Unless he has left out exculpable details, this newspaper finds implausible Finance Minister Nigel Clarke’s explanation for the collapse of his ministry’s effort to recoup monies from a top civil servant whose action, according to the auditor.
Acting Chief Education Officer (CEO) Dr Kasan Troupe takes over today as permanent secretary in the Ministry of Education and Youth, the first settled appointment to the role since 2019 and being the sixth person in that capacity in eight years..
Dr Grace McLean, the interdicted former acting permanent secretary in the Ministry of Education, has instructed her attorney, Peter Champagnie, KC, to take action against the ministry when courts sittings are resumed in September. McLean has been.
Dean-Roy Bernard, who scored a March court victory against the Holness administration, says when he left his office at the finance ministry about 5 in the afternoon on Tuesday, he had not received any correspondence that he was assigned to a new.
Minister of Finance and the Public Service Dr Nigel Clarke announced this afternoon that effective June 28, this year, Dean-Roy Bernard will be assigned to the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport as supernumerary permanent.