From my archive of press clippings:
Jamaica Observer
Would Golding have protected another?
Monday, May 03, 2010
Dear Editor,
It was quite refreshing to read Mervin Stoddart's article, "No to Dudus extradition, no to US demands", which was posted on the Online Jamaica Observer on April 21. The arguments he presented are unique in that most Jamaicans aren't knowledgeable of US history so his arguments may go contrary to conventional wisdom. As he has correctly stated, most have been duped by American propaganda. I have met a few myself. While I do agree with Stoddart's sentiments, I have to question whether Mr Golding would have stood up for the regular Jamaican in the same manner as he did for Mr Coke. After all, Jamaica has extradited people to the US since Mr Golding came to power.
Read the whole letter here.
Snippet(s):
"Politics aside, my purpose for writing is that the article quoted the narcotics report as admitting that 70 per cent of the guns used in crimes in Jamaica originate from the US."
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W Mckoy
White Plains, New York
USA
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Thursday, May 13, 2010
Friday, April 2, 2010
JG - EDITORIAL - Where is the 'Dudus' Coke case?
From my archive of press clippings:
Jamaica Gleaner
EDITORIAL - Where is the 'Dudus' Coke case?
Published: Sunday February 28, 2010 0 Comments and 0 Reactions
Fifteen years ago when Bruce Golding began aggressively to seek the job of prime minister of Jamaica, he didn't merely lodge his application. He also wrote his own job description, accompanied by a business plan for the overhaul of the country.
Read the whole article here.
Snippet(s):
"The core of Mr Golding's proposal was the reform of politics and to run a government that was moral. Critical to this restructuring would be, in the language of the period, the dismantling of political garrisons. Mr Golding would not cavort, directly or otherwise, with the enforcers of these zones of political exclusions, that have morphed fertile territory of violence, extortion and other forms of criminality."
"In the context of a functioning liberal democracy this would have been no big deal, but by the standards of Jamaica's often dysfunctional political arrangements, Mr Golding would have been aware that he was setting a high bar for himself. But he was willing, Mr Golding assured Jamaicans, to pay, if necessary, a political price for having a serious go at this transformation."
"It is nearly half a year since the US government requested the extradition of Christopher 'Dudus' Coke, ostensibly a businessman, but who the Americans accuse of smuggling narcotics into their country and running guns from the United States to Jamaica."
"Mr Golding's justice minister, Ms Dorothy Lightbourne, has so far declined to sign the extradition order so that the Jamaican courts can determine whether the Americans have established a prime facie case against Mr Coke. The Jamaican government has asked the Americans for more and better particulars about the indictment. The government insists that it is protecting the constitutional rights of a Jamaican citizen.
The problem for the administration is that neither the United States nor a large swathe of the Jamaican population believes that."
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"Mr Coke happens to be based in West Kingston, Mr Golding's parliamentary constituency, whose political epicentre is Tivoli Gardens, which is considered by many as a kind of command and control centre of the governing Jamaica Labour Party. Mr Coke, as benefactor, is considered to be a man of great power and influence in West Kingston and elsewhere, which he 'inherited' from his father, Lester Coke, or Jim Brown, who the Americans also tried to extradite. It is presumed that Mr Coke's actions can influence the political fortunes of the JLP and that to touch him might ignite a volatile security powder keg.
However, the Americans have made it apparent that despite the Government's clunking dance, they still want Mr Coke, as was made clear by Julissa Reynoso, deputy assistant secretary of state, when she visited Jamaica last month and met with Foreign Minister Ken Baugh."
Jamaica Gleaner
EDITORIAL - Where is the 'Dudus' Coke case?
Published: Sunday February 28, 2010 0 Comments and 0 Reactions
Fifteen years ago when Bruce Golding began aggressively to seek the job of prime minister of Jamaica, he didn't merely lodge his application. He also wrote his own job description, accompanied by a business plan for the overhaul of the country.
Read the whole article here.
Snippet(s):
"The core of Mr Golding's proposal was the reform of politics and to run a government that was moral. Critical to this restructuring would be, in the language of the period, the dismantling of political garrisons. Mr Golding would not cavort, directly or otherwise, with the enforcers of these zones of political exclusions, that have morphed fertile territory of violence, extortion and other forms of criminality."
"In the context of a functioning liberal democracy this would have been no big deal, but by the standards of Jamaica's often dysfunctional political arrangements, Mr Golding would have been aware that he was setting a high bar for himself. But he was willing, Mr Golding assured Jamaicans, to pay, if necessary, a political price for having a serious go at this transformation."
"It is nearly half a year since the US government requested the extradition of Christopher 'Dudus' Coke, ostensibly a businessman, but who the Americans accuse of smuggling narcotics into their country and running guns from the United States to Jamaica."
"Mr Golding's justice minister, Ms Dorothy Lightbourne, has so far declined to sign the extradition order so that the Jamaican courts can determine whether the Americans have established a prime facie case against Mr Coke. The Jamaican government has asked the Americans for more and better particulars about the indictment. The government insists that it is protecting the constitutional rights of a Jamaican citizen.
The problem for the administration is that neither the United States nor a large swathe of the Jamaican population believes that."
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"Mr Coke happens to be based in West Kingston, Mr Golding's parliamentary constituency, whose political epicentre is Tivoli Gardens, which is considered by many as a kind of command and control centre of the governing Jamaica Labour Party. Mr Coke, as benefactor, is considered to be a man of great power and influence in West Kingston and elsewhere, which he 'inherited' from his father, Lester Coke, or Jim Brown, who the Americans also tried to extradite. It is presumed that Mr Coke's actions can influence the political fortunes of the JLP and that to touch him might ignite a volatile security powder keg.
However, the Americans have made it apparent that despite the Government's clunking dance, they still want Mr Coke, as was made clear by Julissa Reynoso, deputy assistant secretary of state, when she visited Jamaica last month and met with Foreign Minister Ken Baugh."
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
JO - Second indictment against Dudus?
From my archive of press clippings:
Jamaica Observer
Second indictment against Dudus?
Sunday, March 07, 2010
THE American Government has prepared a second indictment against Tivoli Gardens don Christopher 'Dudus' Coke, a highly placed source in Washington has told the Sunday Observer.
Read the whole article here.
Snippet(s):
"The US has accused Coke of drug- and gun-trafficking.
A diplomatic joust has developed between Kingston and Washington over the extradition request filed last August but which has not yet been processed for hearing in a Jamaican court."
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"(L)ast Monday, the US State Department, in a scathing International Narcotics Control Strategy Report, questioned Jamaica's commitment to law enforcement co-operation and accused the Golding administration of unprecedented delays, unexplained disclosure of law enforcement information to the press, and unfounded allegations questioning the US' compliance with the Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty and Jamaican law."
Jamaica Observer
Second indictment against Dudus?
Sunday, March 07, 2010
THE American Government has prepared a second indictment against Tivoli Gardens don Christopher 'Dudus' Coke, a highly placed source in Washington has told the Sunday Observer.
Read the whole article here.
Snippet(s):
"The US has accused Coke of drug- and gun-trafficking.
A diplomatic joust has developed between Kingston and Washington over the extradition request filed last August but which has not yet been processed for hearing in a Jamaican court."
&
"(L)ast Monday, the US State Department, in a scathing International Narcotics Control Strategy Report, questioned Jamaica's commitment to law enforcement co-operation and accused the Golding administration of unprecedented delays, unexplained disclosure of law enforcement information to the press, and unfounded allegations questioning the US' compliance with the Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty and Jamaican law."
Friday, September 11, 2009
JG - More aid coming from US for regional security - PM
From my archive of press clippings:
Jamaica Gleaner
More aid coming from US for regional security - PM
Published: Sunday April 19, 2009
Prime Minister Bruce Golding says he is encouraged by the commitment of the president of the United States of America, Barack Obama, to give more assistance to the Caribbean and Latin America to reduce piracy and gun and drug running through the region's waters.
Read the whole article here.
Jamaica Gleaner
More aid coming from US for regional security - PM
Published: Sunday April 19, 2009
Prime Minister Bruce Golding says he is encouraged by the commitment of the president of the United States of America, Barack Obama, to give more assistance to the Caribbean and Latin America to reduce piracy and gun and drug running through the region's waters.
Read the whole article here.
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