Tag: Nation Building Fund

West Bay church gets $450k from CIG for shelter

West Bay church gets $450k from CIG for shelter

| 02/02/2024 | 53 Comments

(CNS): The Church of God Chapel in West Bay has received a grant from the public purse of $450,000 towards the redevelopment of the church building, which will include an emergency shelter for 200 people from the surrounding community. The money has come from unused capital expenditure in the 2023 budgets of the social development […]

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Judge throws out NBF fraud case

Judge throws out NBF fraud case

| 22/06/2016 | 56 Comments

(CNS): Sandra Catron has been acquitted of eight counts of uttering a false document in a fraud case relating to the controversial Nation Building Fund after a Grand Court judge directed a jury to find her not guilty. Justice Malcolm Swift said the charges were flawed and there was insufficient evidence to support the crown’s […]

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Local activist in dock over Nation Building Fund grant

Local activist in dock over Nation Building Fund grant

| 20/06/2016 | 1 Comment

(CNS): A local woman better known as an outspoken advocate on a range of issues, from animal abuse to sex-offenders, was in the dock Friday facing trial over allegations of fraud relating to the controversial Nation Building Fund. Sandra Catron is charged with eight counts of uttering a false document over a group of students who […]

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NBF was rigorously managed, claims CoS

NBF was rigorously managed, claims CoS

| 30/03/2016 | 29 Comments

(CNS): The former chief of staff in the premier’s office when McKeeva Bush was at the helm of the last UDP government has denied that the Nation Building Fund was not properly managed. Leonard Dilbert condemned the findings of the Office of the Auditor General and claimed he was not given a chance to answer […]

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Bush’s ex-assistant admits daughter got $60k+ grant from NBF

Bush’s ex-assistant admits daughter got $60k+ grant from NBF

| 28/03/2016 | 53 Comments

(CNS): Richard Parchment, the former chief political assistant to McKeeva Bush when he was premier, has admitted that his daughter was one of only a handful of Caymanian students who received annual scholarship grants worth more than $60,000 from the Nation Building Fund to play basketball. Appearing as a witness before the Public Accounts Committee last […]

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DG: CS will hold line on rogue ministers

DG: CS will hold line on rogue ministers

| 24/02/2016 | 32 Comments

(CNS): Deputy Governor Franz Manderson has made it clear that senior civil servants will be supported when they “hold the line” against ministers and politicians that are trying to get things done by circumventing the rules. Outlining the changes happening in the public sector as a result of recommendations by the auditor general, he said […]

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CIG vows to act on auditors’ NBF findings

CIG vows to act on auditors’ NBF findings

| 20/08/2015 | 32 Comments

(CNS): Cayman Islands Government leaders have agreed to “fully implement” the recommendations made by the auditor general in his latest damning report regarding the potential misuse and mismanagement of taxpayers’ money. Following the release of Alastair Swarbrick’s findings in an audit of the controversial Nation Building Fund,the premier and the deputy governor said in a joint […]

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NBF was blank cheque for recipients

NBF was blank cheque for recipients

| 14/08/2015 | 97 Comments

(CNS): The lack of an open, fair and transparent application process and no internal controls allowed for a significant risk of abuse of public funds and corruption, the auditor general has said in his latest damning audit regarding the possible misuse of public cash by the former UDP administration. Described as a blank cheque for those […]

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Public release of NBF report delayed

Public release of NBF report delayed

| 07/08/2015 | 34 Comments

(CNS) The public release of a report by the auditor general on the controversial Nation Building Fund, which was created by former premier McKeeva Bush, has been postponed, officials from the auditor general’s office have said. Officials said a press conference scheduled for Monday morning to coincide with the publication of the long-anticipated report has also […]

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Auditor to release findings on controversial fund

Auditor to release findings on controversial fund

| 06/08/2015 | 35 Comments

(CNS) A report on the now defunct Nation Building Fund (NBF), which was created by former premier McKeeva Bush using public cash to finance churches, worthy causes and students who failed to get or lost scholarships, will be released on Monday. The controversial fund, which was set up by Bush and managed by the premier’s […]

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Cash saved with end of controversial fund

Cash saved with end of controversial fund

| 20/05/2015 | 2 Comments

(CNS): The finance minister said that at the end of the 2013/14 financial year government came in under budget by $2 million on its transfer payments. Marco Archer said the administration had spent $31.1 million in its first year in office on these payments instead of the planned $33 million because of changes it made […]

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