Speeches
Statement to Parliament by Hon. Bruce Golding, Prime Minister on the Privatization of Air Jamaica
Prime Minister of Jamaica, Hon Bruce Golding
Shortly after taking office, the Government announced the decision to divest Air Jamaica. This decision was consistent with a commitment stated in our Manifesto as part of necessary measures to relieve the taxpayers of the burden of loss-making state-owned enterprises that were not considered part of the core functions of government.
STATEMENT FROM PRIME MINISTER THE HON. BRUCE GOLDING ON JAMAICA'S SUPPORT FOLLOWING THE EARTHQUAKE IN HAITI ON JANUARY 12, 2010
Prime Minister of Jamaica, Hon. Bruce Golding
The people of Jamaica extend deep sympathy to the people of our neighbour Haiti who are currently suffering from the effects of the earthquake and aftershocks of January 12. I have been in contact with President Rene Preval and assured him that all Jamaica is offering prayers that God's mercy will take the Haitian people through this tragedy even as we begin to organize a practical response to their plight.
National Broadcast by Hon. Bruce Golding, Prime Minister
Prime Minister of Jamaica, Hon. Bruce Golding
In recent broadcasts, I have spoken about the problems facing us as a country, problems that have been so terribly aggravated by the global recession but problems which existed and had accumulated long before the recession.
MINISTER OF JUSTICE AND ATTORNEY GENERAL, SENATOR THE HONOURABLE DOROTHY LIGHTBOURNE'S MESSAGE IN OBSERVANCE OF INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS DAY
Minister of Justice and Attorney General,
Senator the Hon. Dorothy Lightbourne
The 10th of December each year is celebrated by the international community as Human Rights Day. It commemorates the day in 1948 when the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
