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Christopher Famous, JP, MP

Christopher Famous, JP, MP

2498
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3 Feb 2023 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House of Assembly
67 words
Mr. Speaker, to his credit, there is only one OBA candidate who increased his margin. That was in constituency 10. The only one. Everybody else’s went down. Mr. Speaker, let me move on. [Inaudible interjections and laughter ] Bermuda House of Assembly Mr. Christopher Famous: Well, some will call that bribery. But anyway. Mr. Speaker, there was a question posed …
3 Feb 2023 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House of Assembly
48 words
Mr. Speaker, it is more parliamentary than BS, right? You said that. Did you not say that? Hon. Michael H. Dunkley: Mr. Speaker, the Honourable Member used the word “bribery.” I do not think that is a word we should use here when we are talking about colleagues.
3 Feb 2023 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House of Assembly
107 words
Mr. Speaker, thank you for that direction. Mr. Speaker, there was a question posed on Facebook the other day about, Why are the airline prices so high to Bermuda? You know, people anecdotally say things, and you are like, Let’s drill down on this. Let’s drill down on this. Then I drilled down and I realised . . . I …
3 Feb 2023 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House of Assembly
20 words
Terminal improvement fee, $37.50; aviation security fee, $18.07; and departure tax, $62.92. Anybody remember [when] the departure tax was $20?
3 Feb 2023 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House of Assembly
22 words
Passenger charge, $7.51. Line item to Bermuda Government , zero. All this money, $110 going to Skyport. Anybody know Skyport? [Inaudible interjection]
3 Feb 2023 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House of Assembly
9 words
Do you want to point -oforder me? [Inaudible interjections]
3 Feb 2023 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House of Assembly
16 words
I did say aviation security fee, did I not? The Speaker: Continue. Continue this way, MP.
3 Feb 2023 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House of Assembly
64 words
Mr. Speaker, here is the thing. Whether it is unintended or intended cons equences, in 2017 the OBA signed a secret deal that gave control of our airport for 30- plus years to Skyport. We are now paying the price for that. Part of that deal was that Skyport was supposed to help i ncrease air traffic to Bermuda. Have …
3 Feb 2023 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House of Assembly
8 words
Yet they want to charge tax. [Inaudible interjection]
3 Feb 2023 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House of Assembly
3 words
Here we go.
3 Feb 2023 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House of Assembly
16 words
Mr. Speaker — Hon. Michael H. Dunkley: Mr. Speaker, I need to correct the Honourable Member.
3 Feb 2023 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House of Assembly
78 words
So, Mr. Speaker, Mr. Speaker. Part of that deal in which the public did not see because the then Finance Minister said, Yeah, I’ll let you see. He said it on the Shirley Dill show. Then he says, No, I can’t let you see it. Mr. Speaker, part of that deal is that Skyport can increase those fees every year …
3 Feb 2023 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House of Assembly
34 words
Mr. Speaker, let me move on. So when we talk about loss of air travel and so on and so forth, let us drill down. Let us look at what it is all about.
3 Feb 2023 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House of Assembly
10 words
Because we have got to know what the problem is!
3 Feb 2023 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House of Assembly
8 words
Mr. Speaker, let me move on. [Inaudible interjections]
3 Feb 2023 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House of Assembly
13 words
I am going to move back to politics for a minute, Mr. Speaker.
3 Feb 2023 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House of Assembly
288 words
In our sister island, Ant igua, the place where Viv Richards comes from, they had a general election a couple of weeks ago. The then- Government, the Antigua Barbuda Labour Party, had 15 seats, 15 out of 17. The Opposition, the UPP, had one seat. The Barbuda Party had one seat. That is 17. Aft er the election, the Labour …
3 Feb 2023 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House of Assembly
324 words
I am working my way . . . Work with me. Mr. Speaker, let me clear this up here. I failed to give congratulations to Ms. Olga Brangman. One hundred years [old] this week. She is the mother of someone who was very dear to anyone who has ever entered into Cabinet Office, Ms. Beunice Crockwell. She made it 100 …
3 Feb 2023 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House of Assembly
87 words
Yes. Yes. Mr. Speaker, as you said earlier , the people of Bermuda do not want to hear personal attacks. R ight? There is a lady sitting in this House where . . . I will not call her name, but her father was one of those that stood up for the people of Bermuda, the workers of Bermuda. All …
9 Dec 2022 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House of Assembly
23 words
Good morning, Bermuda. Good morning, Mr. Deputy Speaker. Mr. Deputy Speaker, back in October there was a gathering of persons up at —