Newly minted opposition leader David Burt has announced a 13-member shadow cabinet, bringing three of his predecessor’s allies into the front bench – two of them senators – and retaining all the members of the former shadow cabinet. But Rolfe Commissiong, Zane DeSilva, Derrick Burgess and Wayne Furbert – all members of the rebel group opposed […]
David Burt new Progressive Labour Party leader
Turmoil within the party may continue after closely fought contest
David Burt was yesterday elected as the new leader of the Progressive Labour Party, just three days after the retirement of Marc Bean. in a closely fought contest with Dennis Lister. But there are indications that the party’s turmoil is not yet over. The results suggest that the votes of about half a dozen MPs…...
Progressive Labour Party to elect a new leader next week
Further exits to come following Marc Bean's departure
A new leader of the Progressive Labour Party is to be elected next week following Marc Bean’s retirement from politics. Bean handed in a letter of resignation as Opposition Leader to the acting governor on Friday – a move which is expected to spark a wave of further exits by lawmakers and the Progressive Labour Party’s…...
Finance Minister’s misleading “rebuttal” to airport project criticism
Effort to "discredit" critic falls short; FCO says Government should address criticism
Finance minister Bob Richards has circulated a misleading “rebuttal” to a harshly critical report on the ministry’s due diligence on the airport project, we can report. The minister failed to tell the public that his comments were a response to an earlier draft and had already been taken into account in finalizing the report which remains unanswered…....
Government used flawed methodology to assess airport options – Craig Mayor
A government financial analysis on the airport project contains “significant and unacceptable errors and omissions” and used a flawed methodology to assess options for the airport, the Public Accounts Committee has heard. On Thursday, Craig Mayor, a retired accountant who spent the last 20 years of his career handling credit facilities and guarantees for a […]
PLP leader to make a third round of shadow cabinet changes
as David Burt resigns his portfolio for the second time in a year
Progressive Labour Party leader Marc Bean is to select a new shadow finance minister following David Burt’s resignation yesterday. The development is a significant moment in the ongoing struggle over the party’s leadership and is Burt’s second resignation of the shadow portfolio in less than a year. Bean has shuffled his shadow cabinet twice since…...
Architect to reappear before Commission of Inquiry
Lawrence Brady, the Government architect at the centre of the 2008 fake cheques scandal could face a grilling in front of the Commission of Inquiry looking into the handling of taxpayers’ money. It will be his second appearance at the hearings which are scheduled to end on October 11. Brady first appeared before the Commission on…...
Commission of Inquiry financially unaccountable
Financial Instructions do not apply to the body probing government finances
The Commission of Inquiry probing the handling of taxpayers’ money has so far declined to be transparent about its own finances. But it has made it clear that the rules that govern how civil servants spend taxpayer dollars do not apply in its case. Almost $500,000 was allocated to the exercise which was original expected…...
Airport out of bounds, Government tells Commission of Inquiry
Civil servants told not to cooperate with requests for information
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…...
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…...
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