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Christopher Famous, JP, MP

Christopher Famous, JP, MP

2498
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3 Jul 2020 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
222 words
“It is not possible to write of the origins of the African- Bermudians in B ermuda without considering the important impact slavery had on the Island’s ethnic composition. While the first Afr ican-Bermudians were not slaves, but indentured servants, it was slavery which caused the great influx which ultimately would shape the ethni c population of the Island. Taken as …
3 Jul 2020 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
64 words
Mr. Speaker, let me move on to the next subject: Friendly Societies. The Friendly Societies played a significant part in the history of Bermu da. In days of racial segregation, they were a focal point for Black Bermudians as they served as places of social activity and provided forums for me mbers to develop leadership and political skills. May I …
3 Jul 2020 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
219 words
The Friendly Societies served as places of social activity and provided f orums for members to develop leadership and political skills. The 19th century saw the beginning of the free Black societies and lodges such as Young Men’s Friendly Institution and other lodges which had branches in several parishes, and [these] filled social needs such as schools, health care, supportive …
3 Jul 2020 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
568 words
Mr. Speaker, I am going to move on. Now that there is global consciousness about Black lives do matter, or as Honourable Rolfe Commissiong said, Black Lives Mattering, there is a consciousness about a word called “reparations,” Mr. Speaker. Do you know what that means? Well, that means . . . and I am going to quote something, Mr. Speaker, …
3 Jul 2020 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, I will end on this note. A few weeks ago I was challenged to a push- up challenge. At first, I did not want to do it. I was like, Why should I do a pus h-up challenge? But then I did it and I was able to coerce MP Sylvan Ric hards to do it as well, …
3 Jul 2020 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
376 words
Oh, yes. You are . . . you are getting . . . you are stealing my punchline! So one day I upped it to 30, the next day he upped it to 35. And there was a little competition going on, it was friendly competition. Now, as you know, Mr. Speaker, MP Sylvan Richards and I, we ain’t on …
19 Jun 2020 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
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Good morning, Mr. Speaker.
19 Jun 2020 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
28 words
Can you see me clearly now? 4220 19 June 2020 Official Hansard Report Bermuda House of Assembly The Speaker: Mr. Famous, you can continue speaking. How is that?
19 Jun 2020 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
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I am speaking from the west side of my house in East Devonshire. An H on. Member: Looking good, Famous!
19 Jun 2020 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
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I would like you to confirm to the people what colour tie I have on, sir.
19 Jun 2020 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
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I would like for you to confirm to the people what colour tie I have on.
19 Jun 2020 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, I want to firstly—
19 Jun 2020 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
9 words
—congratulate the graduates of 2020 for . . .
19 Jun 2020 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
37 words
The graduating class of 2020 for Elliott Primary School, my alma mater. They had a graduation ceremony today. Also I want to give condolences to the Douglas/Boyles/Augustus clan on the passing of their matriarch, Ms. Dorothy Douglas.
19 Jun 2020 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
109 words
Ms. Douglas was not just . . . she was born and bred in Devonshire. And every year, every day, almost every day, she would walk from Devon Springs down to Elliott School to make sure the children behaved themselves in the yard. She was mother of (I want to say) seven or eight chi ldren, countless grandchildren, great -grandchildren. …
19 Jun 2020 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker?
19 Jun 2020 House of Assembly
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16 words
Yes, thank you. Let me put on my camera so I am not breaking the rule.
19 Jun 2020 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
83 words
And tie. Mr. Speaker, I listened to MP Dunkley and MP Jackson just now and I keep hearing this term like, Well, we don’t know how much damage we did to the economy. We followed this false model. Mr. Speaker, every country was given a model of wors t case and best -case scenarios. One of the models for Bermuda, …
19 Jun 2020 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
31 words
I didn’t point -of-order him. POINT OF CLARIFICATION Hon. Michael H. Dunkley: Just for clarity, I never used the words “false models.” That is the word that the Honourable Member used.
19 Jun 2020 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
231 words
Mr. Speaker, we had a doctor from KEMH who said if precautions are not followed we could have as many as 700 deaths. We put in place aggressive social distancing, aggressive lockdown measures and, fortunately thus far, we have seen less than 10 known deaths. I fail to understand why people are not saying we did a good job saving …