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Emissions Control Donates To Salvation Army

Bermuda Emissions Control Ltd. staff today [Dec 20] presented the Salvation Army with a donation from the company. The donation was presented to Divisional Director of Public Relations and Development at the Salvation Army Calvin Ming by Bermuda Emissions Control Ltd. General Manager Shannon Robinson, Office Administrator Winnie Butterfield and Inspector... Read more of this article

Premier On TCD Overspend: “Will Be No Repeat”

Speaking in the House of Assembly yesterday [July 22] about the over spending for the TCD project, Premier Paula Cox said she can “state with great conviction that there will be no repeat of this type of performance under this Government. It is never good enough in my view to duplicate the performances of the past, where these are found wanting.” In... Read more of this article

TCD: Accounts Committee Questions Telemaque

Yesterday afternoon [Jan 17] in the Senate Chambers, top Civil Servant Major Marc Telemaque was grilled for over ninety minutes by the House of Assembly’s five member Public Accounts Committee, along with Auditor General Heather Matthews and two members of her staff. The grilling was over the Government’s handling of the building of the TCD Emissions... Read more of this article

Governor on Report of $10 Million Overspend

This morning [Oct 26] Governor Sir Richard Gozney waded into the controversy surrounding the reported $10 million overspend at TCD, issuing a statement saying “If anyone, inside or outside of Government, has evidence to substantiate allegations of criminality, I urge that person to give it, as soon as possible, to the Auditor General or to the... Read more of this article

BDA Response to Auditor’s TCD Report

Michael Fahy, Bermuda Democratic Alliance spokesperson for Finance has commented on the Auditor General’s report saying that the TCD Motor Vehicle Safety and Emissions Testing Programme had an initial budgeted cost of $5.3 million, however it ended up costing the taxpayer approximately $10 million more – $15.23 million. The Premier called the... Read more of this article

Premier on TCD Report: Strange Time & Inaccurate

“Strangely timed and inaccurate”, is what Premier Dr Ewart Brown said today [Oct 24], in response to the Auditor General’s Special Report on the TCD Emissions Facility. On October 21st, Auditor General Heather Jacobs released a statement and report on the Motor Vehicle Safety and Emissions Testing Programme saying the report “describes... Read more of this article

Auditor General Report On TCD Overspend

(Updated) Auditor General Heather Jacobs released a special report on the Motor Vehicle Safety and Emissions Testing Programme saying “This report, which focuses on Government’s management of the programme, describes a lack of accountability and a general disregard for established policies and procedures in the use of public funds.” Ms Jacobs... Read more of this article