On Friday night, debate in the House of Assembly was rapidly wound up after Opposition MP Patricia Gordon Pamplin criticised Government’s mishandling of the Berkeley performance bond which has cost the taxpayer more than $15 million dollars. PLP MPs threw an absolute screaming hissy, giving the Speaker the opportunity to close the debate. I’d like [...]
Entries Tagged as 'BIU'
Parliamentary Dereliction of Duty
May 17th, 2009 · Comments Off · Bermuda Politics
Tags:BIU·House of Assembly
Liars, Horsetheives, and Politicians
May 15th, 2009 · Comments Off · Bermuda Politics
Predictably the PLP website is spinning Government’s failure to collect on the $15 million owed to it as some sort of magical achievement … rather than the gross management failure and dereliction of responsibility it really is on the part of both the BIU and the PLP. The level of dishonesty and cynicism is pretty [...]
Tags:BIU·Spin Doctor
Berkeley Fallout Continues
May 14th, 2009 · Comments Off · Accountability, Bermuda Politics
The Premier has just announced that Government will not pursue collection of the $6.8 million bond owed to it by a subsidiary of the BIU related to the troubled Berkeley Institute redevelopment. As normal, he’s spinning the number. The sum actually due to Government was in excess of $15 million when interest was counted. Plus, [...]
Tags:BIU·Contracting