Tag: Public Accounts Committee
Hospital tries to clamp down on debt
(CNS): As the hospital continues to battle with bad debts, the chief executive officer reminded the Public Accounts Committee recently that the Health Services Authority has an obligation to treat everyone in need of medical attention first and deal with the issue of costs later. Lizzette Yearwood said that the hospital has made strides collecting […]
Housing trust lacks policy direction
(CNS): The General Manager of the National Housing Development Trust, Julio Ramos, has revealed that there are no real plans or directions in place to deal with the numerous problems now facing the affordable housing initiative. From 23 families in West Bay living in condemned properties with nowhere else to go to new homes that […]
Culture changing claims CIG bean counter
(CNS): The acting accountant general has said a cultural switch is going on amongst civil service accountants that is heralding improvements in public finances. Admitting that there were no real consequences for the failure over the last decade to get the government’s books in order, Ronnie Dunn said that things were getting better as “everybody […]
PAC has failed Cayman, says ex-Chamber boss
(CNS): The Public Accounts Committee has let down the people of Cayman by its failure to call the former deputy premier and her chief officer to account for their questionable spending of public cash, the former president of the Chamber of Commerce has stated. Johann Moxam said the representatives of the people should not be picking […]
DG disagrees he should be finance leader
(CNS): The deputy governor disagrees with the auditor general that as head of the civil service he should be the one to lead the much needed improvements in the management of public finances. Franz Manderson told the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) last week that he questioned whether it was really his office’s role to lead […]
Speaker and ex-CO escape PAC scrutiny
(CNS): Neither the former minister for District Administration, Works, Lands and Agriculture (DAWLA), Juliana O’Conor-Connolly, nor the former chief officer, Kearney Gomez, were called by the Public Accounts Committee Wednesday as it examined a critical audit report. And few questions were asked of the current chief officer or the former chief financial about some of the damning revelations in […]
Mac plans to sue officials
(CNS): In the wake of his acquittal following the criminal case against him last year in the Grand Court, the opposition leader has confirmed publicly his intention to file suit against those he believed conspired to bring what he described as the “sham” charges against him. Speaking at the end of the Public Accounts Committee […]
Mac attacks travel audit report
(CNS): The deputy chair of the Public Accounts Committee swapped roles Wednesday, when he instead appeared as a witness before the committee as it examined the auditor general’s damning report on the management of government travel and hospitality. Opposition Leader McKeeva Bush accused the office of nastiness, misinformation and false representation, as he went through […]
Travel policy saves $1M for CIG
(CNS): The deputy governor has revealed that the implementation of a proper travel policy across the civil service, which has also been adopted voluntarily by the elected arm of government, has saved the public purse over $1 million in the annual budget. Franz Manderson told the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) Wednesday that the policy had cut […]
