Financial Secretary Glenroy Forbes presents on the state of finances at the March 20 Cabinet retreat on Scrub Island. (Photo: GENEVIEVE GLATSKY)
Acting Financial Secretary Jeremiah Frett and his predecessor Glenroy Forbes were questioned on Tuesday by the Commission of Inquiry about a topic they know well: money and how it was spent. Mr. Forbes served as financial secretary from 1991 to 1998 and again from 2002 to 2005. He was appointed for a third time in 2017 and served until January of this year, when he was replaced by Mr. Frett.
On Tuesday, the pair appeared separately before the COI and responded to many of the same questions.
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Cabinet Briefs (May 28 and June 2, 2021)
Governor John Rankin chaired Cabinet meetings on May 28 and June 2 at the Financial Services Commissionâs Conference Room. Transportation, Works and Utilities Minister Kye Rymer was absent on May …
Governor John Rankin chaired Cabinet meetings on May 28 and June 2 at the Financial Services Commissionâs Conference Room. Transportation, Works and Utilities Minister Kye Rymer was absent on May 28 for personal leave, and Premier Andrew Fahie was absent on June 2 for overseas personal leave, but all other members attended.
May 28 meeting
During the May 28 meeting, Cabinet took the following actions, according to a summary provided by the Cabinet Office.
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Approving $3.21Â Billion Budget, General Assembly Adopts 25Â Resolutions, Decisions from its Main Committees, Concluding Main Part of Seventy-Fifth Session
Concluding the main part of its seventy-fifth session, the General Assembly approved $3.21 billion for 2021 and adopted 22 resolutions and 3 decisions recommended by its Main Committees.
Adopting a range of drafts recommended by its Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary), the Assembly approved resources for 2021, the Organization s second annual budget in nearly 50 years, by a recorded vote of 168 in favour to 2 against (Israel, United States) and no abstentions. The 2021 budget was greater than the $2.99 billion budget proposal unveiled by Secretary-General António Guterres in mid-October. Up slightly from last year s $3.07 billion appropriation, the 2021 budget keeps the Organization s doors open and its staff working amid a global pandemic
By 151 Votes in Favour to 2 Against, with 1 Abstention, Fifth Committee Approves $3.21 Billion Budget for 2021, Concluding Main Part of Seventy-Fifth Session
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30 DECEMBER 2020
United States Speaker Says Funds Would Support Event Perpetuating Anti-Semitism, Delegates also Argue Over Outlays for Mechanism Investigating Serious Crimes in Syria
The Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) wrapped up the main part of its seventy-fifth session on Wednesday by approving resources of $3.21 billion for the 2021 regular budget, the Organization s second annual budget in nearly 50 years. After the United States representative s request for a recorded vote, the budget was approved with 151 delegates voting in favour, the United States and Israel voting against, and one abstention by Sudan.