Tensions rise as Public Account Committee discusses row over its demand for the full airport development agreement and a decision by Chairman David Burt to issue a summons to the Financial Secretary. Cole Simons moves that the summons be withdrawn, Lovitta Foggo expresses her dismay at having her emails leaked to the press and Susan…...
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Full video: DeSilva appears before Public Accounts Committee over golf course project
Former Minister responds to questions about his company's dealings with the project
Opposition MP Zane DeSilva yesterday responded to suggestions of insider dealings over the Port Royal golf project, telling the Public Accounts Committee that he recused himself from relevant meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Golf Courses, and that the Auditor General made some factual errors in her Special Report on the $24 million […]
PAC meeting – April 27, 2016, Port Royal
Public Accounts Committee to quiz former Minister Zane DeSilva on golf course project
Video – PORT ROYAL PAC-Apr272016PortRoyal from Think Media on Vimeo. Background: In November 2014, the Auditor General issued a special report on the Port Royal Golf Course Improvements Capital Development Project – a project which was undertaken between 2007 and 2011 and cost more than $24 million despite being initially budgeted at $4.5 million in…...
Multimillion dollar waterfront litigation ends
Case dismissed because developer did not deposit security for costs
Developer Michael MacLean’s multi million-dollar action against the Bermuda Government over the waterfront development deal came to an abrupt end this month when Bermuda’s Court of Appeal dismissed his appeal. Arbitration proceedings which had been put on hold as a result of MacLean’s constitutional challenge are now expected to resume. MacLean’s Allied Development Partners and…...
Fahnbulleh steps down from HRC
(Former) Human Rights Commissioner is an accused sex offender and alleged fugitive from justice
Franklin Fahnbulleh has stepped down from the Human Rights Commission following crisis talks about allegations of sexual harrassment. The HRC learned last week that Fahnbulleh, is an alleged sex offender and reportedly fled criminal charges filed in the United States. Its selection committee has tightened recruitment procedures since ZBM evening news reminded the public of the…...
Guilty verdict for Alan Robinson
Man with longstanding mental illness was of sound mind when he attacked two people with a knife - jury
A jury has found Alan Robinson, 56, guilty of attempting to kill Warwick woman Vernica Tucker in a knife attack in December 2013, dismissing the opinions of two psychiatrists who said he was insane at the time of the incident. The 10- person jury delivered its verdict in Supreme Court after just over an hour […]
Bermuda Airport project PAC meeting – April 14, 2016
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