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auditor general

March 16, 2023

Auditor blasts grant programmes

At elected leaders’ discretion, the government awarded nearly $23 million in assistance grants between January 2019 and May 2022 without adequate accountability or transparency, including more than $200,000 to one …

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by ZARRIN TASNIM AHMED
March 13, 2023

EDITORIAL: The auditor general is a hero. Heed her advice.

When will politicians learn? Once again, Auditor General Sonia Webster has carried out her mandate with exacting professionalism. In two recent reports that should make taxpayers’ blood boil, she alleged …

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by BVI Beacon
March 9, 2023

Report slams Skelton-Cline contracts

When tabling an auditor general report that alleges consultant Claude Skelton-Cline did little to deliver contracted work for the government despite receiving hundreds of thousands of dollars over two and …

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by Dana Kampa
March 2, 2023

EZ Shipping barges cost government $2 million

The government paid $2.04 million to EZ Shipping Limited to rent barges for five months of border security services in 2020 and 2021 — including $738,000 for about two months …

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by ZARRIN TASNIM AHMED
September 12, 2022

Government auditors get new teeth

The recent Commission of Inquiry reported finding evidence that the Premier’s Office under former Premier Andrew Fahie may have obstructed government auditors investigating Covid-19 assistance programmes. A new law is …

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by FREEMAN ROGERS
auditor general
January 24, 2022

2017 gov’t audits promised soon

The Office of the Auditor General has received and reviewed the Treasury Department’s financial statements for 2017 and hoped to have long-delayed audits for that year completed in 2021, Auditor …

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by CLAIRE SHEFCHIK
July 8, 2021

EDITORIAL: Big up the auditor general for stimulus report

We have reported extensively about the injustice and egregious lack of transparency surrounding the government’s Covid-19 economic stimulus package. The reality, it seems, is even worse than we thought. Our …

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by BVI Beacon
July 2, 2021

Auditor general blasts farmer, fisher grants

The Premier’s Office “deliberately resisted” providing information on “excessive amounts” spent on the Covid-19 farming and fishing stimulus despite numerous requests from Auditor General Sonia Webster, she told the Commission …

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by ZARRIN TASNIM AHMED
July 3, 2020

Speaker requests apology from governor

Speaker of the House Julian Willock kicked off the 11th sitting of the House of Assembly on June 26 by seeking a formal apology from Governor Gus Jaspert regarding a …

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by Dana Kampa
June 15, 2020

Special Report: Auditor general condemns BVI Airways deal

When then-Premier Dr. Orlando Smith unveiled a partnership with BVI Airways in January 2016, he promised that government’s $7 million “investment” in the no-bid deal would bring much-needed direct flights …

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by Dana Kampa
June 12, 2020

House nixes motion to censure governor

Last week in the House of Assembly, elected leaders delayed the Consumer Protection Bill and other government business and spent at least 10 hours debating a motion to “reprimand” Governor …

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by Dana Kampa
May 16, 2020

Deadline missed for BVI Airways report

The auditor general’s special report on the government’s failed deal with BVI Airways was required by law to be tabled in the House of Assembly no later than last Thursday. …

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by ZARRIN TASNIM AHMED
December 17, 2018

EDITORIAL: ESHS wall is one example of a much bigger problem

After the auditor general’s scathing report on the Elmore Stoutt High School perimeter wall, Education and Culture Minister Myron Walwyn and his ministry should have apologised and promised to do …

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by The BVI Beacon
October 29, 2018

Walwyn’s ESHS wall project broke the law, audit states

The Ministry of Education and Culture, led by Minister Myron Walwyn, broke the law when constructing the incomplete perimeter wall around Elmore Stoutt High School in 2014 and 2015, overspending …

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by Conor King Devitt
September 17, 2018

Audits criticise “pervasive” government contract splitting

In 2012, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Labour issued four contracts for the development of the now-nonoperational BVI Fishing Complex, covering the installation of equipment such as walk-in freezers, …

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by Conor King Devitt

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