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Rev. Dr. Emily Gail Dill

Rev. Dr. Emily Gail Dill

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24 Mar 2022 Senate
Official Hansard Report - Senate
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Madam President, I move that the Senate do now take into consideration the draft Regulations entitled the Mortgaging of Ai rcraft and [ Aircraft ] Engines (Fees) Amendment Reg ulation 2022. The President: Is there any objection to that motion? No objection. Carry on, Senator Dill . DRAFT REGULATIONS MORTGAGING OF AIRCRAFT AND AIRCRAFT ENGINES (FEES) AMENDMENT REGULATIONS 2022
24 Mar 2022 Senate
Official Hansard Report - Senate
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Madam President , today I am presenting the Mortgaging of Aircraft and Aircraft Engines (Fees) Amendment Regulation s 2022 . Madam President, the Bermuda Civil Aviation Authori ty, (“the Authority”) submitted a request for these amendments since the fees for mortgaging ai rcraft and aircraft engines have not been adjusted since 1999 and do not reflect the increased cost of …
24 Mar 2022 Senate
Official Hansard Report - Senate
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Madam President, I move that the said draft Regulations be approved and that the following message be sent to Her Excellency the Governor: May it please Your Excellency: The Senate, having had under consideration Draft Regulations entitled the Mortgaging of Aircraft and Aircraft Engines (Fees) Amendment Regulations 2022, proposed to be made by the Minister of Transport in exercise of …
24 Mar 2022 Senate
Official Hansard Report - Senate
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Thank you, Madam President. [Motion carried: the Mortgaging of Aircraft and A ircraft Engines (Fees) Amendment Regulations 2022 were approved.] The President: Thank you. We will now move on to— [Crosstalk] The President: Senators, item 8 on the Orders of the Day is carried over until Monday. So we will move on to item 9 which is the second reading …
24 Mar 2022 Senate
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Good evening, Madam President — The President: Good evening. FRUSTRATION WITH CURRENT BUDGET PROCESS
24 Mar 2022 Senate
Official Hansard Report - Senate
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—and Senate co lleagues. Like [Senator] De C outo, this is a very new process to me. And I cannot begin to express the level of disappointment that I have felt as an individual who worked very hard to prepare for this debate. I waited and waited and waited and waited for the schedule only to find that when it …
23 Mar 2022 Senate
Official Hansard Report - Senate
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Madam President, I hereby present for the consideration of Senate, the draft Regulations entitled the Mortgaging of Aircraft and Aircraft Engines (Fees) Amendment Regulations 2022, proposed t o be made by the Minister of Transport under the power conferred by section 7(1)(b) of the Mortgaging of Aircraft and Aircraft E ngines Act 1999. And I give notice that at the …
2 Mar 2022 Senate
Official Hansard Report - Senate
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Thank you, Madam President. Bermuda Senate I would like to offer birthday greetings to Mr. Shi-Shun Burgess, Ms. Cre Lattimore, Mr. Colbert Pearman, Mr. Sterling Smith, and Mrs. Madree Lindsay. And as we celebrate Women’s History Month, I would like to congratulate the women in ministry of the AME Church on another successful publication of the 40- day Lenten Devotional. …
23 Feb 2022 Senate
Official Hansard Report - Senate
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Thank you, Madam President. Madam President, I hereby present for the information of Senate the following sets of 2021 Reg ulations, Rules and an Order as made by the Minister of Transport: the Merchant Shipping (Oil Pollution Preparedness, Response and Co- operation Conve ntion) Amendment Regulations 2021; Merchant Shi pping (Passenger Ship Construction) Regulations 2021 ; Merchant Shipping (Prevention of …
23 Feb 2022 Senate
Official Hansard Report - Senate
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Thank you , Madam President. Madam President, I move that the Bill entitled Motor Car Insurance (Third- Party Risks) and Public Carriage Amendment Act 2022 be now read a second time. The President: Is there any objection to that motion? No objection. Carry on, Senator Dill. BILL SECOND READING MOTOR CAR INSURANCE (THIRD- PARTY RISKS) AND PUBLIC CARRIAGE AMENDMENT ACT …
23 Feb 2022 Senate
Official Hansard Report - Senate
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The purpose of the Motor Car Insurance (Third- Party Risks) and Public Carriage Amendment Act 2022 is to amend the Motor Car Insurance (Third- Party Risk) Act 1943 and Public Carriage Ac t 1949 to increase the insurer liability for any person travelling in a motor car or public carriage, any one claim by any one person, and the total …
23 Feb 2022 Senate
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Senator Jones, I believe that the MIF fund covers this. Sen. Marcus Jones: Madam President. The President: Senator Jones. Sen. Marcus Jones: If I could get a little c larification for the sake of myself and the listening audience, what is MIF?
23 Feb 2022 Senate
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Oh, certainly. The MIF is the Motor Insurers Fund. The Motor Insurer’s Fund was created by a Memorandum of Agreement with the Minister of Transport and the principal Motor Insurers in Bermuda for the purpose of compensating victims of uninsured or untraceable drivers. With the passage of time and claims exper ience, certain improvements have been made to the original …
23 Feb 2022 Senate
Official Hansard Report - Senate
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Thank you, Madam President. Madam President, I move that the Bill entitled Motor Car Insurance (Third- Party Risks) and Public Carriage Amendment Act 2022 be now read a second time. Bermuda Senate The President: Is there any objection to that motion? No objection. Carry on, Senator. SUSPENSION OF STANDING ORDER 26
23 Feb 2022 Senate
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Thank you, Madam President. I move that [Standing Order] 26 be suspended in respect of this Bill. The President: Is there any objection to that motion? No objection. [Motion carried: Standing Order 26 suspended.] BILL THIRD READING MOTOR CAR INSURANCE (THIRD- PARTY RISKS) AND PUBLIC CARRIAGE AMENDMENT ACT 2022
23 Feb 2022 Senate
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Madam President, I move that the Bill entitled Motor Car Insurance (ThirdParty Risks) and Public Carriage Amendment Act 2022 be now read a third time. The President: Is there any objection to the third reading? No objection.
23 Feb 2022 Senate
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Madam President, I move that the Bill do now pass. The President: It has been moved that the Bill ent itled the Motor Car Insurance (Third- Party Ri sks) and Public Carriage Amendment Act 2022 do now pass. Is there any objection to that motion? No objection. The Bill is passed. [Motion carried: The Motor Car Insurance (Third- Party Risks) …
23 Feb 2022 Senate
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Thank you, Madam President. I would like today to extend condolences to the family of Mr. Myron Bean of Sandys Parish. Mr. Bean was an outstanding gentleman who, I am made to understand, in his earlier years was very instrumental in the formation of several sporting organisations, as well as serving as a coach. I know him best as a …
23 Feb 2022 Senate
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Thank you, Madam President. I am not reall y going to say very much this morning, and I hope that this will not be deemed my official Maiden Speech, but when I taught school there was a poem that at the beginning of every school year, and I would require the students to memorise this poem. Last week, which was …
23 Feb 2022 Senate
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And the other day when I was driving home, I saw something on the sign outside of the Bermuda Institute of Seventh- day A dventist school and it was some words from the poem of Amanda Gorman. And I am a true believer that as Bermudians we can make it. We will bounce back, that there are lots of positive …