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Dr. Douglas De Couto, JP, MP

Dr. Douglas De Couto, JP, MP

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20 Mar 2024 Senate
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They are his choices, Madam Chairman. POINT OF ORDER Sen. the Hon. Owen Darrell: I don’t think that Senator De Couto, who is asking questions in this Budget Debate, can tell me how I should answer a question. So I think that is a point of order, Madam Chairman.
20 Mar 2024 Senate
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Under that business unit, please provide a breakdown of any contracts including the list of third parties to whom they have been provided and the amounts, and confirm whether or not any over $50,000 were gazetted according to the PATI Act. Thank you.
20 Mar 2024 Senate
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Thank you, Madam Chairman. I turn attention to the performance measures on page B -63, business unit 53090, Security. I believe I heard that no disaster recovery exercises were done last year due to staff shortage. Could the Minister inform us how many are planned each year in general? So, how many were planned that year? How many are planned …
20 Mar 2024 Senate
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He is misleading the Senate. The Government has not been transparent. Thank you. Sen. the Hon. Owen Darrell: Madam Chairman, we have been transparent in answering the questions. So I will give you the answer again. What I cannot seem to understand, Madam Chairman, is why i t is once again Senator De Couto will come to this place and …
20 Mar 2024 Senate
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Point of information. Sen. the Hon. Owen Darrell: I will yield.
20 Mar 2024 Senate
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Yes. If I may, point of information.
20 Mar 2024 Senate
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We are quite keen to hear the Minister’s answers, Madam Chairman. I would just like him to understand that. Thank you. Sen. the Hon. Owen Darrell: I will go back to answering the question, Madam Chairman. There have been multiple press releases. There have been M inisterial Statements in another place. Ministerial S tatements have been done here. There were …
20 Mar 2024 Senate
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Point of order. Sen. the Hon. Owen Darrell: I will yield again, Madam Chairman, because I would like to get to the other questions . But, again, we are grandstanding.
20 Mar 2024 Senate
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You know, I make claim to no such thing, Madam Chairman. No such thing. Thank you.
20 Mar 2024 Senate
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I have some supplementary—
20 Mar 2024 Senate
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—questions. On MyBermudaPost . . . I am looking on page B-51. And I know that the Minister did say that MyBermudaPost revenue is displayed there, but if he could Bermuda Senate perhaps direct me to the appropriate revenue code, I would appreciate that. I want to thank the Minister for confirming that MyBermudaPost does lose money. And I do …
20 Mar 2024 Senate
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I still have some out-standing questions, Madam Chairman, with respect to the details with the expense on that.
20 Mar 2024 Senate
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Thank you. That says, “Customs Declaration Fee.” Is that — Sen. the Hon. Owen Darrell: That’s probably . . . we will get back to that one in a minute. Give me a second.
20 Mar 2024 Senate
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Thank you. Sen. the Hon. Owen Darrell: The question about MyBermudaPost. I guess that is another one of Senator De Couto’s favourite topics. I have thoughts as to why, but I will leave that alone for today, Madam Chairman. MyBermudaPost is priced competitively for the market. Without it, the Bermuda Post would be another $350,000 in deficits. The Post Office …
20 Mar 2024 Senate
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Point of information, Madam Chairman. Sen. the Hon. Owen Darrell: I was about to answer . . . go ahead. POINT OF INFORMATION
20 Mar 2024 Senate
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I do have a P hD in Computer Science and specifically in computer networking. And I believe it is well understood in the security world that, often, more information can create security by ensuring that people have the right information and know that the right processes and procedures are being followed. Normally, this security by obscurity as they call it— …
20 Mar 2024 Senate
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—is not an effective . . . No. I mean since I was being referred to, Madam Chair-man, I thought I would want to clarify. Thank you.
20 Mar 2024 Senate
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Madam Chairman, I would like to—
20 Mar 2024 Senate
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A reminder, my question about the contracts or the breakdown of the costs underneath the cyber incident — Sen. the Hon. Owen Darrell: Yes, that is a very large question. And we are working on getting the answer to that. I am not sure if we will get it in the next two minutes. But we are working on that …
20 Mar 2024 Senate
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Madam Chairman, may I make a comment?