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Hansard 8 December 2017
2017/18 SESSION of the BERMUDA HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY OFFICIAL HANSARD REPORT 8 December 2017 Sitting number 12 of the 2017/18 Session (pages 821–972) Hon. Dennis P. Lister, Jr., JP, MP Speaker Disclaimer: The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for informational purposes only. The printed version remains the official record. Official Hansard Report 8 December 2017 821 BERMUDA HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY OFFICIAL HANSARD REPORT 8 DECEMBER 2017 10:03 AM Sitting Number 12 of the 2017/18 Session [Hon. Dennis P. Lister, Jr., Speaker, in the Chair] to acknowledge that she is doing well, and we contin- ue to wish her well. PRAYERS Some Hon. Members: Yes. [Prayers read by Mr. Clark Somner, Deputy Clerk] HANDICAPPED PARKING CONFIRMATION OF MINUTES [Minutes of 1 December 2017] The Speaker: Also, during the maiden speech of our Member, Ms. Furbert, last week, she highlighted the challenge that the handicapped community faces in The Speaker: Members, we received the Minutes of the 1st of December. this Island, like elsewhere. And she reminded us that Are there any amendments or corrections, we should respect the needs of the handicapped and adjustments that have to be made? No adjustments, that handicapped parking at these facilities should be no corrections? respected. So, I am asking all Members and staff to The Minutes are confirmed. respect the handicapped parking and realise that it is there for a purpose. And if you do not require or need [Minutes of 1 December 2017 confirmed] it, do not park in it. MESSAGES FROM THE GOVERNOR SELECT COMMITTEES—MEMBERSHIP CHANGES The Speaker: I would also like to announce some The Speaker: There are none. -
Charting Our Course: SUSTAINING BERMUDA Draft Sustainable Development Strategy and Implementation Plan for Bermuda
CHARTING OUR COURSE: SUSTAINING BERMUDA Draft Sustainable Development Strategy and Implementation Plan for Bermuda Government of Bermuda June 2006 CHARTING OUR COURSE: SUSTAINING BERMUDA Draft Sustainable Development Strategy and Implementation Plan for Bermuda June 2006 Government of Bermuda The Cabinet Office Central Policy Unit Sustainable Development Unit Hamilton, Bermuda HM 12 Phone: (441) 298-7193 Fax: (441) 296-0555 Email: [email protected] Website: www.chartingourcourse.gov.bm Design and pre-press production: Department of Communication and Information Printed in Bermuda by the Bermuda Press Limited July 2006 Contents Foreword by the Premier ....................................................................................................1 Part One: Introduction .......................................................................................................2 1. Why we need a Strategy.............................................................................................2 2. What this Document contains ....................................................................................2 3. What is Sustainable Development? ............................................................................3 4. What makes a good National Sustainable Development Strategy (NSDS)? .....................4 Part Two: The Strategy ......................................................................................................6 5. Vision .......................................................................................................................6 -
Legal Context for Nearshore Marine Spatial Planning in Bermuda
Legal Context for Nearshore Marine Spatial Planning in Bermuda ENVIRONMENTAL LAW INSTITUTE M A Y 2016 Acknowledgments This report was prepared by the Environmental Law Institute (ELI) for the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences (BIOS). The authors were Read D. Porter, David Roche, Kathryn Mengerink, and Bruce Myers. The authors wish to express their gratitude to the Government of Bermuda, the marine management community, and BIOS, who provided ELI with information necessary to complete this assessment. Any errors are the responsibility of ELI. About ELI Publications ELI publishes Research Reports that present the analysis and conclusions of the policy studies ELI undertakes to improve environmental law and policy. In addition, ELI publishes several journals and reporters—including the Environmental Law Reporter, The Environmental Forum, and the National Wetlands Newsletter—and books, which contribute to education of the profession and disseminate diverse points of view and opinions to stimulate a robust and creative exchange of ideas. Those publications, which express opinions of the authors and not necessarily those of the Institute, its Board of Directors, or funding organizations, exemplify ELI’s commitment to dialogue with all sectors. ELI welcomes suggestions for article and book topics and encourages the submission of draft manuscripts An electronic retrievable copy (PDF file) of this report may be obtained for no cost from the Environmental Law Institute website at www.eli.org or www.eli-ocean.org. ELI Terms of Use will apply and are available on each site. Environmental Law Institute®, The Environmental Forum®, and ELR® – The Environmental Law Institute Law Reporter® are registered trademarks of the Environmental Law Institute. -
Part Three: Sustainable Development Implementation Plan
Part Three: Sustainable Development Implementation Plan Suggested Objectives and Actions which will help achieve the Strategy 15 Contents The Implementation Plan takes the primary and secondary priorities set out in the Sustainable Development Strategy and breaks them down further. It sets them out under five broad themes: • Theme 1: Building and Maintaining an Inclusive Strong Economy • Theme 2: Transforming Governance and the Public Sector • Theme 3: Protecting and Enhancing our Environment and Natural Resources • Theme 4: Sustaining our Communities • Theme 5: Living within Bermuda’s Limits For each priority, the Implementation Plan • offers some background, defining the particular issue in question; • sets some short- and medium-term objectives, and where possible, targets; • offers some options for actions to achieve those objectives; • suggests actors, both Governmental and non-Governmental; • suggests timelines for delivery; and • sets out what is already being undertaken by Government. 16 Theme 1: Building and maintaining an inclusive strong economy Imagine • An island where we continue to have the resources to import the technology and goods we need, and to travel from the island to broaden our horizons and gather new ideas. • An island where we achieve an economy which constantly improves the quality of peoples’ lives; offering high quality employment, with internationally recognised labour rights and fair trade principles. • An island where businesses which choose to locate here share responsibility for their impacts on the infrastructure, particularly transport and housing, and play a full role in training Bermudians; while Government and private sector work together to ensure that our education systems adapt quickly to changing needs • An island where we reduce our reliance on imports, and sustain our economic growth by looking for new opportunities and achieve diversification, working in partnership with our current businesses, forming joint ventures with overseas partners and reassess out protectionist model. -
2020 Summit Address by Mr
The Bermuda Construction Safety Council Police Headquarters 2020 Summit Address By Mr. Brendon Harris Safety Coordinator June 2020 To his Excellency the Governor John Rankin, the Honourable Premier David Burt, the Minister of Safety Wayne Caine’s and the Commissioner of Police Stephen Corbishley. We meet today to consider questions, of great moment. Covid 19 has demonstrated to the world its aggressive intentions. It has already infected Asia, Africa, Europe and the Americas. On top of that it has reached our shores and claimed the lives of our very own citizens. Furthermore, overseas racial tensions have erupted from peaceful to violent protests. Simultaneously we are here preparing for an upcoming global recession. All while facing the beginning of a hurricane season. Councilwoman, I believe these are all just causes for our Summit.I refer to: Section 1 of the Constitution.Whereas every person in Bermuda is entitled to the fundamental rights and freedoms of the individual, that is to say, has the right, whatever his race, place of origin, political opinions, colour, creed or sex, but subject to respect for the rights and freedoms of others and for the public interest, to each and all of the following, namely: life, liberty, security of the person and the protection of the law; freedom of conscience, of expression and of assembly and association; and protection for the privacy of his home and other property and from deprivation of property without compensation. As part of our National self identity it is imperative that we continue communicating with each other, educating our selves and assessing the risks involved with our health and safety and our environment. -
Official Hansard Report
2020/2021 SESSION of the BERMUDA HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY OFFICIAL HANSARD REPORT 26 MARCH 202 1 Virtual Sitting Sitting number 16 of the 2020/2021 Session (pages 1243–1352) Hon. Dennis P. Lister, Jr., JP, MP Speaker Disclaimer: The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for informational purposes only. The printed version remains the official record. Official Hansard Report 26 March 2021 1243 BERMUDA HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY OFFICIAL HANSARD REPORT VIRTUAL SITTING 26 MARCH 2021 10:00 AM Sitting Number 16 of the 2020/2021 Session [Hon. Dennis P. Lister, Jr., Speaker, in the Chair] [No audible response] The Speaker: Good morning, Members. We are The Speaker: Minister of Finance, are you with us about to start the session. this morning? Ms. Beale will lead us in prayer this morning. We will move on and come back. Minister Furbert, are you available to do the PRAYERS matter for the Minister of Sport? [Prayers read by Ms. Kara Beale, Assistant Clerk] Hon. Tinee Furbert: Yes, Mr. Speaker. CONFIRMATION OF MINUTES The Speaker: Thank you. Could you table your matter [Minutes of 19 2021] now, present your matter now? The Speaker: Good morning, Members. The House is BERMUDA SPORT ANTI-DOPING AUTHORITY now in session. ANNUAL REPORT 2020 The Minutes from March 19 have been circu- lated. Are there any amendments or corrections re- Hon. Tinee Furbert: Mr. Speaker, I have the honour quired? to attach and submit for the information of the Hon- ourable House of Assembly the Bermuda Sport Anti- None, they are approved as printed. Doping Authority Annual Report 2020. -
I Negotiating Ocean Territory in Bermuda and the Sargasso Sea By
Negotiating Ocean Territory in Bermuda and the Sargasso Sea by Leslie D. Acton Marine Science and Conservation Duke University Date:_______________________ Approved: ___________________________ Lisa Campbell, Supervisor ___________________________ Xavier Basurto ___________________________ Noella Gray ___________________________ Elizabeth Shapiro-Garza Dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Marine Science and Conservation in the Graduate School of Duke University 2017 i v ABSTRACT Negotiating Ocean Territory in Bermuda and the Sargasso Sea by Leslie D. Acton Marine Science and Conservation Duke University Date:_______________________ Approved: ___________________________ Lisa Campbell, Supervisor ___________________________ Xavier Basurto ___________________________ Noella Gray ___________________________ Elizabeth Shapiro-Garza An abstract of a dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Marine Science and Conservation in the Graduate School of Duke University 2017 i v Copyright by Leslie D. Acton 2017 Abstract To address growing concerns about global oceans health, state and non-state actors have pushed for the establishment of large marine protected areas (LMPAs) in national exclusive economic zones (EEZs) and on the high seas. This push has resulted in a rapid proliferation of LPMAs in recent years, despite limited understanding of their social and political attributes and implications. This dissertation contributes to growing social science scholarship on LMPAs by employing a qualitative, multi-sited case study investigating negotiations over two proposed, overlapping LMPAs in Bermuda’s EEZ and the Sargasso Sea. It engages with human geography theory on territoriality to examine the territorial practices emerging through LMPA proposals and how negotiations over these ‘scaled-up’ management tools are contributing to transformations in global oceans governance. -
Bermuda's Musical Connections
Gombeys, Bands and Troudadours By Ronald Lightbourne THREE TRIBUTARIES FLOW into Bermuda’s musical mainstream, giving it a rich and distinct identity: the music and dance drama of the Gombeys, a prolific tradition of marching bands, and a heritage of singer-songwriter troubadours. Over time these tributaries have deposited a fertile soil in which Bernudians have nurtured Ttheir musical expression and the continuance of their creative traditions. Gombeys he oldest of these tributaries is the Gombeys. Research by Mrs Louise Jackson and others have established their uniqueness, and Dr Kenneth E. Robinson in This book Heritage says this of their genesis: The origins of the Gombeys and local bands are lost in eighteenth century obscurity. Mention of the culturally distinctive Gombeys, Gumbies, or Gumba appears unheralded in Bermudian Literature ... [but] not by way of recognizing them as significant art forms... It is the fact that mention was made of them that matters. (K.E. Robinson, Heritage, London: MacMillan, 1979, p.118) We know that amongst the measures taken by Bermuda’s Legislature following the 1761 conspiracy to revolt was the banning of Gombey dancing. One surmises that the government feared the decorative Courtesy Smithsonian Institution. Gombey masks, which obscured the performer’s identity, and allowed him to escape political retribution. In the Gombey we see an archetypal Bermudian entertainer: masked, in a group, perform- ing dances that tell stories of resistance and survival. This is so even today. Musicians, Place’s New Generation Gombeys at the 2001 Smithsonian Folklife Festival in Washington, D.C. 261 Allan Warner, Captain of the Warner’s Gombeys, says that some of his troupe’s dances refer specifically to Bermuda’s connection with Africa. -
It-Tlettax-Il Leġiżlatura Pl 3415
IT-TLETTAX-IL LEĠIŻLATURA P.L. 3415 Dokument imqiegħed fuq il-Mejda tal-Kamra tad-Deputati fis-Seduta Numru 224 tas-6 ta’ Mejju 2019 mill-Ispeaker, l-Onor. Anġlu Farrugia. ___________________________ Raymond Scicluna Skrivan tal-Kamra CPA Parliamentary Strengthening Seminar for the Parliament of Bermuda 1 - 2 May 2019 Hamilton, Bermuda Hon Anglu Farrugia, Speaker Parliamentary Delegation Report to the House of Representatives. Date: 1"- 2nd May 2019 Venue: House of Parliament, Hamilton Maltese delegation: Honourable Anglu Farrugia, President of the House of Representatives, Parliament of Malta Programme: At the invitation of the Secretary General of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association Mr Akbar Khan, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Parliament of Malta in his capability as Chairperson of the Small Branches of the CPA, Honourable Anglu Farrugia was invited to deliver a speech at the Opening Ceremony at the CPA Parliamentary Strengthening Seminarfor the Parliament of Bermuda. \ I Report drawn by the Hon. Anglu Farrugia, Speaker of the House of Representatives, following his participation as Chair of the CPA Small Branches at the CPA Parliamentary Strengthening Seminar for Bermuda, held between the 151 & 2"d May 2019 By letter dated g th April 2019, the Secretary-General of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA), Mr Akbar Khan, extended an invitation to me to serve as a member of the CPA Resource Team during a CPA Parliamentary Strengthening Seminar for the Bermuda Parliament, held in Hamilton, Bermuda, on 1- 2 May 2019. This invitation was extended to me in view of my Chairmanship of the Small Branches of the said CPA. -
2013 Session Bermuda House of Assembly Official
2013 SESSION of the BERMUDA HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY OFFICIAL HANSARD REPORT 5 July 2013 Sitting number 18 of the 2013 Session (pages 1627-1706) Hon. K. H. Randolph Horton, JP, MP Speaker Disclaimer: The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for informational purposes only. The printed version remains the official record. Official Hansard Report 5 July 2013 1627 BERMUDA HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY OFFICIAL HANSARD REPORT 5 JULY 2013 10:01 AM Sitting Number 18 of the 2013 Session [Hon. K. H. Randolph Horton, Speaker, in the Chair] condolences to Mrs. Ford and her family on the loss of her sister. PRAYERS MESSAGES FROM THE SENATE [Prayers read by Hon. K. H. Randolph Horton, Speak- er] The Speaker: There are none. CONFIRMATION OF MINUTES PAPERS AND OTHER 14 JUNE 2013 COMMUNICATIONS TO THE HOUSE [21 and 28 June 2013 deferred] The Speaker: No papers and communications. The Speaker: Good morning, Members. We have th confirmation of the Minutes of June 14 , 2013. Mem- PETITIONS bers should have received the Minutes. Are there any objections to those Minutes be- The Speaker: No petitions. ing confirmed? There are none. STATEMENTS BY MINISTERS The Minutes are confirmed. [Motion carried: Minutes of 14 June 2013 confirmed.] The Speaker: The Chair will recognise first the Hon- ourable Sylvan D. Richards, Minister for the Environ- The Speaker: The Minutes for June 21st and 28th will ment. be deferred. Minister Richards, you have the floor. MESSAGES FROM THE GOVERNOR SKINK RECOVERY PROGRAMME Hon. Sylvan D. Richards, Jr.: Thank you, Mr. The Speaker: There are none. Speaker. -
2013/14 Session Bermuda House of Assembly
2013/14 SESSION of the BERMUDA HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY OFFICIAL HANSARD REPORT 4 July 2014 Sitting number 26 of the 2013/14 Session (pages 2577-2650) Hon. K. H. Randolph Horton, JP, MP Speaker Disclaimer: The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for informational purposes only. The printed version remains the official record. Official Hansard Report 4 July 2014 2577 BERMUDA HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY OFFICIAL HANSARD REPORT 4 JULY 2014 10:03 AM Sitting Number 26 of the 2013/14 Session [Hon. K. H. Randolph Horton, Speaker, in the Chair] DNDC GRANTS PROGRAMME ANNUAL PER- PRAYERS FORMANCE REPORT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2013/14 [Prayers read by Hon. K. H. Randolph Horton, Hon. Michael H. Dunkley: Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Speaker] Mr. Speaker, I have the honour this morning to attach and submit for the information of this Hon- CONFIRMATION OF MINUTES ourable House of Assembly the [DNDC Grants] Pro- gramme Annual Performance Report for [fiscal] year 27 June 2014 2013/14. The Speaker: Honourable Members, the confirmation of the Minutes of the 27th of June will be deferred. The Speaker: Thank you, Premier. Are there any objections to that? [Minutes of 27 June 2014 deferred] There are none. Honourable Premier, you have another paper. MESSAGES FROM THE GOVERNOR Please carry on. PUBLIC ACCESS TO INFORMATION REGULA- The Speaker: There are no messages from the Gov- TIONS 2014 ernor. Hon. Michael H. Dunkley: Yes, thank you, Mr. ANNOUNCEMENTS BY THE SPEAKER Speaker. OR MEMBER PRESIDING I also have the honour to attach and submit for the consideration of this Honourable House of As- The Speaker: I would like to announce that Mr.