat what I said in the Statement this morning. But I am going to say something that has been missed in this whole …
23 Feb 2024 House of Assembly
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No, they are not.
23 Feb 2024 House of Assembly
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No, they are not! Not on the 7: 30 route into Hamilton in Southampton, Warwick and Paget. At least not bike riders. And certainly, Mr. Speaker, if you travel this same route every day, you should know where every pothole is.
23 Feb 2024 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, I am not even going to go there. The fact of the matter is, Mr. Speaker, is that the reality of the situation that the country is facing in relation to potholes has been put into the public domain over and over and over again. We do not have working equipment and we do not have a working …
23 Feb 2024 House of Assembly
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[In] 2016 the decision was made to convert the Grand Atlantic into a hotel. An Hon. Members: Oh no! No! No!
23 Feb 2024 House of Assembly
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Oh, yes. [Inaudible interjections]
23 Feb 2024 House of Assembly
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An RFP [Request for Proposal] was put out on May 2, 2016, Mr. Speaker, setting out all the criteria for what would happen to what is happening now. The Minister is the . . . was the Shadow . . . was the Opposition Whip at the time, Mr. Speaker. And it set out the whole programme. And I am …
9 Feb 2024 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, thank you for that. I would like to be associated with the congratulations to Bright Temple for their 60th anniversary. And I would like to ask the House to send letters of condolence to two outstanding individuals. The first would be Mr. Calvin Ming, who passed—
9 Feb 2024 House of Assembly
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Oh, okay. Then I would associate myself with the condolences for Mr. Ming. I attended his homegoing ceremony, and the first tributer was Puisne Judge Juan Wolffe, who reported that when Mr. Ming worked in the court system with drug convicts, not one of them re- offended. And I think that was a testament to his attitude and approach and …
9 Feb 2024 House of Assembly
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Who? The Deputy did.