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The Public Accounts Committee has released a highly critical report on the Government’s handling of the Covid-19 crisis

The Government’s emergency spending in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic is under the microscope of the bipartisan Public Accounts Committee. Cole Simons, the Leader of the Opposition and chairman of the PAC, said the group continued to examine healt...

The Government has hired a company which appears not to have a debt collection licence to manage the recovery of millions of dollars of unpaid land tax. OARRS Inc Limited will be paid 15 per cent of “all land tax arrears recovered” according to a no...

A Parliamentary watchdog held its first meeting of the year on Tuesday. The Parliamentary Standing Committee met days before the House of Assembly is scheduled to return next Friday after its Christmas break. Newly-appointed members of the PAC held t...

A clerk from the British Parliament has been seconded to Bermuda to work on financial oversight with the Public Accounts Committee. Stephen McGinness, the Clerk of the House of Commons’ PAC, will work alongside the Bermuda equivalent to scrutinise va...

The Parliamentary Standing Committee on government accounts is to conduct public hearing on Thursday at St Paul Church Centennial Hall on Court Street. A representative for financial assistance will discuss matters surrounding financial assistance pr...

The media’s job in strengthening the role of the Public Accounts Committee was among the agenda items for an overseas forum attended by Opposition MP Wayne Furbert, chairman of Bermuda’s PAC. The two-day conference’s discussion points were put forwar...

The Public Accounts Committee is set to meet again tomorrow to speak to discuss matters related to the proposed airport redevelopment plan. Aaron Adderley, general manager at the LF Wade International Airport, has been invited to provide his input on...

Chartered accountant Craig Mayor will give a presentation about the airport redevelopment to the Public Accounts Committee tomorrow. Mr Mayor, who has heavily criticised the Bermuda Government for its proposals over LF Wade International Airport, has...

The Public Accounts Committee, which ordinarily looks into matters involving the public purse after the Auditor-General has filed reports, has resumed examining current matters, according to Wayne Furbert, its new chairman. The seven-member PAC yeste...

The Parliamentary Standing Committee on the Public Accounts (PAC) is set to host its next public hearing tomorrow examining spending by the Bermuda Tourism Authority. The committee has invited officers from the BTA to discuss matters arising out of t...

Wayne Furbert has been named the new chairman of the Public Accounts Committee. In the House of Assembly yesterday, Speaker Randy Horton also announced that Michael Weeks would be joining the committee. It comes after shadow finance minister David Bu...