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Audley Shaw, the chairman of Parliament's Public Accounts Committee, wants to call Port Authority's Noel Hylton before the committee to untangle the deepening quarrel over whether or not Mr. Hylton produced a report on the controversial Sandals Whitehouse project.
We believe he should - unless the Government stops being coy and lays out clearly the facts and its interpretation thereof. Or, unless Mr. Hylton tells the public what he did or did not produce - all without spin!
The public has a right to know. For, as it stands now, it is <SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 400; COLOR: black! important; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative">taxpayers</SPAN> money that is on the line. Plenty of it.
Sandals Whitehouse is the <SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 400; COLOR: black! important; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative">hotel</SPAN> property in Westmoreland that is a joint venture between two government agencies, the Urban Development Corporation (UDC) and the National <SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 400; COLOR: black! important; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent">Investment </SPAN><SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 400; COLOR: black! important; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent">Bank</SPAN> of Jamaica (NIBJ), and Gordon 'Butch' Stewart's holding company, Gorstew. The hotel caused US$41 million more than budgeted to build and Gorstew and the UDC, the <A class=kLink oncontextmenu="return false;" id=KonaLink3 onmouseover=adlinkMouseOver(event,this,3); style="POSITION: relative; TEXT-DECORATION: underline! important" onclick=adlinkMouseClick(event,this,3); onmouseout=adlinkMouseOut(event,this,3); href="http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20060824/cleisure/cleisure1.html#" target=_top><SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 400; COLOR: black! important; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative; BACKGROUND-COLOR: tra
Audley Shaw, the chairman of Parliament's Public Accounts Committee, wants to call Port Authority's Noel Hylton before the committee to untangle the deepening quarrel over whether or not Mr. Hylton produced a report on the controversial Sandals Whitehouse project.
We believe he should - unless the Government stops being coy and lays out clearly the facts and its interpretation thereof. Or, unless Mr. Hylton tells the public what he did or did not produce - all without spin!
The public has a right to know. For, as it stands now, it is <SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 400; COLOR: black! important; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative">taxpayers</SPAN> money that is on the line. Plenty of it.
Sandals Whitehouse is the <SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 400; COLOR: black! important; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative">hotel</SPAN> property in Westmoreland that is a joint venture between two government agencies, the Urban Development Corporation (UDC) and the National <SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 400; COLOR: black! important; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent">Investment </SPAN><SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 400; COLOR: black! important; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent">Bank</SPAN> of Jamaica (NIBJ), and Gordon 'Butch' Stewart's holding company, Gorstew. The hotel caused US$41 million more than budgeted to build and Gorstew and the UDC, the <A class=kLink oncontextmenu="return false;" id=KonaLink3 onmouseover=adlinkMouseOver(event,this,3); style="POSITION: relative; TEXT-DECORATION: underline! important" onclick=adlinkMouseClick(event,this,3); onmouseout=adlinkMouseOut(event,this,3); href="http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20060824/cleisure/cleisure1.html#" target=_top><SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 400; COLOR: black! important; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative; BACKGROUND-COLOR: tra
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