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Key information about the Bermuda Government’s airport plans were shared with Curtis Stovell, the Accountant-General, only after his appearance at the Public Accounts Committee prompted the Ministry of Finance to do so. PAC chairman David Burt, the S...

Two senior Ministry of Finance officials are at odds over whether adequate permission was sought for the Bermuda Government’s deal to build a new airport terminal. “Clearly we are at an impasse,” David Burt, the Shadow Minister of Finance, said at t...

The Bermuda Government’s plan to redevelop LF Wade International Airport is to go before the Public Accounts Committee on Thursday. The PAC’s last public meeting heard from the Accountant-General Curtis Stovell, as well as the Graham Simmons, interim...

Government MP Mark Pettingill claimed yesterday that David Burt should “probably” resign as chairman of the Public Accounts Committee or at least remove himself from any hearings about the latest Auditor-General’s report. Mr Pettingill said Mr Burt’s...

The Bermuda Government and its own Accountant-General clashed last night over permission to depart from financial instructions in a bid to redevelop the Island’s airport. Curtis Stovell, the Accountant-General, told a meeting of the Public Accounts C...

Reports of the Auditor-General can be challenging and heavy reading, Mr Editor, the more so for the average person. But that doesn’t make them dull or any less important. On the contrary; and to be clear, I am not referring to those “special” report...

Recent events have once again prompted me to dust off my copy of the Sage Report, Mr Editor. One of the recommendations in particular came to mind; the one that focused on the need for change from the top down. You know, leadership by example. It ha...

This week’s column, Mr Editor, is for those who have been wondering — questions readers have asked, and sorry to have kept you all waiting. Wonder No 1: No, I am not advocating that we let bygones be bygones when it comes to past overspends and ques...

Criticism is good. Criticism is healthy. Personally, I welcome it. If it is constructive, so much the better. Critical thinking is, well, critical, to informed national debate on the issues of the day. Like on the airport, yes. But the one thing we ...

The Parliamentary Accounts Committee is keen to track down the missing project manager who oversaw the Port Royal Golf Course redevelopment. The PAC held a public meeting yesterday to deliberate on the $24.5 million project, which has been the subje...

The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Accounts expects to look at the Port Royal Golf Course improvements capital development project during its meeting today. The Public Accounts Committee is chaired by David Burt, the shadow minister of fi...

The recent Public Accounts Committee (PAC) hearing on the Auditor General’s report on the Port Royal Golf Course provides an instructive example of why Government is faced with an unprecedented financial crisis, has operated annual deficits since 200...