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The Hon. Diallo Rabain, JP, MP

The Hon. Diallo Rabain, JP, MP

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4 Mar 2016 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report
14 words
Yes, yes, I will be referring to heads. But I do know that the—
4 Mar 2016 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report
413 words
When I am referring to a SCORE report, I am referring to the Ministry, on HQ, as the Minister did when he gave his report. That is located on pages B -110 and B -211. There is nothing on here that directly allocates to SCORE, but it was discussed during the brief. So I just wanted to have an opportunity …
4 Mar 2016 House of Assembly
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409 words
Okay. Well, it did not start in 1998 as well. Looking at cost centre 27001, we are talking about the Commissioner, page B -114— the Office of the Commissioner. We have this ongoing commi ssioner thing—ongoing commissioner —and it is just something that needs to be handled and something that needs to move forward. We have some competent men and …
4 Mar 2016 House of Assembly
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Now, moving on to the D epartment of Education and, again, we are talking about pages B-113 all the way through to B-122. When out there with our teachers and with our parents who do have their children in public school , you have to understand we all need to understand that perception is greater than reality. T here is …
4 Mar 2016 House of Assembly
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I thank the Minister for pointing that out, but what I am referring to is the revised estimate for last year. The revised estimate was $70,000. We can play hocus -pocus with the numbers but— POINT OF CLARIFICATION Hon. R. Wayne Scott: Point of clarification just to help the Member out. The budget that we have put forward this year …
4 Mar 2016 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Madam Chai rman. Looking at page C -16, Teacher Training Awards, it has the revised estimate for 2015/16 at $70,000, which is $10,000 more. I am ref erring to the revised estimate. I know what we estimated last year but according to the book what we actually spent was a little bit more. Moving on to further Education …
4 Mar 2016 House of Assembly
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It should be about 30 mi nutes. [Inaudible interjection]
4 Mar 2016 House of Assembly
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Well, the last thing I want to talk about is the Bermuda College and that can be found on page B -123. I know there has been discussion about creating a four -year institution and the like. I know I have been in various discussions about that. I really do not want to segue into that, but what I do …
4 Mar 2016 House of Assembly
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It is something that could work. I think it is something that we can definitely at least take a look at. We have programmes at the Bermuda College that are affiliated with other univers ities. Why can we not have a reinsurance institute set up at the Bermuda College? Now we are looking at students not having to leave Bermuda, …
4 Mar 2016 House of Assembly
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Point of i nformation. Hon. R. Wayne Scott: I do not need a point of information.
4 Mar 2016 House of Assembly
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I am asking for a point of information.
4 Mar 2016 House of Assembly
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I am asking for a point of information. I w ant clarity. [Inaudible interjection] Hon. R. Wayne Scott: In any event, Madam Chai rman, it is in the Budget Book on page C -65. I will not digress. Let me focus on answering some of the questions that were asked by the Shadow Minister because I think t hey were …
2 Mar 2016 House of Assembly
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354 words
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Initially, I was not planning to get up and speak on this Bill. But sitting here and listening to the various comments being made, it reminded me of something. And it was the Throne Speech. It draws me back to 2012, the Throne Speech. Unfortunately, there is no Hansard in the Senate. And I remember at …
2 Mar 2016 House of Assembly
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27 words
No, no. I am opposed to gay marriage. I am not a proponent. I am not a proponent. I am not a proponent of same- sex marriage.
2 Mar 2016 House of Assembly
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I don’t know what he heard, either.
2 Mar 2016 House of Assembly
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302 words
Okay. I am not a proponent of same -sex marria ge, but I am a proponent of a referendum. And it looks like that is the way we are heading. That remains to be seen, as well, because we have been promised referendums before, and we all know what the outcome of that has been. But this is a particularly …
29 Feb 2016 House of Assembly
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Thank you. Good morning, Mr. Speaker, again. I would like to be associated with the comments for Ms. Lisa Reid, who is a cousin of mine, as well. Mr. Speaker, I would also like a letter of congratulations sent to the Elliott Primary School family for their science fair that they held last week. A great event, it is something …
26 Feb 2016 House of Assembly
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20 words
Supplementary, Mr. Speaker. Could the Minister provide us with the total number of ticket sales to that concert? [Inaudible interjections]
26 Feb 2016 House of Assembly
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4 words
And the revenue generated?
26 Feb 2016 House of Assembly
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21 words
Further supplementary, Mr. Speaker. Could the Honourable Minister let us know how many tickets wer e given away to the concert?