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E. Grant Gibbons

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12 May 2017 House of Assembly
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We also . . . Ariel Sands is still talking about it out there. I think they have gone through a number of issues. There are others that also are talking about doing further resort infrastructure. Honourable Members will see some legislation coming very shortly in terms of providing a better foundation for tourism investment as well. We are also …
12 May 2017 House of Assembly
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Point of order, Mr. Speaker.
12 May 2017 House of Assembly
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The Honourable Member will know that when I spoke earlier I talked about the period from 2000, which was the peak, until 2012. There were over 3,000 Bermudian jobs lost during that period. There was a push from 1998 to about 2000 on the back of what was then Government’s huge increase in GDP growth.
20 Mar 2017 House of Assembly
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Good morning, Mr. Speaker.
20 Mar 2017 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, I have the honour to attach and submit for the information of the Honourable House of Assembly the Regulatory Authority Activities and Audited Financials Report. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
20 Mar 2017 House of Assembly
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I was hopeful there for a minute, Madam Chairman.
20 Mar 2017 House of Assembly
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Yes, we have an uphill battle here.
20 Mar 2017 House of Assembly
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Yes. Let us start by saying that the original est imate for the Ministry totalled $89,207,000 and the supplementary estimate of $12,168,000 represents about 13.6 per cent of the original estimate. I think as we get into it, Honourable Members will see that the bulk of the supplementary estimate is primarily related to funding required for continued operations in fiscal …
20 Mar 2017 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Madam Chairman. The technical supplementaries I was referring to were the two for basically the Bermuda Shipping and Maritime Authority and the Civil Aviation Author ity. Those are technical supplementaries, and we will get into those later. The Commission is, in fact, one where there was going to be a loan, an interest -free loan. For, I will …
20 Mar 2017 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Madam Chairman. Some fees have been paid. I am not sure off the top of my head what those are. But they do expect additional fees to be paid in the coming financial year.
20 Mar 2017 House of Assembly
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That is the concept. I think as the Honourable Member will well know the Commission was going to be funded originally, as I said, by a loan. The loan was unable to be completed because of technical issues with respect to the legisl ation, which have now been corrected. But in order to basically supplement it to get to the …
20 Mar 2017 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Madam Chairman. I am going to move now to Marine and Ports, which is Head 30. We are looking at supplementary estimate here in two parts. The first is $637,096 for inventory parts ferries and tug, and the second is for fuel for $275,000. And this is for the 2016/17 year. So, the original financial current estimate for …
20 Mar 2017 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Madam Chairman. I think the Honourable Member makes a valid point. I think there was some issue and, as I said, this is not an area of expertise for me. But there was some issue of having the technical ability of being able to do this. I think that is why this group was brought in to see …
20 Mar 2017 House of Assembly
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That is a good ques tion. I do not have the answer to that , but we will see if we can get an answer.
20 Mar 2017 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Madam Chairman. We are up to Head 31, which is Airport Operations, in the supplementary amount of $308,000. Madam Chairman, I think as Honourable Members will be aware, late in financial year 2015/16 the former BAS Serco Ltd contract with the then D epartment of Airport Operations was not renewed. In its place a new service provider, CI …
20 Mar 2017 House of Assembly
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I move that that Head be accepted, I guess, or approved.
20 Mar 2017 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Madam Chairman. The next one is going to be Public Transport ation, Head 35, and there are two parts to this. One is overtime for bus operations at $1,282,818; and the second is essentially a supplementary for fuel est imated at $500,000. So, the original estimate for the Department of Public Transportation was $19,200,000. The supplementary estimate of …
20 Mar 2017 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Madam Chairman. Actually, we did touch upon this during the budget debate on the Heads. A new schedule was proposed by the Government , or by DPT , and, unfortunately, it was rejected by the Union. So, I am not sure we are back entirely to square one, but the schedule that the Honourable Member will be familiar …
20 Mar 2017 House of Assembly
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I am getting a shaking of the head from the technical officers, so the answer seems to be, n o.
20 Mar 2017 House of Assembly
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Okay, let us see. We are down to Civil Aviation—