Inflated accounts and false statements were the major findings of the audit into the Carifesta spending.Seven years after calls began for an audit to be done on the 2008 Carifesta X, an audit commissioned by the coalition Government has been done by John H. Barnes. The document was submitted to the Ministry of Finance on September 3, 2015.The document revealed that there were several cases of inaccurate recording of information pertaining to the festival. For example, the payee Eze Rockcliffe received a payment voucher of $480,000 while the cash book shows that payment was made to him for $970,000. All of the sums displayed on the cash book were inflated amounts of what was actually paid.The report stated that in February 2008, the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport Ministry entered into an agreement with Swansea Industrial Associates (SIA) to “identify, procure, construct, install, commission and operate a modern stage platform plus roofing system and canopy with the capacity to support extensive ancillary stage lighting and sound system.”Reportedly,Adidas NHL Jerseys China, SIA after “Identifying the supplier travelled to the U.S at the expense of the Government to transact business with the suppliers and to attend to relevant detail in relation to certain technical specifications.” SIA was not paid for procurement and commissioning service but was paid $24.7M and $2.6M for the lighting systems and installation of the stage respectively.The Auditor noted that “these costs appear quite exorbitant.”A quote from the stage’s supplier, TOMCAT showed an estimate of US$412,500. This amount was then sent via telex transfer to the supplier’s bank. The stage was then imported from Wenger Corporation,Wholesale NFL Jerseys, USA at a cost of US$162,Jerseys From China,719. This payment was made via wire transfer to the supplier’s bank. The two transactions came up to US$575,219. However,NFL Cheap Jerseys, a document signed by Dr. Roger Luncheon disclosed that Cabinet had waived Tender Board procedures to facilitate sole sourcing of the items in question.The Cabinet document stated a total cost of US$605,519 while the total transferred to the suppliers amounted to US$575,219.The auditor noted that bank transfers “were made on the basis of quotes from the suppliers, but no invoices were seen for the equipment.”According to the audit there was no formal budget for the event and much of the procurement of goods and services was done on a sole sourcing basis. There was also no system in place to assure accountability as large sums of money were paid but were not traceable to individuals or organizations and no proper system was in place for the disbursement of funds.Incorrect classifications of a number of items were seen in the document as many items of expenditure of a current nature were classified as Capital. Current estimates as they related to the event were very small; as such some of the current accounts were converted to capital expenditure to avoid exceeding the current estimate by a large margin.Some $22M was found to be incorrectly treated but the auditor noted that the sum may be much larger.Procurement procedures were also inconsistently employed by the Ministry. Contracts were made for small transactions while absent in many large material transactions.? Among those without contract documents are, the now deceased, Trevor Rose of Facts ‘N’ Roses, Erwin Blackman and Philbert Gajadar.Trevor Rose along with his joint company Facts ‘N’ Roses, received a total sum of $11,147,924 for the creation of costumes and the supply of flags. Blackman was paid $850,000 for the supply of transportation while Gajadar received $600,000 for the drawing and painting Amerindian motifs. Contracts existed for items such as snacks as is seen in the case of June Cole for the sum of $1.5M.Several transactions did not see the input of the Tender Board Unit. Several payments were made to the now deceased Trevor Rose and Franklin “Bobby” Vieira for which there was no Tender Board input. Trevor Rose was paid $6,823,150 for decoration of venue, construction of costumes and sashes for the opening ceremony contingent.Franklin “Bobby” Vieira was paid $12,336,410 for purchase of electronic equipment, broadcasting, servicing of Carifesta X stage system and purchasing of material for Carifesta X. Payment was also made to Gerald Mendonca for $1,270,717 for exterior cleaning and painting. The lowest sum was to Winston Ramroop for $545,000 for the construction of a kitchen cabinet for Carifesta Secretariat.There is also an unresolved issue in relation to warrants issued. When warrants are issued to Ministries and Regions,Cheap Nike NFL Jerseys, regulation requires the r