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Money matters
June 07, 2015
Money matters
When debate on the 2015/2016 budget resumes in the House of Assembly today, Cabinet ministers will likely continue patting themselves on the back for ushering in what the government insists is an era of greater fiscal responsibility, characterized by more prudent management of public money.
Chipman: Govt lacks action on audits
April 23, 2015
Chipman: Govt lacks action on audits
St. Anne's MP Hubert Chipman yesterday expressed disappointment in the government's lack of action on several audits conducted into government agencies...
Auditing the auditors
March 15, 2015
Auditing the auditors
Days after The Nassau Guardian revealed the damning findings of a forensic accounting into the Public Hospitals Authority's (PHA) supply of pharmaceutical drugs and medical supplies, PHA Managing Director Herbert Brown wrote Minister of Health Dr. Perry Gomez asking for his intervention and requesting that the auditor general conduct yet another audit, National Review can confirm.
Cold trails
February 02, 2015
Cold trails
More than a month after former Bahamas Electricity Corporation Chairman J. Barrie Farrington wrote Prime Minister Perry Christie requesting the appointment of a non-partisan commission to fully investigate reports that a Bahamian official accepted over $300,000 in bribes from a French power company, Farrington has yet to receive an acknowledgement from the prime minister.
The gamble
December 01, 2014
The gamble
If newly-re-elected Free National Movement (FNM) Leader Dr. Hubert Minnis does not turn things around in the next six to eight months, the party would have "very serious problems", former Deputy Prime Minister Frank Watson told National Review.
Asked how much time he thinks Minnis has to convince the party that it did not make an error when it gave him an overwhelming vote of confidence on Novembe...
Out of the dark
October 26, 2014
Out of the dark
Our reporting on the various audits into the affairs of the Public Hospitals Authority (PHA) appears to have sped up the PHA board's consideration of those findings.
Many who have followed this story fear that those audits may, in the end, amount to a waste of public funds if they do not lead to any action or improvements in procurement and other procedures.
But some are hopeful that real action w...
Bahamas courts world's pharmaceutical firms
October 23, 2014
Bahamas courts world's pharmaceutical firms
The Bahamas was "well-received" at the 2014 World Investment Forum (WIF), and is "well-positioned" as a jurisdiction to attract foreign direct investment, particularly in pharmaceuticals, according to Minister of State for Investments Khaalis Rolle.
Rolle spoke with Guardian Business in the margins of the 2014 Nassau Conference, an annual gathering of financial services professionals sponsored by ...
Union president defends nurses after audit findings
October 22, 2014
Union president defends nurses after audit findings
Bahamas Nurses Union President Jannah Khalfani last night refuted allegations that some nurses hoard drugs and supplies on the ward level and disobey the directives of physicians.
Those claims are included in a recent forensic accounting report of the Public Hospitals Authority's (PHA) supply of pharmaceutical drugs and medical supplies
The report reveals that at the end of 2013 there was a $10 mi...
Drug agency chief sues auditor over PHA report
October 22, 2014
Drug agency chief sues auditor over PHA report
THE acting director of the Bahamas National Drug Agency has sued accountant John Bain and his firm, UHY Bain & Associates, over allegations made about him in a forensic report into the Public Hospital Authority's supply of pharmaceutical drugs and medical supplies...
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