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Disbursement of funds
The PAC says some checks and balances did function, noting that the Permanent Secretary for Works and Engineering refused a payment on the project as he had no knowledge of it, having been completely circumvented by the Ministry...
DATE: Jul 23, 2011
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Operating agreement
According to the report, BEC benefited financially due to the nature of its operating agreement.
The operating contract called for BEC to be reimbursed for certain operating expenses such as rent, depreciation of equipment, proper...
DATE: Jul 23, 2011
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Project definition
The report states: “Your committee endeavoured to ascertain from the interviewees how a project cost could balloon from the initial $5.3 million estimate to over $15 million. It was difficult to obtain a definitive answer to this a...
DATE: Jul 23, 2011
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The Corporation of Hamilton’s management and administrative staff will now receive representation from Bermuda Public Services Union as Mayor Charles Gosling warned of “changing and uncertain” times.
Mr Gosling and BPSU president and general secretar...
DATE: Jul 23, 2011
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Oversight of –construction
The report says prescribed checks and balances were eroded in the oversight of construction of the project.
Financial Instructions state that all capital development projects, with the exception of minor works, must be the ...
DATE: Jul 23, 2011
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Bermuda’s Public Accounts Committee investigated all five segments of the Auditor General’s special report on the motor vehicle safety and emissions testing programme.
Here are its paraphrased findings, with Ms Cox’s responses:
VENDOR SELECTION
In th...
DATE: Jul 23, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
More than $1 million has been made available for unemployment initiatives through a bill passed by the House of Assembly.
Premier and Finance Minister Paula Cox tabled the Public Treasury (Administration and Payments) Amendment Act, which will give G...
DATE: Jul 23, 2011
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
An insurance scheme to protect individuals, charities and small businesses in the event that a bank fails has been approved by the House of Assembly.
Introducing the Deposit Insurance Act, Premier and Finance Minister Paula Cox said the Island’s bank...
DATE: Jul 23, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Legislation designed to stamp out any unethical behaviour in Government was passed by the House of Assembly; but the Opposition complained it does not go far enough.
Premier Paula Cox’s Good Governance Act is designed to improve transparency and acco...
DATE: Jul 23, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Premier Paula Cox yesterday revealed she could set up a special team to investigate her predecessor Ewart Brown’s emissions testing programme which overspent by $10 million.
Ms Cox is to meet Auditor General Heather Jacobs Matthews to discuss the pro...
DATE: Jul 23, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
