Jamaica Gleaner (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008
Joining Government's sparring match with Contractor General Greg Christie, Prime Minister Bruce Golding yesterday criticised him for his most recent public outcry, but stressed that the controversial contracts-award watchdog still has his support...
Jamaica Gleaner (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008
THE HIGH incidence of child abuse and sexual offences against minors has Prime Minister Bruce Golding thinking about devising a plan to protect children from relatives."One would have thought that the State's primary role is to protect the children when...
Jamaica Gleaner (Free subscription) | yesterday
The ailing minister of finance and the public service, Audley Shaw, remained in hospital up to late yesterday evening. Shaw fell ill during a special meeting with Prime Minister Bruce Golding on Wednesday afternoon and had to be rushed to the University...
Jamaica Gleaner (Free subscription) | yesterday
Prime Minister Bruce Golding has admitted that the global financial crisis will affect some of Jamaica's critical economic structures, despite Shaw's earlier claims that the country would face minimal impact. However, he is steering away from instigating panic...
Jamaica Gleaner :: Business (Free subscription) | yesterday
One of the most amazing statements made by a Government minister this week has received very little attention. Yet, it says a great deal about the Bruce Golding administration's assessment of the current Jamaican macroeconomic environment, and its views...
Jamaica Gleaner (Free subscription) | yesterday
THE BRUCE Golding administration is being urged not to hit the panic button, but to begin to level with Jamaicans about the possible fallout from the crisis in the world economy. The administration has repeatedly argued that there is no indication ...
Jamaica Gleaner (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
Finance Minister Audley Shaw was said to be recovering and in high spirits last night, though he was kept in hospital overnight for observation. Shaw fell ill during a special meeting with Prime Minister Bruce Golding yesterday afternoon ....
New York Post (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago
By BRUCE GOLDING Loading new images... Posted: 4:33 amOctober 11, 2008A computer hacker is threatening to release "personal and sensitive" e-mails swiped from the swank Thompson hotel chain after taunting the company about its lax security practices. In a Sept. 30 communiqué, the hacker "attempted to embarrass key employees" of Thompson Hotels, according to a lawsuit filed in Manhattan...
Jamaica Gleaner :: Business (Free subscription) | yesterday
... at the Finance Ministry of the technocratic Don Wehby, and Dwight Nelson - both of whom sit in Bruce Golding's Cabinet with full ministerial rank - was helping to calm nerves."I don't know the extent of his illness, whether it is a long-term illness or short-term illness, but I think he has capable people at the Ministry of Finance," said Anya Schnoor, the head of Scotia DBG, the...
Caribbean 360 (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
Air Jamaica announced yesterday that Bruce Nobles, who was President and Chief Operating Officer between June 2002 and March 2003, will return to take control of the airline which is on course for privatisation. (Photo: starbulletin.com)KINGSTON, Jamaica, October 9, 2008 - A former boss at Jamaica's national carrier, Air Jamaica, is back at the helm of the airline, taking up the position of...
Jamaica Gleaner :: Business (Free subscription) | yesterday
... approach this crisis," he said, "because it is a crisis that calls for leadership."Prime Minister Bruce Golding, in a speech prepared for delivery to manufacturers last night, confirmed the formation of the multi-agency task force, even as he acknowledged that the economy was in real danger of decline.The team, "has been set up to monitor and analyse on a day-to-day basis developments...
Caribbean 360 (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008
Jamaica's Prime Minister Bruce Golding has received a commitment from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) to provide a US$50 million infrastructure and rehabilitation loan for that Caribbean country.
Jamaica Gleaner (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
Contractor General Greg Christie has appealed to Prime Minister Bruce Golding to reconsider Cabinet's decision to exempt four public bodies from certain procurement oversight procedures. In a seven-page release yesterday, Christie called on the prime...
Jamaica Gleaner (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
Trade unionists and financial analysts have blasted the Government, alleging that it is misleading the country about the extent of the impact of the financial crisis in the United States on Jamaica.In addressing a public forum of the Jamaica Confederation of Trade Unions (JCTU), on 'The state of the Jamaican economy', speakers urged the Bruce Golding-led administration to provide frank...
New York Post (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
By BRUCE GOLDING and DAVID K. LIPosted: 4:31 amOctober 9, 2008Charlize Theron will have to pay - perhaps eight figures - for wearing the wrong watch, a Manhattan judge has ruled. Watchmaker Raymond Weil has already won summary judgment in a federal civil complaint that Theron broke their deal by failing to exclusively wear the pricey timekeeper in public. Theron and her production company,...
