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David A. Burch

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11 Mar 2020 House of Assembly
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I don’t know about any vinegar. I don’t do that part. You do. But everybody has their own answer. Brush them off. Buy some Nugget shoe polish and they will be as good as new. And you wil l live to be old like me. [Laughter] 3678 11 March 2020 Official Hansard Report Bermuda House of Assembly T. N. TATEM …
11 Mar 2020 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, it just . . . it . . . it really is just astounding. It is not who we are, Mr. Speaker. I started this day . . . and I wish the Minister of Educat ion was here because I haven’t had a chance to talk to him, and it really is more like shout at him. …
9 Mar 2020 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, good morning. I have the honour to attach and submit for the information of the Honourable House of Assembly the West End Development Corporation Annual Report for 2018.
6 Mar 2020 House of Assembly
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Good morning, Mr. Speaker. Thank you.
6 Mar 2020 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, I would like to give congratulations to the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Whilst I am not an AME, I think I am probably the closest friend they have probably had who is not a member in good and proper standing at the commencement of their 134 th session of the Bermuda Annual Conference yesterday. And I would like …
6 Mar 2020 House of Assembly
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Since we are giving it to everybody else that appears. Mr. Speaker, don’t say you are giving away anything to anybody anyhow. Mr. Speaker, I would also like to congratulate the Pastor of St. Paul. Yesterday he gave a message, Mr. Speaker, that probably should be repeated across the broadcast —it was broadcast across the country. I hope they will …
6 Mar 2020 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, it was a message not just for AMEs. It was a message for people across this country and across the world, as far as I am concerned. Mr. Speaker, I would also like to extend c ongratulations to Keep Bermuda Beautiful [KBB], who held their annual general meeting last night. And I was so pleased to not only …
6 Mar 2020 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Chai rman. So am I correct that we are starting at 11:14, five hours? So we will end 4:14?
6 Mar 2020 House of Assembly
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I beg your pardon? The Chai rman: Duly noted.
6 Mar 2020 House of Assembly
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Oh, yes. We have to be at lunch. Yes. I do not plan on going all the way through. We need to stop for lunch. [Laughter] MINISTRY OF PUBLIC WORKS
6 Mar 2020 House of Assembly
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Mr. Chairman, I move that the following Heads —36, the Ministry of Public Works Headquarters; 49, Land Valuation; 53, Berm uda Housing Corporation; 68, the Department of Parks; 81, the Department of Public Lands and Buildings; 82, the Department of Works and Engineering; and 97, the Department of Land Title and Registration—be now taken under consideration.
6 Mar 2020 House of Assembly
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Mr. Chairman, the Ministry of Public Works is responsible for maintaining Bermuda’s critical assets and infrastructure. In fact, Public Works is the lead agent in delivering the infr astructure requirements upon which so many of the services provided to this Island depend. Some of the assets and infrastructure that the Ministry is respons ible for include building and maintaining the …
6 Mar 2020 House of Assembly
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Mr. Chairman, the Head Office Administration Programme 3601 com-prises Headquarters Administration (including Safety and Health) and Central Filing. Headquarters Admi nistration, under the direction of the Permanent Secr etary, provides oversight and management support to the entire Ministry of Public Works. It also ensures that the policy objectives are met, and specifically is responsible for the implementation of the Ministry’s …
6 Mar 2020 House of Assembly
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Mr. Chairman, the A ccounts Programme 3610 provides accounts payable, accounts receivable, payroll, capital asset recording, and nonf inancial and financial reporting functions for the operating departments within the Ministry. This section also prepares and distributes weekly payroll, vendor cheques and invoices for services provided by the Ministry’s operational areas, as well as collection and recording of online bank payments, …
6 Mar 2020 House of Assembly
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Mr. Chairman, the Purchasing Programme 3611 provides centralised purchasing support, inventor y management, and warehousing and disposal functions to the other departments and programmes within the Ministry and to other external departments from time to time. The Purchasing Section’s focus for the fiscal year 2020/21 will be on relocating to a cen tralised f acility; creating supply chain- related policies, …
6 Mar 2020 House of Assembly
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Mr. Chairman, the Telecommunications Programme 3612 provides a suite of services such as replacement of telephones and related equipment, and management of mobile service contracts f or the Ministry. The programme also provides advice to department heads regarding call flows resulting in greater efficiencies and managing the implementation of new technologies to maximise cost savings. The Government owns and operates …
6 Mar 2020 House of Assembly
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Mr. Chairman, the Human Resources Programme 3613 provides r ecruitment, employee relations and training, and deve lopment services to the various departments and staff within the Ministry. The role of the human resources team is to liaise and partner with the Department of Human Resources to provide human resources advice and guidance, as well as provide administrative support throughout the …
6 Mar 2020 House of Assembly
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No, they should have been listening. And they know that every student that I ask, I hire them. And then they have to figure out how we are going to pay them. It is real simple. [Inaudible interjection]
6 Mar 2020 House of Assembly
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I doubt it. One of the people who should be coming begged me last year to quit—to stop hiring, I mean. [Inaudible interjections and laughter ]
6 Mar 2020 House of Assembly
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I will not say what I really think. Architect Design —Programme 3614