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Jamahl S. Simmons, JP, MP

Jamahl S. Simmons, JP, MP

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14 Jun 2024 House of Assembly
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—and men, my colleagues express, to give them a lifeline to escape when they are ready . . . and work with the available resources. And as this has been incremental moving forward to fill gaps that have been long identified, we must also look to see new g aps that we will come across with this programme being initiated. …
17 May 2024 House of Assembly
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Thank you. Good morning,
17 May 2024 House of Assembly
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And good morning, Bermuda. I would just like to extend condolences to the family of Judith Ratteray, who passed the other day. People from the Sandys Secondary family would know her very well from the Home Economics Department.
17 May 2024 House of Assembly
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And her massive contribution to young men and ladies of that community. Very briefly, she was a constituent of mine at Packwood Home. And before that she was the godmother to my sister. So we have a very close tie to the family, and 1226 17 May 2024 Official Hansard Report Bermuda House of Assembly their sadness is our sadness. …
17 May 2024 House of Assembly
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But we are very proud of her. She is an outstanding individual. And we expect even greater things from her in the future. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
17 May 2024 House of Assembly
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And the perspective of a woman. And a perspective of a mother. And a perspective of somebody who has advocated against domestic abuse. We could do with more of that in this Chamber, Mr. Speaker. But the humility and character of this individual, Ms. Lindsay Simmons, is one that this Chamber could do with a lot more of. Mr. Speaker, …
3 May 2024 House of Assembly
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Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker, and welcome back. I rise today on several sad occasions. I mark and acknowledge the passing of Mr. Perry “Splithead” Smith.
3 May 2024 House of Assembly
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Quite a loss; quite a loss. I send my deepest condolences to his family, his chil-dren, his grandchildren. Quite a loss there. I would also like to send condolences to the family of Brother Malcolm Lowe (married to my cousin Vicky) who passed just a couple of days ago. Deepest condolences to the family on their loss. And I would …
3 May 2024 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker. I would like to give my encouragement to the Honourable Minister who just took his seat, encourage him to continue to be strong in the face of the things that he is seeing, the tragedy that he is seeing, the families who are hurt. And I echo his call for our community to deal with …
3 May 2024 House of Assembly
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And I am looking at a few people . . . I am sorry. They did not have you on the list. MP Ianthia Simmons[ -Wade]. [Inaudible interjection]
3 May 2024 House of Assembly
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You went there as well? Minister Jason Hayward. [Inaudible interjections and laughter ]
3 May 2024 House of Assembly
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Hold on, hold on, hold on. I found out today . . . I found out . . . Oh! I am looking at . . . the Colonel is looking at me. [Inaudible interjections]
3 May 2024 House of Assembly
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Colonel Bur ch, the Honourable Member. And I found out today that our gentleman, the Honourable Member from constituency 6, spent his first year at West End Primary. So, that is the political legacy, and I probably left off a lot of names as well. Clyde Best, West End Primary; Jay Donawa, West End Primary; Sonia Smith CARIFTA champion, West …
3 May 2024 House of Assembly
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Oh, you have to know my grandmother. My grandmother said: What are you crying for? You shouldn’ t have been over there anyway. And if you come back crying because they chased you, you’d better come back and tell me you put one of their eyes out. That is what she told me.
3 May 2024 House of Assembly
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Understood. But I am just saying that this is the historical context for many of us in this community.
3 May 2024 House of Assembly
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Well, the thing is this here is that history is past prologue, and where I really want to go with this is that today the community feels gratified. Today the community feels vindicated. Today they feel that the history and the legacy have been appreciated . And this was a family dispute. And now it is time to put the …
3 May 2024 House of Assembly
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And I have seen them cavorting about the sign and putting videos of themselves up. I have not seen them engaged with the community, with, as I said, clean hands and pure hearts.
3 May 2024 House of Assembly
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I found it offensive, and many of my people found it offensive as well. So, Mr. Deputy Speaker , just [as] an example, because there are some who may have gotten con-fused over the past couple of months as to what the One Bermuda Alliance really thinks about the West End parishes. I can tell you this, Mr. Deputy Speaker …
8 Mar 2024 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker . I would like to thank my colleague, the Honourable Member who just took his seat, for tackling the challenge that all of us on the Progressive Labour Party have dealt with from our inception. But when you understand the history of what our people have gone through, and I would direct everyone’s attention to a …
8 Mar 2024 House of Assembly
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This weekend. Sunday. But, you know, Mr. Speaker, we were up in the coffee room, and we were having conversations, as politicians do. And we got on the things that occurred under her leadership and it is amazing how in just four short years she transformed this country. We each sit in a seat (one man, on e vote) of …