The One Bermuda Alliance was on the receiving end of some uplifting praise from across the floor as the House of Assembly prepared to break for the holiday weekend.

Zane DeSilva, the Shadow Minister of Tourism, took the opportunity of the notice to adjourn to praise the Bermuda Government for its work on the preparations for the 2017 America’s Cup.

He told the House that he had been impressed by what he had seen going on in Dockyard and looked forward to seeing more job opportunities for Bermudians.

“We went to Dockyard this week to talk to the folks up there,” he said. “We spoke with ACBDA employees and the Oracle group.

“Congratulations to the OBA and Dr [Grant] Gibbons.

“It is good to see there is much going on and my hope is it continues and we continue to see more Bermudians getting jobs. It was a pleasure to see.”

Mr DeSilva also welcomed the news that the Swedish team Artemis Racing had decided to set up their base at Morgan’s Point.

“I would only hope that when Artemis get down to Morgan’s Point that we see something very similar,” he said.

However, he chastised The Royal Gazette for putting the story on page ten, despite it being the third time in a fortnight that the paper had suggested the Artemis-Morgan Point link-up was imminent.

“That is unacceptable,” he said. “That should have been on the front page.”