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Dr. Douglas De Couto, JP, MP

Dr. Douglas De Couto, JP, MP

1768
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616,883
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69
Sittings Active
28 May 2025 House of Assembly
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6 words
—frankly, Mr. Speaker, I am disappointed!
28 May 2025 House of Assembly
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286 words
—above the median salary. In fact, the Honourable Member has made my point for me, because I outlined some of the costs, Mr. Speaker, that it takes to get basic telecommunication services in this country. And that $6 is a very small dent in that cost. What I would have liked to see, because as you know, Mr. Speaker, one …
28 May 2025 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House of Assembly
38 words
But, frankly, if this is the best that they can come up with from the Government side, it's going to be a tough year for the people of Bermuda. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. [Inaudible interjections and laughter ]
28 May 2025 House of Assembly
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5 words
Point of order, Mr. Speaker.
28 May 2025 House of Assembly
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30 words
He is misleading the House. I did not diss the people that could use the $6. In fact, I exhorted the Government to do something better! Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
28 May 2025 House of Assembly
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4 words
Mr. Speaker, Mr. Speaker—
28 May 2025 House of Assembly
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8 words
Point of order, point of order! [General uproar]
28 May 2025 House of Assembly
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3 words
Point of order.
28 May 2025 House of Assembly
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25 words
The Honourable Member is misleading the House, because not everybody voted for the slogans to which he is referring. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. [Inaudible interjections]
28 May 2025 House of Assembly
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5 words
Point of order, Mr. Speaker.
28 May 2025 House of Assembly
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41 words
The Member is misleading the House because he's implying that there is this group of people, “they” . . . perhaps he could explain, b ut I'm going to read into what I think he's saying, who all think the same.
28 May 2025 House of Assembly
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13 words
And in fact, that is not correct. So, he is wrong. [Inaudible interjections]
28 May 2025 House of Assembly
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12 words
We have a diversity of views over here, Mr. Speaker. Thank you.
28 May 2025 House of Assembly
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5 words
Point of order, Mr. Speaker.
28 May 2025 House of Assembly
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98 words
He is imput ing improper motive and misleading the House because I did not demean anything, Mr. Speaker. I provided facts. I provided al-ternate ideas. I provided a policy that the Government could have spoken to, but no one on that side has spoken to any of the factual points that I raised. They have gone off on a history …
28 May 2025 House of Assembly
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8 words
Point of order, Mr. Speaker. The Premier —
28 May 2025 House of Assembly
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658 words
He is misleading. It was the One Bermuda Alliance that put in place for the first time ever the progressive payroll tax system. [In] years and years of the Progressive Labour Party government, they did not see fit to create the system whereby the higher earners paid a higher percent-age. That was put in place by the One Bermuda Alliance …
28 May 2025 House of Assembly
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9 words
Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. [Inaudible interjections ]
28 May 2025 House of Assembly
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43 words
You know, my colleague put it quite well. I think he was talking about the time frame and what I would classify as a sense of urgency. And, Mr. Speaker, to be honest, the ship has sailed in my personal view. [Inaudible interjection]
28 May 2025 House of Assembly
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601 words
I am going to give an example—the British Library. Some of you may have been there. I do not know. They had a hack at around the same time, the same time period. Probably I think it was within a few weeks. And you know, here we are (what are we?) 18 months, 20 months since the original hack happened, …