Except for the rising star and new restaurant awards, all the national awards go to chefs, owners and restaurants that have been in the business for five years and in the case of outstanding restaurant and restaurateur, 10 years.
In some cases, the amount of outstanding insurance via CDSs is far greater than the underlying value of the bonds.
A BHA spokesman said that no further cases of any great size are outstanding but investigations are continuing into at least four other potentially suspect races.
The Immigration and Nationality Directorate said it had cut the backlog of outstanding cases from 100,000 two years ago to 35,000 today.
That amount is expected to increase this year because of outstanding cases involving some of the largest Spanish holders of secret accounts at the Swiss private banking subsidiary of HSBC.
"It is anticipated that we are at the peak of the backlog of outstanding cases, but we can't take any short cuts," says a spokesperson for the force.
Meanwhile, Exxon Mobil is being sued by Indonesian indigenous villagers who claim their guards committed human rights violations, and there are dozens of outstanding cases against other companies operating in the Niger Delta.
At this writing, the government has reduced the number of outstanding cases to eight, which could mean a delay of about two months from the timeline that was committed to during Mr. Lake's visit.
