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Christopher Famous, JP, MP

Christopher Famous, JP, MP

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26 Sep 2025 House of Assembly
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131 words
—can say that their grandparents or someone came from St. Kitts and Nevis. Some have parents even from St. Kitts and Nevis. I say that as an example when they say, Oh, our country's too small or a small population. They can't go independent. St. Kitts is a population less than Bermuda. They are independent. And since they have gone …
26 Sep 2025 House of Assembly
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He's ducking. [Laughter]
26 Sep 2025 House of Assembly
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41 words
Happy birthday to the Minister of National Security who has had a very busy cou-ple months, MP Honourable Michael Weeks. And as importantly, the 37th Member of Parliament, the Sergeant -at-Arms, Sergeant Major Arnold Allen. Bermuda House of Assembly [Desk thumping]
26 Sep 2025 House of Assembly
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Happy birthday. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
26 Sep 2025 House of Assembly
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Yes, it is going to be very brief, Mr. Speaker.
26 Sep 2025 House of Assembly
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I was going to do it last time, but you weren't here, so I said I would wait until you returned .
26 Sep 2025 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, sometimes we have to be honest with ourselves.
26 Sep 2025 House of Assembly
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I should say at all times.
26 Sep 2025 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, this morning I looked on social media, as I often do, and there were two groups of pictures. There was one group of pictures with young Bermudians in the prime of their life being awarded scholarships by the Bermuda Hospitals Board to the tune of $200,000. Then there was another picture of young Bermudians, twice as many, also …
12 Sep 2025 House of Assembly
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Yes, thank you, Madam [Deputy] Speaker. Good afternoon colleagues and the listening audience. Madam [Deputy] Speaker, I wish to give condolences to the family of Gladys Wainwright of Devonshire. She was the mother of Donna and Dion Wainwright. [I also wish to give condolences to the family of] Mr. Roger Francis of (commonly known as) Pond Hill. He was the …
12 Sep 2025 House of Assembly
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Yes. And Barbara Jean Faries of Devonshire, once again. Also, Mr. Michael Anthony Binn s [who is] a cousin of mine. Madam [Deputy] Speaker, I would like to associate also with , obviously , Ms. Ann Webb, because not only was she part of Devonshire, as you know , Madam [Deputy] Speaker , when we started the PLP, or when …
18 Jul 2025 House of Assembly
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Morning, Madam Deputy Speaker, and the listening audience. Following on from Minister Weeks; I will not call the name, but the young man [who died] came from my constituency. And if you remember, Madam Deputy Speaker, just last year we lost two young men suddenly, and now we have lost a third. So needless to say, the community is rallying …
18 Jul 2025 House of Assembly
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I won’t be long, Madam Deputy Speaker, because I see a lot of colours that are giving me the heebie- jeebies. [ Inaudible interjections]
18 Jul 2025 House of Assembly
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Madam Deputy Speaker, as the Deputy Premier said, eight years ago the people of Bermuda put their trust in us — Bermuda House of Assembly An Hon. Member: Again.
18 Jul 2025 House of Assembly
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Yes, once again. And a few months ago, they put their trust in us again. However, trust must be earned, not just words, not just deeds, but leadership, Madam Deputy Speaker. Madam Deputy Speaker, seven years ago when we were in the House, which enslaved persons built, someone had to stand to their feet and point out the hypocrisy of …
18 Jul 2025 House of Assembly
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This is what Mr. Packwood had to say. “It is true that many Bermudian slaves did not come directly from Africa, but from an intermediary destination such as the West Indies.” He goes on to say, “Slaves arrived in Bermuda from ships trading in the West Indies, from pirate ships, [and from] shipwrecks . . . .” You see the …
18 Jul 2025 House of Assembly
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Madam D eputy Speaker I would like to get some clarity from the Member.
18 Jul 2025 House of Assembly
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—Yes —
18 Jul 2025 House of Assembly
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—because earlier we heard—
18 Jul 2025 House of Assembly
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Yes, I do.