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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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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Deputy Premier Derrick Burgess yesterday blamed the Attorney General’s Chambers for a writ directing a potential $2 million in damages to himself instead of Government.
He was responding to criticism after taxpayer dollars were spent funding his and ...
DATE: Jan 28, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
The Government has defended consultancy payments made to board members of the Bermuda Land Development Company and accused Heather Jacobs Matthews, the Auditor General, of failing the Bermuda public.
In response to Mrs Matthews’ scathing Special Repo...
DATE: Jan 28, 2012
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Politics
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Auditor General Heather Jacobs Matthews has questioned the “tone at the top” of Government after uncovering two instances of the misuse of public funds and being refused information to fully investigate them.
Mrs Matthews revealed in a scathing repor...
DATE: Jan 27, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
In early 2010, when the Bermuda Land Development Company’s board approved the payment of consultancy fees to chairman Edward Saunders and deputy chairman Pastor Leroy Bean, an approximate figure of $14,000 each was settled upon.
The two men were to c...
DATE: Jan 27, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
One Bermuda Alliance leader Craig Cannonier last night said the Auditor General's latest damning report highlights how Government has different priorities to its people.
Mr Cannonier drew attention to Heather Jacobs Matthews' observations that Govern...
DATE: Jan 27, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
If successful, former Premier Ewart Brown and Deputy Premier Derrick Burgess' personal battle for damages over the false cheques affair stands to yield them $4million.
But it's taxpayers who've footed a bill of more than $30,000 in lawyers' fees purs...
DATE: Jan 27, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Unveiling Bob Richards as One Bermuda Alliance’s candidate for Devonshire East at the next General Election, Craig Cannonier said Bermuda would be far healthier if the Progressive Labour Party had followed Mr Richards’ advice.
The Shadown Finance Min...
DATE: Jan 27, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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Auditor General Heather Jacobs Matthews provided the following chronology of her Office’s four-month battle to get information from Government on why Ewart Brown and Derrick Burgess’ personal legal case was funded with taxpayer dollars:
May 2, 2011: ...
DATE: Jan 27, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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The One Bermuda Alliance rolled out another candidate today as Party leader Craig Cannonier announced Bob Richards, the Shadow Minister of Finance will run in Devonshire East, Constituency 11, for the seat he currently holds in the House of Assembly....
DATE: Jan 26, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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