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…....
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…...
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…...
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