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1 Jun 2018 House of Assembly
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And the Roman Catholic Church.
18 May 2018 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. So much that has been said today rev olves around our schools and the achievement of those within; the contributions of those such as Mrs. Smith, who contributed so much to the education of gener ations of Bermudians. Mr. Speaker, I would like to continue along that trend, if I may, and commend the faculty and …
18 May 2018 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, one way in which one knows that you are getting somewhat old in the Bermudian community is whether you are still reading the hard-copy paper. And I find myself now, I am going . . . just went 61 years old. And many of the younger members of our community do not read the …
18 May 2018 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, in light of the pending events surrounding the decision to democr atise Bermuda, both with respect to the Constitution that was adopted and implemented in the 1968 election and the acceptance of the principle, prior to that, of universal adult suffrage, I was of the opinion, bearing in my mind that my pay grade is not high enough, …
18 May 2018 House of Assembly
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It says here, written again by our colleague, “In July 1958, a select parliamentary committee, chaired by a black politician, Wesley Tucker” (another one who must be mentioned), “set out to address the whole question of expanding the franchise during the course of the committee’s deli berations. Bermuda saw the rapid success of the anti - segregation boycott. A victory, …
18 May 2018 House of Assembly
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And he, as that younger generation, helped to move the country forward. Mr. Speaker, I was born in a Bermuda in 1959, where the nurses (who, I believe, were Canad ian) in the hospital for some reason thought that I was a white baby. That is right. They put me in the maternity ward where they kept the babies, a …
18 May 2018 House of Assembly
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And when I turned it over, it had a crude caricature of a black monkey, and underneath, crudely written was, M onkey, go home.
18 May 2018 House of Assembly
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That is right. Fast forward. My granddaughter at a nursery school, probably 2009 or 2010, my granddaughter, suddenly, for some reason (it was hard to say) in the house, around my mother and her mother, I’m not black; I’m brown. Those two women in my family, they heard this and at first they just —Whatever. She’s watching TV. But then …
18 May 2018 House of Assembly
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I just want to say this, getting back to the issue, m ore directly, about the advent of universal adult suffrage, its adoption and the const itutional changes that took place, that in many ways it just provided a challenge, particularly for Anglo- Saxon Bermuda. And it is clear that they engineered a sol ution t o that crisis to …
11 May 2018 House of Assembly
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Mr. [Deputy ] Speaker, I want to thank you for acknowledging me, and I want to thank the Honourable Member from [constitue ncy] 32 for hi s kind expressions of best wishes on the occasion of my birthday. I am 61 years old. [Inaudible interjections] Bermuda House of Assembly INITIAL COIN OFFERING (ICO) LEGISLATION; MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING — UNANSWERED QUESTIONS
11 May 2018 House of Assembly
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And I am reminded that we must make our contributions while we have time to do so. Mr. [Deputy ] Speaker, I have been listening to some Members on the other side talk about the potential reputational risk inherent in opening up this new frontier around issues of FinTech, and blockchain more specifically. The ICO as being the initial coin …
11 May 2018 House of Assembly
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You will note that the new candidate for the OBA, Mr. James [sic] Pearman is a very prominent lawyer. A scion of the Pearman family that was one of the key families out of maybe two or three that started that law firm. Mr. [Deputy ] Speaker, I would hazard to guess that whatever they found at Appleby would perhaps …
11 May 2018 House of Assembly
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You know it is interesting, Mr. [Dep uty] Speaker, I heard Mr. Pearman . . . I am getting a little political here, but it is a political season. We have our bye- election coming up. I heard Mr. Pearman use a phrase I think may have been coined on this side by a former Premier, maybe Alex Scott , …
11 May 2018 House of Assembly
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He wrote as much. What signal does the OBA send? What is the real signal that Mr. Pearman is sending? That it is business as usual . That the old model that informed the formation of the UBP is alive and well. Because if Mr. Pearman wanted to work together to break with that past he would have done what …
11 May 2018 House of Assembly
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That’s right. What I am going to say right now is, Mr. and Mrs. Bermuda up in constituency 25, you have a fine candidate there and you need to get out and vote. Mr. and Mrs. Bermuda in constituency 22, you have another fine candidate. Let’s get out and vote 2062 11 May 2018 Official Hansard Report Bermuda House of …
4 May 2018 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, I would like to associate with the comments, expression of commendation, given by the Minis ter for Sports, with respect to Flora Duffy. I would also like to commend the Minister in question for having the presence of mind and the co nsciousness to ensure that a historical wrong, that being the lack of appreciation for the achievement …
4 May 2018 House of Assembly
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Point of order, Mr. Speaker.
4 May 2018 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, the Member, perhaps inadvertently, is misleading the House. The fact that you had these one and two companies now indicate that they want to do business in Bermuda does not mean that there are not more lining up to do the same. And so, the net is fairly wide. Thank you.
27 Apr 2018 House of Assembly
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Good morning, Mr. Speaker, and thank y ou. Mr. Speaker, I would like to be associated with the heartfelt tribute and condolences as expressed by the Premier to the respective families and the countries which they fought so hard to engender progress in. That would be toward Mother of the N ation, Ms. Winnie Mandela, and, of course, Mr. Ira …
27 Apr 2018 House of Assembly
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Where they would have had all five trophies. But they did take four. It was extraordinary, Mr. Speaker, and they need to be commended. It is just so unfortunate that what turned out to be a sort of minor fracas on Reid Street that night — no one is saying it was pleasant to watch, but it was a fairly …