Questions raised over ‘inside deal’ for NHDT fill
(CNS): A number of North Side residents have accused the National Housing Development Trust Board of making ‘inside deals’ in relation to soil and marl taken from the site of the new district project after several people witnessed the fill being delivered to land owned by the chairman of the board, Geoffry Ebanks, as well as to his father’s farm.
CNS was contacted by several district residents concerned that this fill, which belongs to the Housing Trust, might have been sold or even given to the chair outside the usual procurement process.
Two weeks ago CNS sent several questions to the Housing Trust, the planning ministry, which has responsibility for the NHDT, and the minister, Jay Ebanks, who is also the constituency MP.
We received an acknowledgment from a government official and followed up on the request for information twice, but we have received no explanation for the movement of the soil and marl from the site, which is public property estimated to be worth several thousand dollars.
While the fill may have been sold, neither the ministry nor the NHDT has responded to our questions about the process by which such a transaction could have been conducted, despite our persistent inquiries.
The former MP for the district and former Public Accounts Committee chairman, Ezzard Miller, said that he does not believe the chair of the NHDT board would be an appropriate person to have acquired the fill outside of a rigorous and transparent process.
Miller told CNS that he had also heard from residents in North Side who had seen the movement of the soil and marl from the site to what was believed to be the chairman’s property and to Willie’s Farm, which is owned by his father. He, himself, had conducted a search at the Land Registry to check the ownership of the land and confirmed those suspicions.
“It was reported to me that the fill and been removed from the Housing Trust site and deposited on land owned by the board chairman and on his father’s farm,” Miller said. “As a result I went to check the ownership of the land where it had ended up. The fill is an asset of the Housing Trust. If it was sold to the board chair there should have been a transparent process surrounding that in which the rest of the board would have approved the sale and ensure it was at market value.”
The site was cleared earlier this year to make room for the first affordable housing project in the district. The clearance of the trees and bush was the subject of a recent ministry press release, as the green waste had been donated to Beacon Farms, a non-profit organisation in the district that provides agricultural jobs for Caymanians recovering from addiction.
According to the release, the goal was to allow the farm to compost all of the site’s green waste for other farmers, homeowners and members of the public. But there was no mention in the release about the soil and the fill from the same site.
Julio Ramos, the general manager of the NHDT, said the plan was for existing and future NHDT homeowners to have access to good quality soil for their backyard gardens from the waste generated from the housing development sites. But he said nothing about the top quality red-mold that was originally on the site but removed apparently by the chairman of the board.
Beacon Farms is one of a few agricultural sites that is composting, though there is no national programme, despite the country’s chronic lack of quality soil and a significant amount of green waste available. Beacon’s composting facility has the capacity to hold around 53 tonnes of material and uses industrial chipping and shredding machines to accelerate the process.
“Partnering with NHDT to produce higher volumes of compost benefits agriculture and our community,” said Chief Operating Officer Sandy Urquhart. “Our programme of social entrepreneurship at Beacon Farms aligns well with NHDT’s mission to support people in need of assistance.”
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Gary’s comments exactly why this sh*t goes on;
“have better and bigger things to worry about”.
Gary it starts with the small things, if they are ignored, it goes all the way to the top.
Is this was a normal person i.e. non-connected; we would have read about their sentencing to HMP.
Did the Governor sign-off on the removal of topsoil from public land as required by the Mining Act? If the Governor did not consent, is it theft of a public asset if top soil is removed from public land without the Governor’s sign-off and if so who should be charged? That investigation should be straight forward. Let’s see whether it gets lost/stalled/stopped before it gets anywhere.
Whilst I agree that if the fill was removed without an arms length sale at market value ts corruption, pretty sure it doesn’t fall under the Mining Act. Seeing as it wasn’t a mine or prospecting.
PACT government members have their own Mining Act; that’s mine, and that’s mine, and that’s mine, etc. Or more precisely for some of them, “that’s mines”.
It is not an either or situation. Based on what has been reported a thorough investigation would be looking at multiple types of offences including theft offences, corruption offences, breach of trust offences, Mining Act offences, etc etc etc. Each of those offences would carry potential jail time in a country where law enforcement occurs.
This matter started leaking into the light more than 1 week ago. Do we know whether a thorough formal police/ACC investigation leading to a detailed publicly available report has been:
a) prohibited by the political powers that be,
b) permitted but denied the resources needed to allow it to present a credible outcome,
c) permitted but tied up in bureaucratic red rope and sent to the ‘deep weeds’ not to be seen again for a decade or more, or (and this would be without precedent)
d) initiated, properly resourced and directed to bring the facts to light and if legally justified, to bring people before the courts?
The other paper refers to comments made to it by the Governor in relation to this issue. Have those comments been made available to CNS/placed in the public domain?
I hope the Governor’s office going to investigate this thoroughly and all political links investigated and those who received stolen govt property be arrested and charged and i hope he going to do better job than he did with the Eric Bush Saga which involved millions of dollars of our money.
If you’re waiting for this governor to do anything to deal with the corruption here you will have a long wait. He will do zilch.
if anyone is ever charged over this, it will only be the expat truck driver that delivered the Marl.
So far over 140 persons are voicing their disappointment and concern over the taking away of the island’s property in what appears to be a corrupt political act. I ask what were your expectations?. This is what happens when parts of the electorate and some politicians and political hopefuls confirms to the cartel style of politics and the most important thing is who can offer the highest bid?, Who can buy the refrigerator, stove, vehicle, a new roof etc. etc. No longer is it about electing someone who is honest, hardworking, educated, smart and has the welfare of their constituency and the entire island at the forefront off all they do as a politician as well as in their private life. This will continue as more persons without morals and and a sense of what it means to be a good politician- this can only happen when politicians starts out as good women and gentlemen.
Cayman has become the corruption center of the world
We need to be checking some people yards before they spread the loads eh? Aaaaah boy same old UDP.
Political sponsors getting returns on their investment$$$ whether or it be favours or gifts or topsoil . One can not help but notice that these politicians, sponsors and appointees have direct links with the same old political icons and party bosses who have been involved in numerous corruption allegations and investigations.
Even though this article is about stolen top soil/fill…if proven, that the minister for north side father was given the contract for the project, should be investigated and dealt with accordingly.
Thank you for your courage to run this story and giving the facts CNS. It seems one media house is being threatened and the other is on the PACT payroll. Control the media and you control the people. Stay woke Cayman people!
Agree with your comment, except the woke part.
Woke – alert to injustice in society, especially racism. What’s wrong with staying woke?
It’s stupid.
Being Woke is not necessarily applicable to this particular story. And has often been used out of context, only serving to water down its true roots.
It’s an awful word that’s been misused.
Last head of department who had the guts to stand up to a Minister was fired.
Brian Tomlinson did the right thing, and is still paying the price for refusing to sanction an illegal activity.
An alleged blatant injustice perpetrated by a senior politician who seemingly can do no wrong.
Surely Wayne cannot just stand by and be a party to this.
Like private Paved roads on the brac nothing will come out of it
Wayne, please show leadership by dismissing the chairman of the NHDT. But you just can’t. Not with the current government setup. 🤷♂️
What about dismissing the Minister? Do you believe any of this happened without his knowledge?
What about dismissing the Premier.?
If the Premier condoned it in any way then he has to resign.
Why do you think he “has” to resign? Do you think his conscience would force him? The same man that swallowed his principles to appoint Mac, or for that matter Jay?
CMR usually gets all the ‘breaking news’ but Sandra apparently hasn’t heard about this yet.
Can’t write anything bad about PACT when they pay your salary. I’m not sure why they need GIS when they are paying CMR to make everything PACT does like they are doing a good job. Meanwhile the dirty dealings are all around them. What is Wayne thinking?
Thinking! you really think he is thinking! If he says anything they will over throw him! A hot mess is what it is!
Sandra is bought and paid for by Wayne Panton. New studio equipment, cleared all court matters and fees associated, and Mr DMS has given her a radio station and has her on payroll.
Sandra not going to bite the hand that feeds her.
Sad isn’t it ? Money money money
Cayman has become the corruption center of the world
People who don’t see the appearance of potential corruption as a problem:
1) don’t understand the perversion caused by corruption and the appearance of potential corruption; and
2) should stay out of public service roles voluntary or otherwise.
Nhdt board needs to take a page out of HSA boards book. They are acutally doing work and trying to make changes a hsa and keep smt on their toes! Some of these board members simply have personal agendas
Here’s the thing that has been happening for years, as the Cayman Islands continue to shrink in terms of doing things from a principal point of view. The goose that laid the golden eggs so to speak for years in Cayman has gotten up and left. Whatever, left is what is the fuss is all about. Whether that is greed, power, etc. We all know the answers. We have some of the most intelligent ppl in the world, and these great speeches to our young ppl are no different. Just like all the great leaders and great business leaders when they get up to make these great speeches. The problem is we have good intentions but the end result is always the principals are never maintained simply bc we have and will always have ulterior motives. Greed, power, image, all contribute to the end result of how Cayman and the world is going. Covid a perfect example. PPl like healthcare workers already working during the start of the pandemic only to be out of job simply bc the did not get the shot. What ever happen to herd immunity? We simply did not have vaccines when diseases started with mankind whereby a shot was available. Those that did survive was where the term herd immunity comes from. We are so lost as a ppl. That until principal oriented ppl are place on boards, committees, and politician type and business type principal oriented are in place. We will continue to have these type of corruption scenarios happening. It’s all about me,me,me. Not we and us! Wake up ppl! Wake up ppl! Thank you CNS for the article and reporting. Always on top of the news, and latest happens. Keep up the good work!
…”We have some of the most intelligent people in the world.”
Wow! What world are you on? Because those ‘people’ are most certainly not our ministers. We elected a bag of rocks, after the last bag of rocks.
9:00, We got quarries in every district Bobo.
Dem rocks nah running out no time soon.
Really, some of the most intelligent people in the world? Wow, you need to get off this rock and go visit really intelligent people who don’t constantly make appallingly bad decisions of national importance and rip off their own people for personal enrichment, and all within a population the size of a small town. Sounds more like left wing dictatorship in South America or Africa.
Just look at the selection you continually vote into parliament, dumb as a box of rocks.
Just in case any police or investigative body takes this kind of thing seriously, we have a Mining Act which expressly provides that it is a criminal offence to remove topsoil from any land without a license and also provides that it is an offence to remove topsoil from any land, “dedicated or set apart for any public purpose” without the express written consent of the Governor. Did the Governor give his prior approval?
https://legislation.gov.ky/cms/images/LEGISLATION/PRINCIPAL/1964/1964-0103/MiningAct_1997%20Revision.pdf
Do you really think the police and legal department care? Our problem is and always has been a lack of enforcement. We have all the laws we need. What we lack are dedicated robust law enforcers. People who will consistently do the right thing, imposing standards and consequences where we are lacking, and free from political influence.
Not a word from WAC who oversee mining & quarrying. A commoner found doing this would have been served with a cease & desist order after the first shovel full left the site.
Is that a question that can be FOI’d?
Nothing will happen
Banana republic disgusting behavior.
Is nobody ashamed..?
In that case such parties should clarify this matter (of public interest)
Above board?? I have my doubts. Above the law?? Maybe, but they should not be.
What he is trying to say is that they are untouchable. Above the NHDT board. Above the law.
Over to you Wayne – Section 3.2 of the Ministerial Code of Conduct states:
“Ultimately, Ministers are accountable to the Premier for their conduct and may, in accordance with the Constitution, have their appointment revoked or Ministerial responsibilities reassigned.”
Please ask Mac whether you (or the Audit Office) (or the ACC) are permitted to look into this fiasco any further or whether you should just let it fade away without doing anything.
– An interested voter
Having read this article I decided to take a look at the Anti-Corruption Act to see whether this news report alone could, in an ideal world, be enough to trigger the Anti-Corruption Commission to take at least a preliminary look. Section 4 certainly suggests that a news report should be enough when it refers to the obligation to ‘receive any report’ and the obligation to investigate ‘any suspected offence’, but then this is Cayman where past events suggest that suspicions regarding offences rarely arise in relation to politicians and their families and cronies. Have things changed? We will see but I am not going to hold my breath.
https://legislation.gov.ky/cms/images/LEGISLATION/PRINCIPAL/2008/2008-0011/Anti-CorruptionAct_2019%20Revision.pdf
Sadly there is appears to be a bureaucratic buffer between news reports/public knowledge of what is going on and any action by the ACC.
https://www.anticorruptioncommission.ky/upimages/ckeditor/ACC%20Corruption%20Report-Complaints%20Procedure_24%2011%2017.pdf
Direct rule please.
The children are totally out of control.
Arrests?
9:58, It’s a 7 letter word; nothing more.
A few years ago an English employee of a major local contractor, liberated some fill from his employer to reclaim his own house lot.
He was charged , jailed and had to leave the Island as he couldn’t get a work permit.
I wonder if anyone would ever be brought to justice in this case.
Absolutely not, the Water Authority have most likely been advised to stand down.
I have to say that when this country voted against the likes of Arden McLean, Ezzard Miller, Alva Suckoo, Austin Harris and when persons like Winston Connolly and Anthony Eden stepped away, the integrity of our politics took a downward spiral. Just look at what we ended up with !!!
9.21am To understand how this happened you need look no further than the caliber of people given the right to vote via the great Status grant. Therein lies the neverending problem and we will be stuck with MPs of the current type forever.
Austinnn??
Are you serious?
the PPM lapdog??
A true insult to include Winston Connolly, an intelligent, moral, hardworking man, amongst the rest you listed.
The latest money grab
Just look at the actions of PACT and you can see true UdP style politics.
Cronies on the boards
Ministers directing their staff to do things that are unlawful.
Ministers threatening to have non complying staff fired
A deputy premier who was trained by the best (Mac) who is the true leader.
Purchased loyalties
A premier who only cares about being premier despite knowing he is impotent against his own government who recently made a move to bring Jon Jon on board to make sure the Wayne supporters in the government are outnumbered.
Not one single member of PACT with the balls to put their foot down and say No!
Weak, corrupt, inept, government setting up their friends and supporters to benefit financially while making moves to destroy anyone who opposes them.
Eant an example ?
Alrick Lindsay now serves as chairman of two boards and sits on offreg board as a member. This means he is taking home more than ci$12,000 each month for attending three meetings a month.
Alrick is a close friend of PACT
You forgot to mention that the first thing that they did was vote themselves a raise. Shortly after that they decided to appoint to a public board a person who was convicted of a criminal offence in relation to the functions of the last board he sat on. Signature PACT moves.
You are wrong but don’t let the key details about remuneration get in the way of creating a bogus narrative to suit a political agenda centered on Alrick and PACT.
Get you facts straight before you post nonsense
9.10…You have just listed the low characteristics of an UDP government, inspired by the example set over many years, by Mac Bush.
yes and someone needs to investigate the Alric’s NRA board what have they been up to with tendering…and no consultation on the roads.
Allegedly, Minister Jay’s father got all the NHT works contract without it going out for tender as required by government why is this not being investigated?
It is for all the good reasons that you have listed above that we NEED a recall vote. This govt has not been in a year and this is the F**kery that we see. We can not endure a further 36 months of this crooked, biased, un-educated and corrupt bunch.
The problem we have is that there is no-one credible to replace them. It is a tired and ineffective ‘rinse and repeat’ system we have whereby the ususal suspects are voted back in by voters who genuinely can’t see the corruption and cronyism that is endemic here.
The fiscal rewards for being an MP (term used loosely) are far too great for an island that is barely a medium sized town anywhere else. Therefore, any tactics that can get someone elected are used whether they are bent or not.
And forever it will be thus unless the criteria for eligibility to vote is changed. But it won’t be. Becuase those in power KNOW that they can’t compete with educated and honest ex-pats who would tear down their facade and decimate their charade.
Turkeys don’t vote for Xmas.
Honest people living in the district expected this to happen. Let us now see how it will be handled.
Ironic that the NHDT ends with the word TRUST.!
Sad that trust is something we can’t apply to the current government , who promised us transparency.
There is no ‘T’ in UDP however.
Wanna see a joke, look at the appointments that have been made to the Planning Board, the Work Permit Board, the T and BL Board and the Labour Board. It is a joke.
Seriously though, it isn’t a joke. These people have our lives in their hands.
Port authority new board, pure UDP.
Perhaps the general manager of the NHDT should also be investigated, not just the board chairman and his father….
I know that in the real world none of our criminal laws apply to politicians on the government benches or their families or their friends or their campaign contributors but as a non-expert this certainly sounds like there are multiple potential breaches of the criminal elements of the common law as well as the Penal Code and the Anti-Corruption Act. If only there were people who were charged with investigating criminal acts in general and corruption in particular.
If only ice cream grew on trees. Seriously, why would CIG empower “people who were charged with investigating criminal acts in general and corruption in particular”? There is a small chance they would do their jobs, and then what???
Jay, another mini-McKeeva in the making
How do we continually let these types into our Parliament?
#caymancandobetter
Ironic that the NHDT ends with the word TRUST.!
Sad that trust is something we can’t apply to the current government , who promised us transparency.
There is no ‘T’ in UDP however.
Cayman will never do better while our law enforcement agencies repeatedly fail to do anything about apparent law breaking and corruption, no matter how overt. Too often, the failures of the police to act appear as ought-right refusals. Certain cabinet status grants. Certain thefts of pension monies. Certain awards of government contracts. Certain government land purchases. Gas boy? Stipend fraud? This crap isn’t even happening in secret. It is out in the open and the police don’t see anything? The Governor should explain why!
Another private sector board strikes again. How many time must we reminded that these boards simply doesn’t work.
The civil service must be allowed to take control of these run away trains.
Ummm,how about the cops do their job?
Like the same civil service who awarded those contracts for the overseas offices just before the election? Choo choo. They are the train conductors.
Pohan – that moniker doesn’t sound very original. You can do better than that lil joe.
The Civil Service at the highest levels is a disaster that lacks credibility with little to no accountability. If possible, try to the AG’s report into the actions of your friends Eric B & Rakim and understand why the system is now desperate to protect him at all costs despite alleged illegal actions and breaches of laws highlighted in the report.
https://caymannewsservice.com/2022/01/oag-mitama-broke-law-re-ci6m-spent-on-oseas-promos/
Sounds exactly like current or former politician or senior civil servant of questionable character that wants total control and zero oversight or questions from the public
Did your wife type that witty comment for you?
Politicians cannot be trusted PPM and UDP proved that to us.
Now the CS has become the incompetence mafia that wastes money for fun so the system is not working in the islands time forgot
Just Another Day in Absurdistan
Yes I agree you ambassador, but holds such an auspicious rank you must be part of all this corruption, no?
Thankfully Cayman has no real Ambassadors.
This XXXX is exactly why the Ministerial Code of Conduct expressly says that Ministers only need to obey the laws that they think are relevant.
Here is a link
https://www.gov.ky/publication-detail/ministerial-code-of-conduct-v11-27.07.21
Look at Paragraph 2.4
Notice the wording in 2.4 – “observe” is not the same as “obey” or “conform to” – it means “look at” and, perhaps as you point out, determine if relevent (to me, right here, right now)…
Observe also means
3. fulfill or comply with (a social, legal, ethical, or religious obligation).
“a tribunal must observe the principles of natural justice”
You all are joking right? You do know that ‘observe’ in a document such as this means obey right? Please tell me you were making a joke and it went over my head! Please!!!
The best jokes always have a bite of truth in them. You are correct in what ‘observe’ means to the people who drafted the document, but even when carefully explained it wouldn’t matter to many of those to whom it applies.
Don’t you recall how many Minister’s thought that it was OK to use their Government-issued credit cards for personal purchases? I would be surprised if it still isn’t happening today.
This is an example of the reality of Standards in Public Life. Too bad that no one will do anything about it – right Anti-Corruption Commission?
Caymanians let’s the M P,s do what they want, some other parts of the world its different.
You are correct, some (certainly not all) other parts are actually ‘Ethical.” Not here.
@ 18/03/2022 at 5:25 pm The reality is most government’s are corrupt and unethical, it’s just more obvious here because we’re a village not a city, and it affects us all for exactly that same reason. Morals and ethics are few and far between everywhere.
It would appear that the Chairman of NHDT is turning a blind eye or does he really think that ignorance is bliss? He will be a fall guy for not filing a Suspicious Activity Report.
NATIONAL VOTE
Same old, same old
Further, it is alleged that Johnny Ebanks, the father of MP Johanny ‘Jay’ Ebanks, was awarded the contract for the heavy equipment work on this project.
Blatant disregard for any corruption, nepotism or the appearance of same because they think that’s how it should be!
Isn’t that a bit like when Mario was given the contract to supply all of the fill for the Esterly Tibbetts Highway project but he didn’t have any trucks?
The root of the problem is that the uneducated who gain power, see nothing wrong with taking every advantage they can of their positions.
Integrity, or doing the right thing even when no one is watching, is totally alien to them.
Please don’t equate uneducated with immoral. I, and many others here, came from a long line of Caymanians who had very little in the way of formal education, but a paucity of funds didn’t prevent them from passing good manners and high morals down to successive generations.
An educated person with no moral grounding is far more dangerous than a plain simpleton elevated to high office.
12.51, I certainly was not doing that, I was pointing out that the uneducated….who gain power….are the culprits. Power corrupts.
True, but why are the police not watching?
2.42pm No bucks either, but plenty now.
🤦♀️🙈🙊🤷♀️🙉
The Auditor General WILL NOT ignore this dishonesty behavior.
I comprehensive report with supporting evidence, facts, and proper legal application on this matter will be presented to the respective government officials, and (hooefully) “the Caymanian People”.
I respectfully disagree – NOTHING will come of it other than a bluster and the broom will sweep it away.
This is Cayman, this is how things work.
i wish you were wrong; experience indicates you will be correct. Shame on us.
And they will ignore the Auditor General ….
1:25 pm You got it right!
The NHDT had a great chairman for eight years George (Tony) Powell,a well experience banker.No scandals no corruption ,it sames it didn’t take long to change that,with this new administation.
Hahaha 🤣 your call 📞 at
Not saying all do it but being a civil servant one has a licence to steal. Being a politician just gives one a licence to steal more and get away with it.
Looks like someone needs do a Suspicious Activity Report. The Auditor General has bigger fish to fry.
Why should anyone have to file an SAR? Can the police not read?
NOPE!
The police will not act without a formal complaint – and someone providing all the evidence so that no work is required.
Then the police have become the problem!
Needs someone to report to RCIPS so that they can do nothing too.
Someone needs to ask if it’s true that Minister Jay’s father trucked the ill begotten soil to the new location. If the answer is yes then the next question is did Minister Jay know and when did he know it. If he was aware and involved then he should be sacked. It’s that simple.
Good Q’s, but you’ll never get honest answers, only lies. I suspect you have a certainty of the answers.
People of North Side know the reputation of the people named and accused of wrong doing. None of this should be a surprise. If any investigation takes place please add to it the movements of the same parties big boat, especially since government has just given approval for 7 Mile Bank to be in the runnings again. Follow the rumours peeps, you might just find some truth.
Two questions for you:
(1) Are there any honest people in our government?
(2) Do you think there ever will be?
Two quick replies for you:
(1) You joking or wha’?
(2) No.
#Legge was right.
Not with the UDP, that’s what they do in their “what’s in this for me?” Style of governance.
Disgusting behavior that Wayne must investigate.
Mac owns Panton, so fat chance of that
No. The Police must investigate. But they won’t. Because they never do. They have become facilitators. #Leggewasright.
Have they found the pile of fill missing from the Ritz Carlton site yet?
No. The evidence is hidden under a pile of illicit status grants and real estate commissions.
What hapenned to the pile of top soil at the CIFA Newlands football pitch.
Auditors of CIFA please note.
Look at who was appointed by Jay to the CPA and there is your answer
The #Leggewasright is getting as overused and tiresome as Absurdistan and Caymankind.
So fight to make it irrelevant. Fight to rid us of corruption, and fight for accountability. Until then, #Leggewasright will continue to be the appropriate refrain to describe so much of what has gone wrong.
#leggewasntwrong
All evidence to the contrary, unfortunately.
No until we elect them! We elected these clowns, and we got the circus.
Move along folks… nothing to see here.. same old, same old… just another sweetheart deal brought to light, thx to social media … I am reminded of the classic circus medley ‘hurry hurry step right up, see the greatest show on earth for only 50 cents’ !!
The games continue folks …
any comment mr governor???
It’s Panton whom should comment.
Who and whom can be confusing but this one is a who, or more accurately a hoot!
auditor general…over to you.
pity none of your reports or reccommendations are taken seriously by cig
Having read this article, we will follow up on this matter during our audit of NHDT.
Madam Auditor General. Thank you. We are very lucky to have you.
Would it be too much to ask for an audit of the police? Why do we keep learning of these sorts of things in the absence of any report of an arrest? They certainly do not seem to be providing the public with value for money.
Yes Auditor General, please don’t let “the system” ever intimidate you or your post. Thanks for your good service.
1:28. Are you serious? Why are we building more court rooms and Northward is full. The police are doing an amazing job.
Any investigation into the more egregious status grants? Trainergate? CCTV?
Driving standards? Pension thefts?
The police are doing a crap job!
Thank You, Ma’am.🙏
Sue Winspear for Governor.
It appears Winspear has more cajones than the current Governor and understands the types of possible corruption and the systemic lack of accountability at the various levels in the civil service, the elected MP’s and the whole system involving politically appointed boards.
dirty deeds done dirt cheap
Dirty dirt deals done expensively
Sorry off topic but isn’t that just a great acdc song from the Bon Scott era?
Anyone surprised by this?
Maybe some if it will also end up on a particular farm in West Bay!
#leggewasright
Here we go again. People in power using the public resources for their own benefit and getting away with it.
#worldclass Franz.
Franz needs to go now. His credibility is in tatters, the civil service at the highest levels is a joke whilst his desperate defense of the likes of Eric Bush and others is shocking. The double standards used to justify certain actions and decisions are shambolic at best
5:07 exactly what does our DG have to do with this? No one involved in this mess is a civil servant.
The word Trust is a dead give away. You are so caught up in your hate for our DG that you are posting rubbish. Get a life
The police and legal departments are not civil servants?
12:55 am, The police are not civil servants ? Who pays them ? Are they payed by the Govt/tax payers ?
3:37 and 5:07. You mean you don’t know that the NHDT is not part of out work class civil service. If it was this would not happen.
Facts please.
You have to wake up very early to accomplish in a day what our DG does in 2 hrs. He makes so many people lives better. Do you?
9:36. I assume that the poor spelling and grammar in your post indicate that it is supposed to be viewed as sarcasm. It’s preferable to use the /s notation to indicate sarcasm, so it is not up to the reader to determine if you are being sarcastic or just uneducated and illiterate.
5:07 hahaha you don’t have the intelligence to understand the make up of the civil service and you are making insane statements about our DG.
Hint hint the HNDT is not part of the civil service. Get help please.
Nothing world class about his favoritism and mismanagement of CS
In other news….water is wet
Actually water is not always wet. Sometimes it’s steam and sometimes it’s frozen.
No surprises here. The NHDT board is comprised of unsuitable and unqualified directors. Garbage in and garbage out. They have no idea what governance means and it would appear that Minister Jay doesn’t either.
I am a North Sider and I DID NOT vote for Jay as I knew that given his connection with McKeeva he would not serve us or this country in a manner fit for office. Jay had some fooled that he was working with PPM including PPM but he didn’t fool all of us.
I did not vote for Ezzard either as he was out of touch with today’s issues and he didn’t bring bills to the table to address the land grab and wanted to keep the district status quo.
I have “heard” of other issues in Jay’s camp that will be revealed should the auditors do their jobs.
Are the auditors on the up and up?
Juan – the public’s Auditor General is!!