KPMG
Hastings
Christ Church, BB 15154
Barbados West Indies
Telephone: (246) 434-3900
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P.O. Box 690C
Bridgetown, Barbados
Independent Auditors’ Report To the Shareholders of Amphora Bank & Trust Corporation
Report on the Audit of the Financial Statements
Opinion
We have audited the financial statements of Amphora Bank & Trust Corporation (the “Company”), which comprise the statement of financial position as at April 30, 2020, the statements of changes in equity, profit or loss and other com- prehensive income and cash flows for the year then ended, and notes, comprising a summary of significant accounting policies and other explanatory information.
In our opinion, the accompanying financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as at April 30, 2020, and its financial performance and its cash flows for the year then ended in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS).
Basis for Opinion
We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (ISAs). Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditors’ Responsibilities for the Audit of the Financial Statements section of our report. We are independent of the Company in accordance with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements in Barbados, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.
Responsibilities of Management and Those Charged with Governance for the Financial Statements
Management is responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of the financial statements in accordance with IFRS, and for such internal control as management determines is necessary to enable the preparation of financial state- ments that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
In preparing the financial statements, management is responsible for assessing the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless management either intends to liquidate the Company or to cease operations, or has no realistic alternative but to do so.
Those charged with governance are responsible for overseeing the Company’s financial reporting process.
Auditors’ Responsibilities for the Audit of the Financial Statements
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditors’ report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with ISAs will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statements.
A further description of the auditors’ responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements is located at the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Barbados’ website at: http://www.icab.bb/about-icab/auditing/. This description forms part of our auditors’ report.
Other Matter
This report is made solely to the Company’s shareholders, as a body, in accordance with Section 147 of the Companies Act of Barbados. Our audit work has been undertaken so that we might state to the Company’s shareholders those matters we are required to state to them in an auditors’ report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the Company and the Company’s shareholders as a body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinion we have formed.
Chartered Accountants
Bridgetown, Barbados
August 31, 2020
NOTICE NO. 1
Acting Appointment – Ms. Wanda Blair
Ms. Wanda Blair, Magistrate, has been appointed to act as Judge of the High Court, for the period 15th February, 2021 to 12th March, 2021.
Appointment on Promotion – Mr. John Hollingsworth
Mr. John Hollingsworth, Principal Youth Development Officer, has been appointed on promotion to the post of Director, National Disability Unit, Ministry of People Empowerment and Elder Affairs, with effect from 2020-10-01.
(M.P. 2/131/08)
NOTICE NO. 2
SAGICOR LIFE INC.
Teresa Ifill of #19, 1st Avenue Train Crossing, Emerald Park, Six Roads, St. Philip
TERESA IFILL of #19, 1st Avenue Train Crossing, Emerald Park, Six Roads, St. Philip having made sworn deposition that Policy No. J774015623 issued by Sagicor Life Inc., on her life has been lost and having made application to the Directors to grant a duplicate of the same, notice is hereby given that unless objection is raised within one month of the date hereof, the duplicate policy asked for will be issued.
Dated the 8th day of December, 2020.
By Order,
ALTHEA C. HAZZARD
Corporate Secretary.
NOTICE NO. 3
SAGICOR LIFE INC.
Roslyn Hintzen of Lot 8 Ealing Park North, Christ Church
ROSLYN HINTZEN of Lot 8 Ealing Park North, Christ Church having made sworn deposition that Policy No. 0058424 issued by Life of Barbados and assumed by Sagicor Life Inc., on her life has been lost and having made application to the Directors to grant a duplicate of the same, notice is hereby given that unless objection is raised within one month of the date hereof, the duplicate policy asked for will be issued.
Dated the 10th day of December, 2020.
By Order,
ALTHEA C. HAZZARD
Corporate Secretary.
Acting Appointments
The following officers acted in the posts of Permanent Secretary and Deputy Permanent Secretary, at the undermentioned Ministries for the periods stated:-
PERMANENT SECRETARY
(i) Mr. Rodney Taylor, Director, acted in the post of Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Innovation, Science and Technology, with effect from 2020-08-03 to 2020-08-21;
(ii) Ms. Jacqueline Blackman, Chief Technical Officer, acted in the post of Permanent Secretary, Ministry of International Business and Industry, with effect from 2020-08-17 to 2020-09-18;
(iii) Dr. Jacqueline Wiltshire, Director, acted in the post of Permanent Secretary, Ministry of People Empowerment and Elder Affairs, with effect from 2020-08-10 to 2020-09-11;
(iv) Mr. Michael Wason, Chief Economist, acted in the post of Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Transport, Works and Water Resources, with effect from 2020-08-10 to 2020-08-28;
(v) Mr. Michael Wason, Chief Economist, acted in the post of Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Finance, Economic Affairs and Investment, with effect from 2020-09-01 to 2020-10-02;
(vi) Ms. Cheryl Alleyne, Senior Administrative Officer, acted in the post of Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Youth, Sports and Community Empowerment, with effect from 2020-09-07 to 2020-10-02;
(vii) Mr. Anthony Wiltshire, Senior Foreign Service Officer, acted in the post of Permanent Secretary, Office of the Attorney General, with effect from 2020-09-14 to 2020-10-02.
DEPUTY PERMANENT SECRETARY
Mr. Curtis Gilkes, Senior Administrative Officer, acted in the post of Deputy Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Transport Works and Water Resources, with effect from 2020-08-08 to 2020-10-02.
(M.P 3/68/44 Vol. 5, 3/68/15 Vol. 2, 3/68/46 Vol. 2, 3/68/34 Vol. 2, 3/68/27 Vol. 2, 3/68/31 Vol. 1, 3/68/41 Vol. 2, 3/68/30 Vol. 3)
Retirements from the Public Service
The following persons have retired/will retire from the Public Service with effect from the dates indicated:-
Name/Post – Ministry/Department – Effective Date
Mr. Rolan B. Belgrave/Constable – Royal Barbados Police Force, Attorney General – 2020-12-01
Mr. Theophilus O. Walcott/Senior Immigration Officer – Immigration Home Affairs, Information and Public Affairs – 2021-01-01
Ms. Linda P. Waithe/Executive Secretary – Housing, Lands and Maintenance – 2021-01-01
Mr. Winston Dac. Bascombe/Senior Storekeeper – Transport, Works and Water Resources – 2021-01-01
(M.P. PF 452, PX 10, PJ 636, PN 784)
