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Progressive Labour Party backbencher Terry Lister told MPs he didn’t support the parliamentary committee system because the Opposition used it to take “cheap shots” at Government.
Mr Lister told the House of Assembly that when the joint select commit...
DATE: Feb 20, 2012
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Green campaigners have welcomed a finding from the Ombudsman that Government “acted unlawfully” by not conducting a required assessment of the environmental impact of developing Tucker’s Point resort.
Arlene Brock tabled a report in Parliament yester...
DATE: Feb 11, 2012
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Government is refusing to release a 16-page report on the Bermuda Land Development Company, which cost taxpayers tens of thousands of dollars.
The document was produced in 2010 by BLDC’s chairman and deputy chairman at the time, Edward Saunders and P...
DATE: Feb 03, 2012
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Shadow Attorney General Trevor Moniz yesterday accused Cabinet Ministers of “tangling themselves up” over the Auditor General’s damning report on inappropriate public spending.
Mr Moniz said statements released in recent days by Premier Paula Cox, De...
DATE: Feb 03, 2012
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Deputy Premier Derrick Burgess and Attorney General Kim Wilson appeared unable to agree yesterday on whether there was ever an agreement for Government to benefit from $4 million in damages being sought in a private legal case.
Mr Burgess and former ...
DATE: Feb 02, 2012
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Public Accounts Committee chairman Bob Richards has pledged to call witnesses and hold open meetings to get to the bottom of the Auditor General’s findings on the misuse of taxpayer dollars.
The Shadow Finance Minister said yesterday the meetings wou...
DATE: Feb 02, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Pastor Leroy Bean will definitely be the Progressive Labour Party’s election candidate for St George’s South, according to the branch chairman for constituency four.
Stuart Hollis told The Royal Gazette the fact that Mr Bean was paid almost $86,000 i...
DATE: Jan 31, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Opposition leader Craig Cannonier has questioned why Premier Paula Cox failed to tell taxpayers about problems at Bermuda Land Development Company when she was alerted to them more than a year ago.
The Auditor General’s Special Report on the Misuse o...
DATE: Jan 30, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
The Bermuda Land Development Company rarely hits the headlines.
In fact, most taxpayers could be forgiven for knowing little about its existence, so seldom are they told anything about it.
The quango’s website, www.bldc.com, features limited informat...
DATE: Jan 30, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Auditor General Heather Jacobs Matthews spent months trying to discover who in Government signed off on payments to fund a private legal action for two Cabinet Ministers.
But she was unable to find out the answer, along with other details about the c...
DATE: Jan 28, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
