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Architect spent millions without authorization – Burgess

PLP MP criticises Commission of Inquiry for ignoring violations by Government architect

November 28, 2016
By Ayo Johnson

Architect at centre of 2008 forged cheques scandal

The Commission of Inquiry has ignored unauthorized spending by a government architect while targeting a former Progressive Labour Party administration, according to MP Derrick Burgess. Chief architect Lawrence Brady spent funds beyond his authority for the Dame Lois Browne Evans building project and over-estimated costs for two other projects by $1 million each, the PLP…...

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Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Commission of Inquiry, derrick burgess, lawrence brady

Architect to reappear before Commission of Inquiry

October 7, 2016
By Ayo Johnson

Architect at centre of 2008 forged cheques scandal

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…...

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Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Commission of Inquiry, fake cheques, lawrence brady

Commission of Inquiry financially unaccountable

Financial Instructions do not apply to the body probing government finances

October 4, 2016
By Ayo Johnson

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…...

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Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Commission of Inquiry

Airport out of bounds, Government tells Commission of Inquiry

Civil servants told not to cooperate with requests for information

September 21, 2016
By Ayo Johnson

Commission wants to probe the airport project, gov't says no

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…...

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Filed Under: Airport Project, Featured Tagged With: airport, Commission of Inquiry, David Burt

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

Commission of Inquiry publishes hearing rules

as legal challenge exposes flaws

September 14, 2016
By Ayo Johnson

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…...

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Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Anthony Evans, Commission of Inquiry, Donal Smith, Kumi Bradshaw

UK’s dodgy track record on Commissions of Inquiry

Historical record shows Whitehall's anti-PLP/racial bias

August 3, 2014
By Ayo Johnson

Governor George Fergusson’s refusal to appoint a Commission of Inquiry to investigate claims of historic losses of citizens’ property through theft and dispossession has highlighted the manner in which unaccountable figures retain important powers under Bermuda’s present constitution. More than 2,000 gathered at Government House to protest the decision – which marked the very first…...

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Filed Under: Archives, Featured, Politics Tagged With: Commission of Inquiry, Land grab

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