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David A. Burch

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1 Jul 2022 House of Assembly
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Okay.
1 Jul 2022 House of Assembly
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Is that better?
1 Jul 2022 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, today I would like to bring to the attention of this Honourable House the successful training of 35 Bermudians within the horticultural industry through the partnership be-tween the exceptional Skills Development Programme (SDP) run by Mr. Roger Parris and his team, the D epartment of Parks and Kingston Maurward College. Mr. Speaker, since 2015 the SDP has provi …
1 Jul 2022 House of Assembly
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Are you hearing me, Mr. Speaker?
1 Jul 2022 House of Assembly
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Oh, okay. Mr. Speaker, I would like to be associated with the congratulations to the Berkeley [Institute] and CedarBridge graduates. I would also like to note that in the case of CedarBridge, they graduated 76 male students and 60 female students. I think that's proba-bly the first time in a very long time that more males have graduated than females, …
3 Jun 2022 House of Assembly
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You can’t hear me?
3 Jun 2022 House of Assembly
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Okay. Mr. Speaker, I move that consideration be given to the draft Lease Agreement between the Ministry of Public Works and Gorham’s Limited reference areas of all that property shown hatched in red on the plan labelled [ INAUD IBLE] 453— Hon. Derrick V. Burgess, Sr.: Can’t hear this. Can’t hear the speaker, Mr. Speaker.
3 Jun 2022 House of Assembly
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How is that, Mr. Speaker?
3 Jun 2022 House of Assembly
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Is that better?
3 Jun 2022 House of Assembly
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Sorry, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I introduce the leasing arrang ement between the Bermuda Government and Gorham’s Limited for a period of 99 years. Mr. Speaker, in the 2020 election platform the Government promised to support our local com munity and sporting clubs in upgrading their respective facil ities. I am here to say that this is just one step …
3 Jun 2022 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. To answer the Shadow Minister’s two questions, the [subclause] (4.2) i s standard for this type of lease and those dates. In relation to the canal, separate and apart from this agreement that we are talking about, the Ministry has put money in this year’s budget to do some significant work on the canal, period, to …
20 May 2022 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker, and good morning. ST. GEORGE’S MARINA UPDATE
20 May 2022 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to provide an update to this Honourable House on the progress of the St. George’s Marina Development Projec t. Mr. Speaker, colleagues might recall in N ovember last year, [2021], the then Acting Minister of Public Works announced the details of the leasing arrangement between the Corporation of St. George’s and the developer of the …
20 May 2022 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, the one outstanding item is the hedge east of Zuill’s Park Road. There appears to be a long -standing dispute between the landowner and some of the residents of Zuill’s Park Road that has led to a lack of cooperation. We are seeking legal advice from the Attorney Ge neral regarding our legal ability to enforce restrictions on …
20 May 2022 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, yes, once the final remediation option has been chosen and completed I will confirm to this Honourable House that the Ministry has met its statutory duty to ensure road safety. We trust that in the long term the data will show that the traffic calming measures we have a lready put in place have met this duty as …
20 May 2022 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker. Hon. Walt er H. Roban: I am here, Mr. Speaker. Sorry. Mr. Speaker, I so move that we adjourn until 2:00 pm. Again, my apologies. I was distracted. Sorry.
20 May 2022 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker.
20 May 2022 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would ask that condolences be sent to [the family of] Mr. Clarence Edward Lightbourne, a consti tuent of mine, a staunch member of the BIU family, as well as a member of the PLP family. He was the work branch chairman in the 1980s when under his chai rmanship the p arty was successful in …
21 Mar 2022 House of Assembly
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Good morning, Mr. Speaker.
21 Mar 2022 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to provide the House with a report on the state of the Island’s roads and the various trenching projects ongoing and projected for the upcoming year. Mr. Speaker, you will recall that the Ministry of Public Works entered into a partnership with BELCO for the replacement of the high- voltage u nderground cable network throughout …