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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...

There’s no sense crying over spilled milk, right? Wrong — and certainly not when it involves taxpayers’ money and politics. It seems also to depend, Mr Editor, on whose milk we happen to be talking about and how fresh or sour it was when it was spi...

Public Accounts Committee members heard that while the board of trustees in charge of the Port Royal Golf Course redevelopment adhered to its own financial instructions during the project, it was determined that those financial instructions were not ...

The Public Accounts Committee today holds its second public meeting to investigate a highly critical special report by the Auditor General into the refurbishment of the Port Royal Golf Course. The PAC, chaired by Deputy Leader of the Progressive Labo...

A damning independent report on the restoration of the Port Royal Golf Course was criticised by former members of its board of trustees, who defended the project going more than $10 million over budget. “We built a course that Bermuda could be proud ...

The Public Accounts Committee is set to hold a public hearing tomorrow on the Port Royal Golf Course project. The project ran up a bill of more than $24 million between 2007 and 2011, despite initially being budgeted at $4.5 million. During tomorrow’...

An estimated $242 million is expected to be generated in direct spend for Bermuda’s economy as a result of the America’s Cup. This is according to a Potential Economic Impact Assessment, the results of which were announced yesterday. The report, prep...

The Public Accounts Committee is meeting tomorrow to discuss public funding for the America’s Cup. The group is expected to hear from the Permanent Secretary for Economic Development, William Francis. The public hearing will be held at 2.30pm in the ...

Readers write, Mr Editor, and I am grateful. They are never wrong and I generally enjoy what they have to say. This week I feature what one astute reader had to share with me: the views of the retired head of the UK Civil service, Lord O’Donnell, on ...

Accountant General Curtis Stovell said his role in waiving the three-bid process for Government projects required by Financial Instructions should not be handled by him and that it should be the responsibility of the Office of Project Management and ...

The Public Accounts Committee focused on the proposed redevelopment of the Bermuda airport yesterday, questioning Accountant General Curtis Stovell about his reasons for giving Government permission to enter into an agreement with Canadian Commercial...