Prime Minister Bruce Golding of Jamaica
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Golding is the nation's eighth prime minister since independence.
Golding was the founder of the National Democratic Movement (NDM.
Golding is a second-generation member of the JLP.
Bruce Golding is the current member of Parliament for Western Kingston.
July 28th, 2008Bruce Golding Speaks TruthAs we learn, Prime Minister Bruce Golding is of the view that the United States embargo against Cuba has no usefulness and that its impracticability is glaringly obvious.
Bruce Golding has to say about the role Cuba plays in the world.
While these attributes are undoubtedly important, because our concern with prime minister Golding has to do with certain remarks he recently made concerning the United States and Cuba.
There is a report now going the rounds suggesting that, Jamaica's Prime Minister Bruce Golding is of the view that the United States embargo against Cuba has no usefulness and that its impracticability is glaringly obvious and stands in stark contrast to how other countries are treated.
Tacius Golding and Enid Golding (nee Bent), both teachers.
Bruce Golding was born in Clarendon at the home of his godmother, Mrs.
The following year Golding was appointed Head Boy.
Tacius Golding was the first Speaker of the House in Independent Jamaica and also served as Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry of Housing.
Golding was pursuing studies at the UWI when the 1967 election was announced.
Golding was elected General Secretary of the party.
to the Senate and at age 32 appointed Minister of Construction in the new JLP government.
Golding was elected Chairman of the JLP succeeding the late Dr.
Golding was elected its first President.
Golding was appointed to the Senate and named Shadow Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade.
On his return to the JLP, Bruce Golding was elected unopposed as Chairman of the party.
Golding was sworn in as the eighth Prime Minister of Jamaica on Tuesday, September 11, 2007.
Bruce Golding came into office on the tail end of Hurricane Dean and ends his first year as prime minister trying to navigate the turbulence of Tropical Storm Gustav.
Those were promises that Golding was quick to keep though the 2007-2008 school year started with mass confusion as school administrators and parents struggled to deal with the implications of no tuition fees.
Golding has argued that there is no country in the world which is enjoying massive employment growth this year, but that is little comfort for scores of Jamaicans who bought into the JLP's hype that hundreds of jobs would be created in the short term.
Bruce Golding has pledged to give more independence to Jamaica's central bank, to tackle crime and corruption, and to draft a new charter of fundamental rights.
Friday, September 05, 2008 PRIME Minister Bruce Golding has hinted at a possible upward adjustment to the $489.
Johns Hopkins University Specialists to Assist in Research on Learning Disabilities.
GOLDING SCARES THEMBruce Golding is undoubtedly one of Jamaica's brightest and best politicians and a person of probity.
The return of Bruce Golding has really added new excitement to the campaign, re-energised the Labourites, embuing them with renewed enthusiasm and hope for victory.
Quite apart from everything else, Bruce Golding has been the week's newsmaker because, to paraphrase Arnold, "almost alone in Jamaica, he brings thought to bear upon politics, he saturates politics with thought.
Prime Minister Bruce Golding has received his CARICOM diplomatic passport.
Jamaica should receive inflows of around US$950 million by April 2009 from the multilaterals, Prime Minister Bruce Golding has confirmed.
comCandidate's Picture:Office Address:Office of the Prime Minister 1 Devon Road, Kingston 10Phone:(876) 927-4101Date of Birth:Marital Status:MarriedBruce Golding was born on 5th December 1947, the son of Tacius Golding and Enid Golding (nee Bent), both teachers.
After arriving in Kingston, Golding was enrolled at the Alpha Primary School on South Camp Road.
Golding was pursuing his studies at the UWI when the 1967 elections were announced.
Golding was by now firmly committed to political service.
In 1969 less than three weeks after completing his final exams at the UWI, Golding was selected as the candidate for West St Catherine at a special conference of the JLP in that constituency.
In 1974 shortly after Edward Seaga assumed the leadership of the JLP Golding was elected General Secretary.
Because of the gerrymandering of constituency boundaries in 1976 and the atrocities carried out during the state of emergency under which the 1976 elections were held, Golding was defeated in West St Catherine.
Following the 1980 elections Golding was reappointed to the Senate and at 32 years appointed Minister of Construction in the new JLP government.
In 1984 Golding was elected Chairman of the JLP succeeding the late Dr.
This gave birth to the National Democratic Movement and Golding was elected its first President.
Following the elections Golding was appointed to the Senate and named Shadow Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade.
Golding was elected Member of Parliament for the constituency of West Kingston.
In my many conversations with Golding over many years, I am convinced that he is the right man for the time.
House of Representatives for West St.
for setting up and operating the public address system at public meetings.
A Memorandum of Understanding designed to save face for Bruce Golding was brought to the party and accepted on that basis.
But Dabdoub's explanation infers that Golding was not just BROUGHT back into the party, but BOUGHT back.
Last Tuesday, Golding was living proof of that reality as he and his colleagues applied Brasso to P J's halo.
com 1/5/2009 11:11:46 AMPrime Minister Bruce Golding is reporting that measures to put a dent in crime are reaping some success although the crime rate remains high.
In an attempt to reform Jamaica's political system, Golding was a founder (1995) and president (19952001) of a third party, the National Democratic Movement, but he rejoined the JLP in 2002.
By Horace Helps KINGSTON, Sept 11 (Reuters) - Bruce Golding, who was sworn in as prime minister on Tuesday after his Jamaica Labour Party ended the 18-year reign of the People's National Party, was born to politics.
The Church has a critical role to play in holding communities together amid constant global changes, Prime Minister Bruce Golding has said.
Bruce Golding is the son of teachers Tacius and Enid Golding.
Golding was elected Candidate for West St.
Golding was appointed a member of the Board of Governors of the Institute of Jamaica in 1972.
Golding was re-appointment to the senate as Minister of Construction.
Golding was appointed Shadow Minister of Finance and chairman of the Public Accounts committee, exposing a number of scandals in the wake of his tenure in this position.
Golding expressed deep dissatisfaction with the countryâs non-progressive political culture and campaigned for substantive change.
Jamaican Prime Minister Bruce Golding has announced in the country's parliament that.
Prime Minister Bruce Golding said Tuesday that Hall, 68, told him.
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New Jamaican leader Bruce Golding takes office - Boston.
Bruce Golding, who was sworn in as prime minister on Tuesday after his Jamaica Labour Party ended the 18-year reign of the People's National Party, was born to politics.
Bruce Golding is helped on stage by his aids at the Jamaican Labour Party headquarters in Kingston, Jamaica September 3, 2007.
Email To FriendPrint VersionBy Horace Helps KINGSTON,Jamaica (Reuters): Bruce Golding, who was sworn in as prime minister on Tuesday after his Jamaica Labour Party ended the 18-year reign of the People's National Party, was born to politics.
Golding's father, Tacius, was a member of parliament who was first elected to the House of Representatives when Golding was just two years old, according to his campaign biography.
HEIR APPARENT Golding was long considered the heir apparent to Seaga, but he split with the JLP in the mid-1990s and went off to help found the National Democratic Movement, a third party that never gained traction.
Last month Golding said the country should divest all of its financial holdings in the state-owned airline because the carrier was draining Jamaica's budget.
Golding has said that the airline cost the country more than $100 million since 2004 when the government took it over.
Golding said he too would like to see two seats reserved for Jamaicans abroad who are familiar with work taking place in the Diaspora and that there will be some changes in the upcoming future.
Jamaica would be happy to participate as part of a CARICOM delegation.
Birmingham, Manchester and Nottingham.