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Government declines to provide evidence to Inquiry

September 19, 2016
By Ayo Johnson

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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Filed Under: Airport Project, Featured Tagged With: BECL, Commission of Inquiry, Donal Smith

Accountant General not informed of Aecon role in airport project

correspondence reveals finance ministry at odds with Bermuda's chief accountant

July 7, 2016
By Ayo Johnson

When Accountant General Curtis Stovell first signed off on government’s agreement with the Canadian Commercial Corporation, no one told him that infrastructure giant Aecon was already in line to construct the new airport terminal. And Stovell has made it clear to the finance ministry that Aecon’s selection as the contractor for the $250 million project…...

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Filed Under: Airport Project, Featured Tagged With: Aecon, airport, CCC

Full video: Public Accounts Committee on airport row, leaked emails and summonses

April 28, 2016
By Ayo Johnson

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 Cole Simons moves that the summons be withdrawn, Lovitta Foggo expresses her dismay at having her emails leaked to the press and Susan…...

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Bermuda Airport project PAC meeting – April 14, 2016

April 14, 2016
By Ayo Johnson

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Filed Under: Airport Project, Archives, Live Tagged With: airport david burt, Public Accounts Committee

Aecon update

Think Media teams up with Bernews after being left out of media junket

February 25, 2016
By Ayo Johnson

Canadian developer Aecon will likely sell its interest in Bermuda’s new airport. Senior executive Steven Nackan acknowledged the possibility in a brief interview for Bernews. Think Media was not invited to participate in the media tour, but we assisted the 24/7 news site with its coverage. Nackan was also asked about relations between airport employees […]

Filed Under: Airport Project, Archives, Local

Senate debate Deloitte Report on CCC/Aecon airport deal

Live coverage

August 24, 2015
By Ayo Johnson

Bermuda airport: Swiss Challenge a "no-go".

Live Blog Senate Debates Deloitte Report on Bermuda Airport   This article belongs to Politica ! The original article can be found here: Senate debate Deloitte Report on CCC/Aecon airport dealPolitica © 2025 – All Rights Reserved

Filed Under: Airport Project, Archives, Featured, Local, Politics

Government’s first listicle on the Bermuda airport project

May 28, 2015
By Ayo Johnson

Finance Minister Bob Richards yesterday insisted that Bermuda has too much to lose if the proposed airport development deal with the Canadian Commercial Corporation does not go ahead. “There is no final or intermediate agreement, as yet. But for Bermuda to end this process now and not seek an agreement would be an action that would cost […]

Filed Under: Airport Project, Archives, Local, Politics

Canada defends handling of Bermuda airport proposal

Canadian Government agency explains controversial emails

May 25, 2015
By Ayo Johnson
Video by Alyson Thompson

Bermuda airport deal: Canadian Commercial Corporation Chair Martin Zablocki addresses Bermuda media

Canadian Commercial Corporation, Canada’s export sales agency, has defended the handling of a $250 million proposal to redevelop Bermuda’s airport following intense local criticism and controversy. Suspicions that the project has been tainted by collusion and backroom deals have been fuelled by the release of a cache of emails between CCC, prospective developer Aecon Concessions and Bermuda […]

Filed Under: Airport Project, Archives, Featured, Local, Politics Tagged With: Aecon, Bermuda airport, Canadian Commercial Corporation

Bermuda airport: Swiss Challenge a “no-go”

May 22, 2015
By Ayo Johnson

Aecon Concessions, the company sole sourced to redevelop Bermuda’s only airport, has dismissed the idea of opening up the deal to a Swiss Challenge as a non-starter. Canadian Commercial Corporation, which would oversee and guarantee the $250 million project, refuses to be drawn into the local dispute over the process. Bermuda’s Opposition Progressive Labour Party […]

Filed Under: Airport Project, Archives, Featured, Local, Politics

UK – Bermuda “very close” to agreement on airport project

February 20, 2015
By Ayo Johnson

  A controversial plan to rehabilitate Bermuda’s airport is being backed by the UK Government, we can report. Finance Minister Bob Richards listed the estimated $250 million project as a near certainty in his Budget Statement outlining Government’s fiscal strategy for the upcoming financial year. Bermuda and the UK have differed over whether Whitehall’s permission – […]

Filed Under: Airport Project, Archives, Featured, Local, Politics

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