Legislation expands role of auditor general

The recently passed Public Financial Management Act expands the role of the auditor general to conduct audits of government business enterprises that were not previously provided for under the constitution. Section 10 (6) of the act allows a minister responsible for a government business enterprise to secure rights to enable examination by the auditor general. Those government business enterprises...

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Auditor General Reveals Manpower Needs

NASSAU, BAHAMAS - Year after year, the Office of the Auditor General goes through the spending of every government entity with a fine-tooth comb, but Auditor General Terrance Bastian says his office needs more manpower and upgraded technology.

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More Internal Auditors Needed

NASSAU, BAHAMAS - President of the Local Chapter of the Institute of Internal Auditors, Otimia Pennerman, says more certified auditors are needed in the country.
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Bell wants select committee to investigate matters that arose from auditor's report

M inister of Labour and Immigration Keith Bell gave notice that at the next sitting of the House of Assembly he will move for the appointment of a select committee to investigate matters that arose from the auditor general's report into the Bahamas' embassy in Brussels, Belgium. The committee will have the powers to send ...
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Auditor general hopes to complete audit of food program 'in shortest possible time'

Auditor General Terrance Bastian is conducting an audit of the National Food Distribution Task Force, which began prior to the change in government last September. Bastian said he is seeking to conclude the audit "in the shortest time possible, but there is still work to be done". The law empowers Bastian to compel the task ...
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Auditor general still reviewing pandemic spending

Auditor General Terrance Bastian said on Friday that the Office of the Auditor General is reviewing the government COVID-19 pandemic spending. "We are looking at it as I stand here," Bastian said during a weekly press briefing at the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM). "We have been requesting information from the beginning. ... We ...
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Auditor General's Office looking into Minnis administration's pandemic spending

AUDITOR General Terrance Bastian says his office is in the beginning steps of looking into the former Minnis administration's pandemic spending, particularly the food programme.

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Travel visa scheme has auditor's approval

THE Office of the Auditor General commended the Ministry of Tourism for its implementation of the Bahamas Travel Visa Programme, an initiative the Progressive Liberal Party criticised last year.

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'I've nothing to fear from DRA auditors'

TYCOON Waste Management Company's Ed Curling was on the defensive yesterday as he issued a full-throated rejection of claims that the work he did to clean up portions of Grand Bahama was overpriced and not up to standard.

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Auditor speaking with NGOs regarding food task force, OPM spokesman says

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