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N. H. Cole Simons

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23 Nov 2018 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I rise to associate myself in r egard to the comments made for Mr. Ross Tuzo. I have known Mr. Tuzo since I was a boy. When I was going to private school, I was in class with his son, Livingston. And many days we would go over there for lunch. And his late …
23 Nov 2018 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker .
23 Nov 2018 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker —
23 Nov 2018 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker , I stand up to support what was said by my colleague. As the Shadow Minister of Tourism said, the Tourism Authority is doing a splendid job. They are producing results. With my interaction with them they are a very professional team. They have energy. They 162 23 November 2018 Official Hansard Report Bermuda House of Assembly are …
16 Nov 2018 House of Assembly
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Thank y ou, Mr. Speaker.
16 Nov 2018 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, succession planning always starts from the top. So, my question is, what succession planning framework do we have for the civil service executives? And do the civil service executives, the Cabinet Secretaries, the Assistant Secretaries, and the Director have a formal appraisal process? And who does it?
16 Nov 2018 House of Assembly
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Yes, Mr. Speaker, my supplementary on that . So, as this is an ongoing programme, who is actually leading this initiative of succession planning in the public service? And will that person who is leading it have performance targets? The Speaker: Thank you. Minister. Hon. Walton Brown: Yes. This will be jointly led by the head of the civil service, …
16 Nov 2018 House of Assembly
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Yes. My second question is, Will the Minister be willing to table the Government’s retirement age report that was mentioned in his presentation, retirement by age report for the government civil service?
16 Nov 2018 House of Assembly
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Supplementary. Does this report dovetail in any way with the Workforce Development Plan?
16 Nov 2018 House of Assembly
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So, will both plans be r eviewed so that we can get the best outcome?
16 Nov 2018 House of Assembly
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Supplementary.
16 Nov 2018 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, I know, recently, there is a new PS [Permanent Secretary] who has just joined from private sector. Is the Minister indicating that that position arose and that gentleman got that position because there were no other qualified candidates within government who could take that job?
16 Nov 2018 House of Assembly
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Okay. Thank you. Mr. Speaker, I note that the Minister has indicated that there will be established the Bermuda Col-lege Foundation. Can he provide more details on the purpose of the foundation and how the foundation i ntends to raise its capital?
16 Nov 2018 House of Assembly
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Second question.
16 Nov 2018 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, like this fall, I travel the Caribbean quite a bit. And I notice that the University of West Indies has campuses mostly throughout the Caribbean. Has the Bermuda College entertained the possibility of marketing the college to other Caribbean neighbours and friends so that we can get a more international student base attending Bermuda College?
16 Nov 2018 House of Assembly
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Supplementary. And when will that plan be effected, and how much in resources have we committed to ensuring its success?
16 Nov 2018 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I rise this morning to send condolences out to the family of the late Honourable C. V. “Jim” Woolridge, former Cabinet Minister, the “Voice of Summer.” As you know, Mr. Woolridge was Berm uda’s foremost ambassador when it came to tourism. He was instrumental in turning tourism around in the 1970s. It was a …
16 Nov 2018 House of Assembly
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Gershwyn Smith, again another special character from Smith’s —he lived in my constituency. And, in fact, he ran against me in the last election. It was funny, because we were standing at a polling station, saying, Where’s Gershwyn? Where’s Gershwyn? And Gershwyn came in for about 10 minutes with his entourage, stayed 10 minutes, and off he went. And no …
16 Nov 2018 House of Assembly
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But that was Gershwyn. And I think I saw some writings about him. And to sum it up, this report said that Gershwyn’s spiritual teachings were summed up in his slogans, such as Build a better world. Build a better Bermuda. Unity in the community. Community development depends on you. Peace and Love. So, Mr. Speaker, even though he was …
10 Aug 2018 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to join the Bermuda Union of Teachers in celebrating the 150 th anniversary of the birth of Ms. Adele Tucker. Ms. Adele Tucker, MBE, was one of the founding members of the Bermuda Union of Teachers. She, along with Rufus Stovell, and Matilda and Edith Crawford, started the union to address …