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David A. Burch

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13 Dec 2024 House of Assembly
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Jyire Mitchell . Mr. Speaker, and this is how small the world is. I had a clinic at Pervis School since 2012. Every first Saturday of the month. And there is a senior citizen who comes to that clinic every month. He is not a constituent. But he comes. And I tell him, I will talk to you as long …
13 Dec 2024 House of Assembly
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And so when you help a young person, the circle is so wide of their relatives and everybody else, just from saying yes. He has not even been able to pull it off. And the event is not histo-ry. But the fact that he got encouragement has sent a clear message to them. I go to the cleaners on Bermudiana …
13 Dec 2024 House of Assembly
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So, I said, Why? 380 13 December 2024 Official Hansard Report Bermuda House of Assembly [Laughter]
13 Dec 2024 House of Assembly
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She said, I am Jyire’s grandmother.
13 Dec 2024 House of Assembly
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And I am like . . . okay. So all of this . . . I say all of this to say, Mr. Speaker, that that experience and saying yes is the best part of this job. [Inaudible interjections]
13 Dec 2024 House of Assembly
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All 26 years of it. [Desk thumping]
13 Dec 2024 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, we held a press conference yesterday at Coney Island because I wanted the media in Bermuda to see . . . and I know that if you say something a thousand times, at the thousandth time somebody is going to hear it for the first time. And I wanted him and them to see and hear him and …
13 Dec 2024 House of Assembly
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I can’t imagine. And, Mr. Speaker, from my point of view, internally I will be as proud of his effort and his success as anybody who is a blood relative to him. He is a young member in our village, and I believe that all the adults in the village should be supportive of all the young people in the …
13 Dec 2024 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. [Desk thumping]
29 Nov 2024 House of Assembly
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Good morning, Mr. Speaker.
29 Nov 2024 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, I have the honour to attach and submit for the information of the Honourable House of Assembly the Report of the Joint World Heritage Centre/ICOMOS Advisory Mission to the Historic Town of St. George ’s and Related Fortifications, Bermuda (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland). Thank you, Mr. Speaker .
29 Nov 2024 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, on behalf of the Minister of Education —
29 Nov 2024 House of Assembly
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I have the honour to attach and submit for the information of the Honourable House of Assembly the E ducation (Primary Schools) (Implementation of Reforms) Order 2024 as made by the Minister responsible for Education in exercise of the power conferred by section 5 of the Education (Primary Schools) Temporary Act 2023. 132 29 November 2024 Official Hansard Report Bermuda …
29 Nov 2024 House of Assembly
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I will, Mr. Speaker .
29 Nov 2024 House of Assembly
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On behalf of the Minister of Education, I have the honour to attach and submit for the information of the Honourable House of Assembly the E ducation ( Closure of Schools) Order 2024 as made by the Minister responsible for Education in ex-ercise of the power conferred by section 6 of the Education Act 1996.
29 Nov 2024 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, on behalf of the Minister of Education, I have the honour to attach and submit for the information of the Honourable House of Assembly the Bermuda College Audited Financial Statement for the year ended 31 st March 2024. Thank you, Mr. Speaker . [Pause]
29 Nov 2024 House of Assembly
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Good morning again,
29 Nov 2024 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, I rise this morning to announce receipt and tabling in this House of the Report of the United Nations Educational, Scien-tific and Cultural Organization ( more commonly known as UNESCO) Advisory Mission to Bermuda’s own World Heritage Site —the Historic Town of St. George’s and Related Fortifications . Mr. Speaker , in March, I informed this Honourable House …
29 Nov 2024 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker—
29 Nov 2024 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, no I cannot confirm that. The process for allocating park ing is something that is being disc ussed with the Department of Planning. There was not an original plan to provide parking for all 94 units. And so, we are working through that. The Speaker: Supplementary?