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The Commission of Inquiry will not come to any conclusions on whether criminal activity occurred within the government during the years covered by its investigation into the mishandling of public funds. The final public hearing of the tribunal was to...

The Commission of Inquiry was asked yesterday to consider whether certain arrangements regarding the multimillion dollar Dame Lois Browne-Evans project pointed to “potential infringements or criminal activity”. Narinder Hargun, counsel to the commiss...

Ewart Brown’s lawyer told the Commission of Inquiry yesterday that if a “rule or two had to be bent” in the awarding of government contracts it had “nothing to do with corruption or backhanders” and “everything to do with redressing the balance”. Jer...

Ewart Brown will not have to answer questions from the witness box at the Commission of Inquiry. The former Premier was issued a subpoena requiring him to appear today but his lawyer Jerome Lynch, QC, yesterday successfully argued his right to claim ...

Former Accountant-General, Joyce Hayward, has acknowledged that her department would sometimes just check signatures on capital projects to ensure arrangements were in line with Financial Instructions. Ms Hayward, who held the position between 2004 a...

Ewart Brown will not have to answer questions from the witness box at the Commission of Inquiry. Commission chairman Sir Anthony Evans said the tribunal accepted the claim of the former Premier’s lawyer that he would be “left in some considerable jeo...

Businessman Donal Smith today fired a high-profile lawyer as a row escalated over his refusal to release records demanded by the Commission of Inquiry. Delroy Duncan told the panel he held the financial records on Bermuda Emissions Control Ltd, which...

Ewart Brown, the former premier, is among witnesses scheduled to appear later this month before the ongoing Commission of Inquiry. According to the commission’s webpage, the group is still working on its list of potential witnesses for the week start...

The Commission of Inquiry has posted an updated ‘frequently asked questions’ document on its website. This includes a question and answer section regarding the status of the commission’s investigation into aspects of the airport redevelopment project...

Allan DeSilva, the senior vice-president of Island Construction, was granted permission not to appear before the Commission of Inquiry yesterday, claiming lawful privilege as his answers could expose him to the possibility of prosecution. Sir Anthony...

The company responsible for conducting annual safety and emissions inspections on vehicles in Bermuda yesterday failed to comply with a fresh summons to produce documents to the Commission of Inquiry. And a lawyer for Bermuda Emissions Control Limite...

A “misunderstanding” at the heart of disputes over the Government’s plans for a new airport terminal was discussed at length before yesterday’s Commission of Inquiry. Anthony Manders, the Financial Secretary, told the commission he had never been in ...