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Christopher Famous, JP, MP

Christopher Famous, JP, MP

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20 Sep 2024 House of Assembly
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148 words
Good morning, Mr. Speaker, colleagues and listening audience. I will start off with some condolences for people from Devonshire. Ms. Geraldine Francis, a Berkeleyite. Her daughter, Lisa Jackson [deceased], a Berkeleyite. Ms. Geraldine York of the Augustus clan. And Mr. Stephen Decosta of Devonshire. All [of them are] of Devonshire. Mr. Speaker, also following on from MP Simmons, I want …
20 Sep 2024 House of Assembly
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To Liverpool for losing. And congratulations to the mighty Manchester United for beating seven– nothing warming up for this season. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. [ Inaudible interjections]
20 Sep 2024 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker.
20 Sep 2024 House of Assembly
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Happy Sabbath, when it comes.
20 Sep 2024 House of Assembly
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I am going to start off with a quote from the Bible. Proverbs 31 verse 17 talks about the virtue of women. “She sets about her work . . . ; her arms are strong for [the task]. ” Mr. Speaker, today I am going to dedicate this to the women of the PLP. But before I do that, Mr. …
20 Sep 2024 House of Assembly
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No, she wasn’t. From Devonshire. Stop it. Stop it. [Inaudible interjection]
20 Sep 2024 House of Assembly
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No, she wasn’t. Lynda Milligan- Whyte. Now, yes, of course, she kind of went a different way, and hung out with some people for a couple of years. But she found her way back home, Mr. Speaker. And for a few years she was upstairs in this building. And often, I used to go up there and she used to …
19 Jul 2024 House of Assembly
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Point of Order, Mr. Chairman.
19 Jul 2024 House of Assembly
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The Honourable Member continues to refer to “his” copy as if there are multiple copies of the Bill floating around. I just want clarification that there is one copy of the Bill that we are all reviewing.
19 Jul 2024 House of Assembly
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One Bill?
12 Jul 2024 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, I was not going to come today, but someone encouraged me to come. Mr. Speaker, I speak on behalf of a parish that is in mourning, two parishes that are in mourning. We have lost a young girl, lady, her two young children. I know in Somerset there is a loss as well. Two days ago, we lost …
12 Jul 2024 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker .
12 Jul 2024 House of Assembly
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Happy Sabbath when it comes.
12 Jul 2024 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, there is a children’s show they called Mister Roger’s Neighborhood . I cannot remember the theme song, but it had a little montage of this house, and that house, and whatever. Right? Mr. Speaker, in my life I have had the privilege of living in two neighbourhoods. I was born in Friswell Hill. Then I moved to Hermitage …
12 Jul 2024 House of Assembly
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[They are:] • Vincent Tuz o, the kite king; • Stanley Morton, late parliamentarian; • Ottiwell Simmons , late parliamentarian; • Artie Black ; • “Sundown” Daniels ; • Chiparoo Augustus; • Haley Douglas; • “Baby Doe” Douglas; • “Boo” Brown ; • Mr. Rock Stevens ; • Mr. Van Swan ; • Mr. Lancelot Swan; • Charlie Boyles; • …
12 Jul 2024 House of Assembly
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But the point is, Mr. Speaker, it is incumbent on our generation to take up the mantle. It should never take what has happened this week for us to say, We need 101 men. We should be there already. But be that as it may, Mr. Speaker, the two neighbourhoods where I grew up experienced the worst pain that any …
28 Jun 2024 House of Assembly
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Good morning, Mr. Speaker, colleagues and listening audience.
28 Jun 2024 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, I would like to give congratulations to the Elliott School, my alma mater and my constituency. I want to give a special shout - out to one particular young lady, Christina Pimentel. She is named Pimentel because that is her father. But she is of the Ball clan of Devonshire, Robert’s Avenue to be specific. This young lady …
28 Jun 2024 House of Assembly
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Yes. Good afternoon, Mr. Speaker. I beg your indulgence as I speak a slightly dif-ferent language today. [Inaudible interjections]
28 Jun 2024 House of Assembly
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You saw my notes? [Inaudible interjections and laughter ]