Speeches by N. H. Cole Simons

5 Jun 2020 House of Assembly

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Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker. My first question is in regard to the $150 mi llion facility. Why did we go for such a short term? I know we have been through some challenging times. And as you s aid, you had taken a short term because you are preparing for a public offering. I take the view, if we …

5 Jun 2020 House of Assembly

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Okay. Yes, I will.

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Supplementary, which is . . . capital markets.

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What do you project the amount to be when you do the public offering, based on the numbers that you have seen to date? Hon. Curtis L. Dickins on: Well, we would refinance the $150 million, $20 million and then the $200 million associated with the Morgan’s Point project, at a minimum. That is the refinancing. There is also scope …

5 Jun 2020 House of Assembly

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My second supplementary. So, would you expect to increase the debt ceilin g as a consequence? Hon. Curtis L. Dickinson: I am not in that position yet. I think we set the debt ceiling to where I think it needs to be for now. But inasmuch as there is change in my view on debt ceiling, I will come to …

5 Jun 2020 House of Assembly

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Okay. My second question.

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Can you give me the arrangement fees for each facility? What percentage do we pay in arrangement fees? Hon. Curtis L. Dickinson: I would need to come back . . . Mr. Deputy Speaker, I would need to come back to the Honourable Member with that information. I do not have the facility lett ers in front of me. SUPPLEMENTARY

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Supplemental. In a similar way, can you also come back with details on the legal costs in structuring these facilities? Hon. Curtis L. Dickinson: Mr. Deputy Speaker, I will undertake to come back with facility fees and the legal fees associated with both facilities.

5 Jun 2020 House of Assembly

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Thank you very much. Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker.

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Yes, it is.

5 Jun 2020 House of Assembly

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Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker. My question to the Minister is this: Where do we stand in the preparation of guidelines or a refer-ence document or a manual that will summarise what is required from a COVID mitigation perspective f or each of our schools? Hon. Diallo V. S. Rabain: Thank you for that question, Member. If I refer to …

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Supplemental.

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Do you have an anticipated completion date? Hon. Diallo V. S. Rabain: The completion date, as we stated, as we have come back now and we are ending the term early for students, and the teachers will be coming in and doing some final preparations for September 2020. That [document] will be available shortly after that.

5 Jun 2020 House of Assembly

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Thank you. My second question.

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When we return to school in September, will our educational delivery system be a hybrid of traditional educational classrooms and online education? Hon. Diallo V. S. Rabain: All of that information will be sent out when we finalise what school will look like come September.

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So supplemental.

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So the hybrid method has not been ruled out, are you saying? Hon. Diallo V. S. Rabain: I am saying nothing has been ruled out. You are correct; nothing has been ruled out on how things will look in September.

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Okay, m y supplemental.

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I understand that a number of teachers have been stressed because of the r emote and virtual classroom and rem ote learning. What type of support do we have in place to help our teac hers going forward with the remote instruction and vi rtual classrooms? Hon. Diallo V. S. Rabain: As stated, once the term finishes for our students, …

5 Jun 2020 House of Assembly

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Thank you. That is it for me. The Depu ty Speaker: The next Member who wants to ask the Honourable Rabain questions is Ben Smith. Honourable Member Ben, you have the floor. QUESTION 1: BERMUDA PUBLIC SCHOOLS UPDATE