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Christopher Famous, JP, MP

Christopher Famous, JP, MP

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5 Dec 2025 House of Assembly
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102 words
—all that he has done for me and a lot of the young people on Hermitage Road, because that is why we know that we stick together as a family. Right? 1722 5 December 2025 Official Hansard Report Bermuda House of Assembly Mr. Speaker, I am going to move on. And I am going to possibly slide a little bit …
5 Dec 2025 House of Assembly
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51 words
—but I heard about a lot of back and forth earlier between a Minister and an MP. A Minister and an MP. Mr. Speaker, quite frankly, I don't really agree with Minister De Silva. We couldn't be further in thought. You know what? He’s for Liverpool; I'm for U nited. [Laughter]
5 Dec 2025 House of Assembly
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He's for Somerset; I'm for St. George's. But where we stand together is the need for housing for our people —all of our people. And the methodologies getting there. Mr. Speaker, allow me to read something. Earlier this week, or last week, we heard South P is coming online. It's almost like this Chicken Little thing. South P is coming …
5 Dec 2025 House of Assembly
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“[I]n my view, we need to have a totally different holistic look at the entire matter. Housing cannot be examined in a simple vacuum. I have written previously about changing planning height restrictions and considering different building materials is a start. In short, if we are to encourage building for our future, we need to consider many things, not only …
21 Nov 2025 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker.
21 Nov 2025 House of Assembly
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Good afternoon, Mr. Speaker.
21 Nov 2025 House of Assembly
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Welcome back . Good afternoon colleagues and good afternoon, Bermuda. Mr. Speaker , I suspect everybody in this H ouse has gotten a call or a WhatsApp that says something like this : My landlord has given me notice and I can't find anywhere to stay , anywhere affordable. Mr. Speaker , we are living in a time in Bermuda …
21 Nov 2025 House of Assembly
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That's the reality .
21 Nov 2025 House of Assembly
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[There are] a number of reasons . Costs are high. Right? But also, accountability. People are spending their money on silliness . They are not prepared to sacrifice. Families are not working together like they used to. So, the net result is if you [don’t] have a house by the age of 40 , you're most likely never going to …
21 Nov 2025 House of Assembly
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Put down the new cars . Don't worry about the trips . Save your money for a down payment . The banks look at your spending average. Everybody uses card[s] now, so they know exactly what you spent money on. When you're going for that loan or that mortgage, if they see you hardly save money , you're not going …
21 Nov 2025 House of Assembly
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Yes. T he yin -yang. Right? Learn how to paint . Learn to do some tiling. Learn something, because if you want to maintain that property to a decent standard, either you are going to put in the labour or you are going to pay somebody to put in labour. So, I say again to the media, to the people, …
21 Nov 2025 House of Assembly
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These are the things that need . . . we have to have to be told the whole truth. HEALTH, IMPORTANCE OF GETTING REGULAR CHECKUPS
21 Nov 2025 House of Assembly
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Now making a quick transition, Mr. Speaker , to something that the Honourable Member from [constituency] 12 said. We as men, especially us as B lack men, have a problem with going to our doctor for whatever reason. And by the time we go to our doctor, our doctor is telling us that if we would have come six months …
26 Sep 2025 House of Assembly
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Morning, Mr. Speaker.
26 Sep 2025 House of Assembly
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Relax. He is eating into my time. Can I get a reset, please?
26 Sep 2025 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, I want to rise to say condolences to one of my neighbours and one of my constituents, Mr. Derrick Bento of Devon Spring Lane. [Crosstalk]
26 Sep 2025 House of Assembly
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And also, Mr. Speaker, a good friend of mine, a schoolmate, Vice President at MarketPlace, Mr. Vernon Hassell.
26 Sep 2025 House of Assembly
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Who else wants to be associated? [Inaudible interjection]
26 Sep 2025 House of Assembly
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Vernon was a studious person in school, never got in trouble. And started off pack-ing bags at MarketPlace and worked his way right up to vice president. I think that's the title. Mr. Derrick Bento lived on Devon Spring Lane and he was one of those who helped to take care of the compound unofficially. And he always had some, …
26 Sep 2025 House of Assembly
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I dare say three quarters of this House—