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By Marlon Madden Lawmakers are about to take another shot at passing anti-corruption legislation – this time, adding future judges, directors of public prosecution, and auditors general to the list of high-ranking individuals in public office who will have to declare their assets. Word of this has come from Attorney General Dale Marshall, who disclosed during a post-Cabinet media briefing at Ilaro ....
Two glaring issues highlighted in the 2021 Auditor General’s Report have still not been addressed by Government, the local watchdog group Integrity Group Barbados (IGB) has noted.Chairman Andy Armstrong said neither the Auditor General’s request for more staff nor his concern about the absence of a functioning Public Accounts Committee (PAC) was mentioned in the Government’s response which was laid in Parliament last Thursday.In a telephone interview with Barbados TODAY, Armstrong pointed to Auditor General Leigh Trotman’s complaint about a lack of staff in his department, which was affecting their ability to execute their duties effectively and efficiently.However, the IGB head highlighted that Government’s 64-page response, which was prepared by Director of Finance and Economic Affairs Ian Carrington and gave detailed answers to several other issues, failed to deal with that particular concern.“We still don’t seem to have, as a country, a solution as to how we are going ....
The local watchdog integrity and transparency group tells the Government it’s time to start making public servants pay for non-compliance with the Auditor-General’s reports. Chairman of Integrity Group Barbados (IGB) Andy Armstrong said on Monday that some public officers do not seem to be taking the Auditor-General seriously and should therefore be penalised.Armstrong is adamant that the various government departments which are tardy in submitting their annual financial reports in a timely manner need to fix that as instructed by Auditor-General Leigh Trotman“I am not saying no one is responsive, but in general, the impression we get in the public is that really, they are not taking the Auditor-General that seriously. We feel it is time there needs to be some consequences for ministries or state-owned enterprises that consistently refuse to comply with what ....