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TWO Jamaicans living in the United States, and who say they have information linking prom...

A loan motion presented by the Government at Friday’s meeting of the House of Representatives covers what is officially a US$2.5 million loan taken with the Caribbean Development Bank to fund repairs and other expenses from the damage caused by Hurricanes Eta and Iota just before the 2020 general election.

THE auditor generals position as one of five commissioners on the Integrity Commission, ...

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The BVI Beacon Contract oversight body in the works Legislation designed to bring greater transparency to public construction contracts was debated in the House of Assembly last Thursday in a move that Premier Andrew Fahie described as part of … The recently published draft Contractor General Act, 2021 would create an independent office to oversee and investigate how government contracts are awarded in the Virgin Islands. In the past, many public projects have given rise to questions about c...

Shernet Haughton, former mayor of Lucea. The Integrity Commission has found that the then Hanover Parish Council which was chaired by Shernet Haughton deliberately splintered contracts which led to three being issued to a person identified as Mr ‘BB’, his son, and his girlfriend. However, the commission was unable to find sufficient evidence to substantiate claims that Haughton, then the mayor of Lucea, demanded $200,000 in exchange for the signing of cheques in 2014. The cheques were alleg...