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David A. Burch

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24 Nov 2023 House of Assembly
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And in typical fashion — I do not know whether it was deliberate or just their normal getting things wrong— but they indicated that the matter we just dealt with had been included in the Hotelco lease, when it had not been. And they indicated that it was 202 0, when it was not. It was 2015. Mr. Deputy Speaker …
24 Nov 2023 House of Assembly
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I have one minute? They have not done it every quarter, but they finally got one where the OBA and the PLP are neck and neck. What [does] that tell you? All the other surveys must have said something quite different, not in support of the people who they support. Mr. Deputy Speaker , I know it is going to …
29 Sep 2023 House of Assembly
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Good morning, Mr. Speaker.
29 Sep 2023 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, the short answer is yes. The Housing Corporation have reached out to the Permanent Secretary, who is in consultation with Planning to see if we cannot accelerate the process. But I will state that at this stage of the game it is not delaying any progress because we are fully en-gaged with the work that has already been …
22 Sep 2023 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, good afternoon.
22 Sep 2023 House of Assembly
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I would like to be associated with the condolences to Mr. Gerald Harvey from Somerset.
22 Sep 2023 House of Assembly
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I extend condolences to his widow and his two daughters. On a happier note, Mr. Speaker, I would like to . . . I attended the 80 th birthday celebration service for Mr. Kelly Zuill on the 20th of August at St. Anne’s Church. I have known Kelly all of my life. I grew up lis-tening to him first thing …
22 Sep 2023 House of Assembly
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And I have listened to him for . . . I think it is 60 years . . .
22 Sep 2023 House of Assembly
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He has been a radio announcer.
22 Sep 2023 House of Assembly
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It was actually a very special service that he participated in, and he brought in a number of people to help him celebrate it. He wanted to hear music, so he had people who came and sang and participated in the service. And so, I would like to extend warm congratulations to him on his 80 th birthday and his …
21 Jul 2023 House of Assembly
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Good morning, Mr. Speaker.
21 Jul 2023 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, as I traverse across the Island daily to undertake the roles that the people of Bermuda have entrusted me with, I physically feel e very crack and crevasse on our roads. Mr. Speaker, Members of this Honourable House and the listening public should note that I am intrinsically aware of the state of our highway infrastruc-ture, and the …
21 Jul 2023 House of Assembly
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However, before I begin, a slight reminder to Honourable Members: A “pull hole” is a hole dug every 800 feet in the road to allow for cables to be pulled through the laid conduits and to be joined. With this reminder given, I deliver the following status regarding the t renching and pull hole portions : 1. The BELCO trench …
21 Jul 2023 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, the short answer is yes. We have an agreement with East End Asphalt to provide support for us, both in terms of prod-uct (i.e., asphalt) as well as equipment. And we trade often in that regar d. We have not finished looking at the funding that we have from a capital point of view this year that we …
21 Jul 2023 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, that is a long story. [Laughter]
21 Jul 2023 House of Assembly
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I will give the short version of it. We have had a full assessment of the plant that is about 30 years old. It is still a viable entity that can be repaired and kept in service for an extended period of time. So we are on the pathway of trying to get the parts first. We had a choi …
21 Jul 2023 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, the last estimate which was, I guess . . . I get confused about the class . . . whatever. The most questionable estimate is about $2 million.
21 Jul 2023 House of Assembly
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We are bringing in aggregate.
21 Jul 2023 House of Assembly
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And we bring in the other materials to make the asphalt. But we produce the asphalt ourselves, or East End does.
21 Jul 2023 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I have commented previously about the challenges with onboarded staff within the public service and been the subject of some reprimand by members of the civil service. So, I will equally stand and offer congratulat ions to some onboarding of staff in the Ministry of Public Works. Nothing pleased me more than yesterday to …