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Dr. Douglas De Couto, JP, MP

Dr. Douglas De Couto, JP, MP

1768
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616,883
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24 May 2023 Senate
Official Hansard Report - Senate
70 words
Yes, thank you, Madam President. The question is, $700,000 is what percentage of the total combined budget of the current entities, or could you answer this by just giving us that total budget so we could understand t he impact. And if I may just follow up on the question of the staffing levels, if you will permit, Madam President? …
24 May 2023 Senate
Official Hansard Report - Senate
747 words
I must admit, I am a bit perplexed given the amount of detailed work that seems to have been done on this that there does not seem to be a specific answer on the staffing levels. I can certainly tell you that should I have a project or an initiative in my business that I would be run through the …
24 May 2023 Senate
Official Hansard Report - Senate
896 words
Thank you, Madam Pres-ident. I would like to give my condolences to the families of two individuals. To the [family of] Catherine Ziepniewski and to her husband, Bill and her brother, John and their family on her passing. So, I send my condolences out to them. And I also would like to extend my condolences to the family of Lily …
24 May 2023 Senate
Official Hansard Report - Senate
548 words
Thank you, Madam President. This week, Madam President, I have learned quite a few pieces of fact, pieces of information that frankly have me very upset, and a lot of people that I speak with in person and online, are very upset. You know, Madam President, we were talking about wastewater earlier today and, you know, sometimes on particular days …
24 May 2023 Senate
Official Hansard Report - Senate
12 words
These are my own opinions. The President: And they are not factual.
24 May 2023 Senate
Official Hansard Report - Senate
192 words
No. They are my own opinion, but I personally feel one of these three options must hold just by applying logic, but the listeners could decide for themselves. So, when you have a fact , or the Government says that there will not be any special favours granted, but now we are being told that the special favours are required …
24 May 2023 Senate
Official Hansard Report - Senate
449 words
Now, speaking of that hotel deal, we learned some information that was made publicly available abo ut the list of consultants that this Government is engaging. We know that they have engaged one consultant at $1,875 per hour as a strategic advisor for that project. I looked that person up on the Internet. I think they might be a partner …
24 May 2023 Senate
Official Hansard Report - Senate
522 words
Recently, of course, Madam President. Recently. We move down that list. I do see some policy analysts. And I think it is good that we are able to hire young, talented Bermudians to assist with our national issues. But I am scratching my head because neither of them was there for very long and we know that the kind of …
24 May 2023 Senate
Official Hansard Report - Senate
39 words
Madam President, I work with numbers all day and I can assure you that when we see $240,000, we are quite — Sen. the Hon. Owen Darrell: Madam President, that is not the number that is of the contract.
24 May 2023 Senate
Official Hansard Report - Senate
50 words
The number of the contract is $240,000 and it is essentially a quarter of a million dollars. And certain ly, if we are using one decimal point, it is a quarter of a million dollars. So, let me put that out there. Sen. the Hon. Owen Darrell: Again, Madam Presi-dent—
24 May 2023 Senate
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58 words
Now, this young lady — Sen. the Hon. Owen Darrell: Point of order The President: Minister Darr el, what is your point of order? POINT OF ORDER [Misleading] Sen. the Hon. Owen Darrell: Thank you. The Senator again has admitted to purposely misleading the Senate and I think it is ridiculous and should stop. Thank you, Madam President.
24 May 2023 Senate
Official Hansard Report - Senate
28 words
Well, I am glad the Senator is watching the pennies, Madam President. The President: Senator De Couto, if you are going to quote figures, quote the accurate figures.
24 May 2023 Senate
Official Hansard Report - Senate
5,235 words
Okay. Yes ma’am. Now, this lady, her husband is the founder of a company called Bitt Inc. The lady who has received this contract at $20,000 a month, her husband wa s the former FinTech advisor to the Premier in 2018. I mean, this is not sounding good. This looks like a massive conflict of interest to me. Let me …
24 May 2023 Senate
Official Hansard Report - Senate
32 words
Point of order, Madam President. Sen. the Hon. Owen Darrell: —it be working at the Fairmont Southampton. The Preside nt: Senator De Couto, what is your point of order? POINT OF ORDER
24 May 2023 Senate
Official Hansard Report - Senate
242 words
How can he say the deal is done and then say all kinds of things are still being worked out? CONSULTANTS ENGAGED BY GOVERNMENT AND CONFLICTS OF INTEREST Sen. the Hon. Owen Darrell: Madam President, thank you. I would like to go on to talk about a particular matter that I take great offense to. And when we talk about …
24 May 2023 Senate
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29 words
Madam President, point of order. Sen. the Hon. Owen Darrell: —as I go up and down this country. The President: Senator De Couto, what is your point of order?
24 May 2023 Senate
Official Hansard Report - Senate
2,214 words
The Minister is trying to claim facts, but they are not what were said. Bermuda Senate The President: That is not a point of order, Senator De Couto. Minister Darrell, please continue. Sen. the Hon. Owen Darrell: Madam President, I will not, I cannot, ignore the und ertones that come from certain segments of this society when Black professionals of …
17 May 2023 Senate
Official Hansard Report - Senate
1,520 words
Thank you, Madam President. I was glad to hear of some of the details from Senator Hodgson which did explain some of the thinking behind the Act. As you know, Madam President, we of course received these Bills without very much context. If we are lucky enough, we perhaps could listen to the debate in some other places or apply …
17 May 2023 Senate
Official Hansard Report - Senate
1,644 words
I do have a follow -up on that ans wer. I guess my question is, is that amendment connected to the digital asset business stuff or is it something that the Registrar has, for example, had in mind to deal with for a while and would have done anyway? Thank you. [Pause] Sen. Arianna Hodgso n: Madam President, I did …
17 May 2023 Senate
Official Hansard Report - Senate
654 words
Thank you, Madam President. And of course, I associate myself with all of the remarks regarding Mr. Warren. I could not say anything better than what has been said, so I will move on from that. I did want to congratulate Andira Crichlow. For those of you who watch Netflix, put you hand up. I know that’s everybody. She is …