Civil servants have been instructed by the Government not to cooperate with the Commission of Inquiry’s requests for materials relating to the airport redevelopment project. But both the Commission and Government are maintaining a stony silence about what has become an embarrassing impasse that could test public perception of the integrity of the Commission and fuel perceptions…...
Archives for September 2016
Government declines to provide evidence to Inquiry
A probe into management of public funds has met with more obstacles as the Government and other parties have refused to cooperate. And Finance Ministry officials will decline to respond to questions on the airport project at an upcoming public hearing this month, according to reports. The Anthony Evans Commission of Inquiry was established by…...
Commission of Inquiry publishes hearing rules
as legal challenge exposes flaws
A bid by the Commission of Inquiry to force a company to hand over its records is to be judicially reviewed, Chief Justice Ian Kawaley has ruled. This as the Commission scrambles to plug a legal lacuna in a bid to head off litigation which has slowed its roll and threatened to stop it in its…...
Emissions and safety testing contract in limbo
Finance Minister "offered contract to a friend"
Government is yet to award a contract for vehicle emissions and safety testing six months after the end of a tender process despite the fact that only one company sent in a proposal. Donal Smith, founder of Bermuda Emissions Control Ltd which won the contract in 2008 believes that Government is planning on handing the business…...
Commission of Inquiry in legal battle over subpoena
Firm refuses to hand over records; Former premier confirms that he will appear before CoI - on one condition
A legal battle is looming over the powers of the Commission of Inquiry set up to look into management of capital projects. The dispute is expected to delay the work of the Commission and, according to a legal observer, may even bring it to a grinding halt. Efforts by the Commission to use its powers of subpoena to get hold of…...
Human Rights Commission to come under court scrutiny
Agency's advocacy of "homosexual agenda" unlawful - applicants
Claims that the Human Rights Commission violated the constitution and the law it is set up to administer are to come under the scrutiny of the courts. In an upcoming judicial review, the HRC will have to respond to charges that it unlawfully investigated speaker Ayo Kimathi when Harold Conyers complained about his September 2015…...