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Renee Ming, JP, MP

Renee Ming, JP, MP

654
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30 Nov 2018 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
73 words
—be $418,000 per year. So, I do not know, like I said, again, if this was supposed to be a comparative analysis. But, former Premier Cannonier would have had this in 2013. So, if we were going to be objective about it, I would have expected to see what the support staff costs were for 2014 to 2017 for the …
30 Nov 2018 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
141 words
Eh? So, what I want to say to our listening audience is, these are the types of things that I always stand up here and say to you that we have to be aware. We have to stay woke. And part of that is wondering, Well, what were those costs during that period? Were they more than the $418,000? Were …
30 Nov 2018 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, yes. It does behove me that those years which I spoke about, which is 2014, 2015, and 2016—which I am quite sure that if Bermuda House of Assembly the daily was able to obtain the 2013 numbers, they surely could have obtained the 2014, 2015 and 2016 numbers. So, the quest ion to me is (and I know …
30 Nov 2018 House of Assembly
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Yes. And when I say that, Mr. Speaker, I mean, why were they not given to us in the article? I am quite sure that they will get this message that we have asked it. But, if we wanted to be fair, concise and more importantly, consistent, we would have actually gotten all of those numbers. Hon. Patricia J. Gordon …
30 Nov 2018 House of Assembly
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114 words
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I think we are all aware of what we can and cannot do. Mr. Speaker, what I was actually saying is that in ter ms of those persons in our public, because that is who is listening right now and that is who needs to hear this. They can ask those questions. But those are the …
30 Nov 2018 House of Assembly
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You will have your turn to talk —
30 Nov 2018 House of Assembly
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43 words
Mr. Speaker. Yes. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I am only again saying that support staff is a much needed thing, and that we can and we should always look to make sure that we are getting the whole story. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
23 Nov 2018 House of Assembly
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Good morning, Mr. Speaker. How are you today?
23 Nov 2018 House of Assembly
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Oh, good afternoon.
23 Nov 2018 House of Assembly
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I would like to extend condolences to the family of Richard Daniels. The Daniels family have a long history — [Inaudible interjection]
23 Nov 2018 House of Assembly
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Oh, I am sorry. I will be associating with the original comments, but I would like to provide my own comments, as well.
23 Nov 2018 House of Assembly
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Thank you. So, the Daniels family have a long history within St. George’s. And most of them, or some of them I grew up with. Richard was definitely around the age of my mother. So, I did not grow up with him. But I do want the family to know that they are in our thoughts and prayers as they …
16 Nov 2018 House of Assembly
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Good morning, Mr. Speaker —I am sorry —
16 Nov 2018 House of Assembly
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—good afternoon, Mr. Speaker, how are you today?
16 Nov 2018 House of Assembly
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I have sad notes today, Mr. Speaker. St. George’s has been taking a blow down there, but I would like to just send prayers and words of comfort to the family of Arthur George Wales —I like his name as George, I do not know why I call him A rthur like that, that is just his formal name—but if …
16 Nov 2018 House of Assembly
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286 words
Good night, Mr. Speaker and li stening audience. Mr. Speaker, with our opening of Parliament, I just want to take this time to continue to encourage our people and our listening audience to . . . I said it before in this place, stay woke. Because a lot of times, things get said here . . . and I know …
16 Nov 2018 House of Assembly
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Yes. For years, I did ask the question, from 2015 to 2018, about what does “ reasonable access ” mean for a beach? I went up and down, around and around, asking just a simple question. What does reasonable access mean in the St. George’s Resort Act of 2015? It was never answered. There was never any consultation. There was …
16 Nov 2018 House of Assembly
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A change that the people of St. George’s were able to live with.
16 Nov 2018 House of Assembly
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219 words
So, it was not hypocrisy. It was not using that or anything like that. It was actually called listening and doing the work of the people and getting something done. I think sometimes, like I said, I want people to know, hear, and go and understand these things. And maybe, you know what? You will find them out for yoursel …
16 Nov 2018 House of Assembly
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22 words
Oh, no, Mr. Speaker, I am reflec ting on t hings that we did not get a chance to speak about before.