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Transport Minister Derrick Burgess is considering limiting the number of days that a tractor trailer dumpster can be in operation on the road per week. Mr Burgess told the media yesterday that his Ministry had received concerns about tractor trailer...

Dan Simmons has left his post at TCD to return to the Department of Public Transportation, it’s understood. He has swapped positions with Jonelle Christopher, who becomes acting director of TCD, according to sources. Staff reported Mr Simmons said hi...

Disbursement of funds The PAC says some checks and balances did function, noting that the Permanent Secretary for Works and Engineering refused a payment on the project as he had no knowledge of it, having been completely circumvented by the Ministry...

Operating agreement According to the report, BEC benefited financially due to the nature of its operating agreement. The operating contract called for BEC to be reimbursed for certain operating expenses such as rent, depreciation of equipment, proper...

Project definition The report states: “Your committee endeavoured to ascertain from the interviewees how a project cost could balloon from the initial $5.3 million estimate to over $15 million. It was difficult to obtain a definitive answer to this a...

Oversight of –construction The report says prescribed checks and balances were eroded in the oversight of construction of the project. Financial Instructions state that all capital development projects, with the exception of minor works, must be the ...

Bermuda’s Public Accounts Committee investigated all five segments of the Auditor General’s special report on the motor vehicle safety and emissions testing programme. Here are its paraphrased findings, with Ms Cox’s responses: VENDOR SELECTION In th...