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Despite initial opposition from the Bermuda Government, the Commission of Inquiry pressed ahead to look into parts of the airport development project. The panel focused on whether Government had secured the appropriate waiver from Financial Instructi...

Michael Dunkley vowed that a new financial instruction training programme would help to “restore a culture of compliance within the Civil Service”. Speaking during Monday’s sitting of Parliament, the Premier said that the programme — created by the C...

Four highly paid civil servants who came under fire from the Commission of Inquiry were silent yesterday on the panel’s recommendation for an “urgent review” into their abilities. Derrick Binns, Cherie Whitter, Marc Telemaque and Anthony Manders — al...

Guidelines are set to be put in place for the government’s watchdog of fairness over public contracts, nearly six years after it was formally established. Michael Dunkley told Parliament that $773,000 has been set aside in the 2017/18 fiscal year for...

The Progressive Labour Party fiercely attacked the Government’s handling of the Commission of Inquiry report, accusing the Premier of disrespecting the House of Assembly. Opening the debate on Motion to Adjourn on Monday, Walter Roban, the Deputy Lea...

One Bermuda Alliance senator Vic Ball has conceded that “it would have served the process better” had he declared a conflict of interest when recommending a $1.4 million project to a company half-owned by his father. Mr Ball was speaking to The Roya...

Commissioners highlighted the lack of a performance bond as they heavily criticised the Bermuda Government’s Heritage Wharf development. The project, which ended up costing taxpayers $60 million — $21 million more than the original contract signed in...

The Commission of Inquiry has rejected Derrick Burgess’s claim that he was not aware his cousin, Winters Burgess, and Ewart Brown’s half-brother, Vincent Hollinsid, were principals of the firm tasked with constructing the Dame Lois Browne-Evans build...

Seven Bermuda Government business dealings had evidence of “possible criminal activity” — with the Commission of Inquiry saying it supports ongoing police investigations. Potential wrongdoing was found in five projects related to former premier Ewart...

A “clear conflict of interest” and the possibility of criminal activity. That was the damning verdict on a $1.4 million Bermuda Government contract which Vic Ball recommended be given to Harmony Holdings in April 2009 to provide aggregate for roads. ...