Well, we are all waiting for Government’s response regarding the long list of short cuts and contracting oddities that were detailed in the Royal Gazette last week. The silence is damning. There’s just a little cattiness on the PLP website (posted without any context or explanation): “It’s been several days since Pat Gordon-Pamplin insulted a [...]
Entries Tagged as 'courthouse'
Beneficial Owners
March 31st, 2009 · Comments Off · Accountability, Bermuda Politics
The rumble has quietened down over the identity the beneficiaries of the trust involved in the troubled courthouse project. One side says we should have transparency. The other says we can do what we want, nanny nanny booboo. It is interesting to see the Bermuda Government’s newly expanded AML/ATF requirements for financial institutions that do [...]
Tags:AML/ATF·Contracting·courthouse
Degrees of Separation
March 29th, 2009 · Comments Off · Bermuda Politics
The Royal Gazette has published more information on some of the shortcuts and shortcomings of the courthouse project, confirming some of the rumours that have been flying around this gossipy little community. I predict that the tangled veil over this project will continue to haunt Bermuda, like its predecessor at Berkeley. It’s silly because, if [...]
Tags:Contracting·courthouse
Beneficial Ownership
March 16th, 2009 · Comments Off · Accountability, Bermuda Politics, Transparency
The TCI commission has allowed a peek into the sordid side of small island politics. The Turks case has involved a massive web of front companies, allegedly used to obscure the involvement of prominent individuals in deals with the Government. The Commission has recommended a list of steps to rectify the situation. Most are plain [...]
Tags:AML/ATF·Contracting·courthouse