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which are appended to this Report at Appendices 3, 4, 5 and 6 are a manifestation of the inability of the
Corporation to process individual contracts and/or cheques for the ‘intended beneficiaries’ of CDF projects
within the constituency, the OCG sought to ascertain whether Ms. Hanna was able to identify the actual
beneficiaries of each ‘group contract’/ ‘group payment’ which was issued. The OCG, during the course of a
hearing, wherein, Ms. Hanna was summoned to appear before the Contractor General, utilized the contract
and cheque which was made payable to Ms. Sandra Garrick in the amount $415,000.00 to ascertain the
identity of the intended and actual beneficiaries, giving consideration to the assertion that the contract and
payment were grouped. The following representations were made in this regard:
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MR. DIRK HARRISON:
…Miss Garrick, Miss Sandra Garrick
appeared before us and indicated that
she did no work at the location identified
as Ramble to Faiths Pen. I am just
indicating what she has said just in
keeping what we have said about
documents and accuracy of them. She
says further, that she only did work at
Golden Grove to Lydford Cemetery for
the cheque for $415,000.00. She said she
cashed the cheque for that amount of
$415,000 and gave the money to
Councillor Bell on the instructions of
Andrea Smith, are you able to comment
on that?
MINISTER LISA HANNA: No, sir.
MR. DIRK HARRISON:
Miss Garrick indicated that she only
received $40,000.00, so, here's my
question, could you indicate from that
document that you just looked at that
Miss Smith sent to us, that latest
document, what does it indicate
Miss Garrick was paid in the