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The Hon. Diallo Rabain, JP, MP

The Hon. Diallo Rabain, JP, MP

366
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17 Feb 2017 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report
67 words
If that Member will go back to the first Budget it dropped to $40,000 and it slowly has incrementally come up since then. So it is not at $40,000 now, but it went from $760,000 to $40,000 in two years, and it has slowly crept up since then. That is a fact and he cannot disagree with that — Th …
17 Feb 2017 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker . 700 17 February 2017 Official Hansard Report Bermuda House of Assembly POINT OF ORDER [Clarification] Hon. R. Wayne Scott: Point of order, Mr. Speaker.
17 Feb 2017 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker, I will actually move on from that. I will address that at a later date. [Inaudible interjection]
17 Feb 2017 House of Assembly
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We will send out pictures of the budgets to prove that and then he can come back. [Inaudible interjection]
17 Feb 2017 House of Assembly
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No, no, it was just the OBA Government. But, Mr. Speaker, this speaks to . . . what I am trying to say is we have civil servants that have not had a raise in eight years. That CBA [Collective Ba rgaining Agreement] is coming up this year —
17 Feb 2017 House of Assembly
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131 words
[Yes,] 2- 11, That CBA is being negotiated this year. So, so we have money for all these wonderful things, but we do not have money for the people. This is what I am trying to say. Mr. Speaker, we have schools, as the Leader of the Opposition had poi nted out last week, with no Wi-Fi. Simple; this is …
17 Feb 2017 House of Assembly
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I am sorry , Mr. Speaker, nothing in his Statement talked about what they are doing to improve security. I am sorry you were not here this morning, but it was absolutely nothing there.
17 Feb 2017 House of Assembly
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But I am not worried about that . . . [Inaudible interjection]
17 Feb 2017 House of Assembly
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Yes, please read. Bermuda House of Assembly Hon. R. Wayne Scott: We are—
17 Feb 2017 House of Assembly
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No, read the Statement. Hon. R. Wayne Scott: We have police service, GET Security who are collaboratively working together to review—
17 Feb 2017 House of Assembly
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Okay.
17 Feb 2017 House of Assembly
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He did not read the Stat ement. So, Mr. Speaker, getting back, and I really do want to thank the Member for the comedic relief we just had. But getting back, Mr. Speaker, it is about trust. It is about leadership. And I mentioned it last week, I mentioned it the week before. I have men-tioned it just about every …
17 Feb 2017 House of Assembly
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Well, Mr. Speaker, you know, it circuited. And you talk about cricket terms, well, when you are bowling on the mark, you bowl on the mark. And when all the team can do is defend, all they can do is defend. But, eventually, Mr. Speaker, as you know, as a Cup Match winning captain, eve ntually that ball sneaks through …
17 Feb 2017 House of Assembly
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So what we are looking at, Mr. Speaker, is that every week we come here and we just watch the ball just kind of nip away at the last m inute. You know, if you keep playing with it, eventually it is going to hit that stump. And this is what we are getting from our Government —weak leadership, lack …
10 Feb 2017 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Will the Honourable Minister please give an update to this Honourable House on the status of the following: t he work regarding developing Nearshore Marine Spatial Planning for Bermuda, initiated as a public/ private partnership between the Government of Bermuda, the Waitt Foundation, and the Bermuda Institute for Ocean Science [BIOS]; and the total amount of …
10 Feb 2017 House of Assembly
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Supplementary.
10 Feb 2017 House of Assembly
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Would the Honourable Minister tell us if the Department of Planning has the sufficient capacity and training to deal with marine spatial planning? Or will this be the responsibility of a different department?
10 Feb 2017 House of Assembly
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Second question.
10 Feb 2017 House of Assembly
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Would the Honourable Minister please share with this Honourable House whether the Government will be continuing with the project? And if so, what is the current timeline for the project and what are the resources available to support it?
10 Feb 2017 House of Assembly
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I am done.