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The Hon. Tinee Furbert, JP, MP

The Hon. Tinee Furbert, JP, MP

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10 Aug 2018 House of Assembly
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Sure, Mr. Speaker. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I have the honour to attach and subm it for the information of the Honourable House of Assembly the following: • Report to the House of Assembly by Bermuda Delegates to the 43 rd Annual Commonwealth Parliamentary Association’s Caribbean, Americas and Atlantic Region Conference, June 16–23, 2018; and • Reports to the House …
10 Aug 2018 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I would like to acknowledge two businesses in our community. We should acknowledge businesses more often because they add to our economic growth. They provide emplo yment opportunities for Bermudians. And they also provide services within our community. And so, firstly, I would like to send congratulations out —sadly, but they seem very happy …
10 Aug 2018 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker. I do want to have the opportunity to start . . . there was a documentary done some time ago titled Poverty in Paradise: The Price We Pay.
10 Aug 2018 House of Assembly
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There was a quote in the begi nning of that documentary and it was by Frederick Douglass. And if you would allow me to read that quote, Mr. Deputy Speaker?
10 Aug 2018 House of Assembly
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“Where justice is denied, where poverty is enforced, where ignorance prevails, and where any one class is made to feel that society is an organized conspiracy to oppress, rob, and degrade them, neither persons nor property will be safe. ” And it would be great, Mr. Deputy Speaker, if we had a count ry where that phrase by Frederick Douglass …
10 Aug 2018 House of Assembly
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Or living in the UK. They are leaving, they are leaving the Island to be able to afford things and have a better quality of life somewhere else. There is also something that I wanted to point out. Bermuda, being part of a global world, we have a duty as Government towards the United Nations 17 Sustainable Development Goals [SDGs]. …
10 Aug 2018 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Acting Speaker. I firstly would like to acknowledge former MP Suzan n [Roberts -]Holshouser, who is on the record as being very passionate about her support for a sex of-fender registry. And she spoke out bo ldly in regard to this register . So, I want to thank her for he r continuous support with the sex …
27 Jul 2018 House of Assembly
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Good morning, Mr. Speaker, and thank you. To the Minister: Congratulations for moving forward on this. I just would also like to ask, in regard to the social programming activities, we have men-tioned programming in regard to addiction programme services. And with a population–– [since] we know that addiction also runs closely with mental health, as there are dual diagnoses …
27 Jul 2018 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would like to send congratulations out. I would also like to associate the Minister of Education and MP Christopher Famous. Last n ight, we all a ttended the Power of One programme, which included Digibotics, Gaming Academy, and the AH! TEMPO. AH! TEMPO had the opportunity to give a spectacular performance within the performing arts. …
13 Jul 2018 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker . I just want to also congratulate this Gover nment —our Government —for making this legislation a standalone Act, as it was once before under the Chi ldren Amendment Act 2014. And that Act gave us the opportunity to introduce co -parenting and also medi ation at the time. But it is also important, like …
13 Jul 2018 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker. I also just wanted to chime in on the great things tha t we are doing as a Government for our youth. Quite often we hear that we are not doing much for our youth. I think today’s example of what our col-leagues have spoken about today is a great example of what the Progressive …
8 Jun 2018 House of Assembly
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Good morning. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would also like to send my congrat ulation s to the newest Members, Mr. Curtis Dickinson and Mr. Scott Pearman, on their successes in winning their bye-elections. Mr. Speaker, I would like to send congratul ations t o someone who is in the House today, and d eclare my interest. He is my …
8 Jun 2018 House of Assembly
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I would also like to [acknowledge the passing] one of my cons tituents, Mr. Winslow Llewelyn Smith, of 202 North Shore Road. He was the partner of Paula Simons and the father to Nisa and Raisa Smith. So, wanting to send condolences to the family. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
8 Jun 2018 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker , for noticing me first.
8 Jun 2018 House of Assembly
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All right. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Everyone may know of the famous doctor, Dr. Oz, who we may have come to know through the Oprah Winfrey Show. And Dr. Oz has a book called YOU: On A Diet. And in this book he speaks about picking your poison. And today one of those poisons, Mr. Speaker , is that of …
8 Jun 2018 House of Assembly
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Or tea cookies. She also had root beer, sweetened root beer for us as a treat after school.
8 Jun 2018 House of Assembly
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Homemade root beer, Mr. Speaker .
8 Jun 2018 House of Assembly
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And just to bring that up because these are behaviours that are ingrained in our families as we grow, and they become part of our culture as things that we remember and things that we use to socialise. And they become part of our culture and the things that we remember. But our brains also remember these things, Mr. Speaker …
8 Jun 2018 House of Assembly
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It says, “Sugar has no essential nutrients” (which someone has already stated today) “it provides a short -term boost of energy through the body resulting possibly in the exhaustion of the ad-renal glands. This can result in irri tability, poor concentration, and depression. High sugar consumption puts a severe load on the pancreas. There is increasing possibility of developing diabetes.” …
8 Jun 2018 House of Assembly
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And he chose not to buy a health shoe for himself. He wanted a $10 shoe. And I am just tying that in with the issue with diabetes and also how people do make decisions when it comes to choosing products and looking at different prices to be able to make a decision. Our Minister also explained earlier the costs …