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    Campbell sues FirstCaribbean Bank, Sonia Christie for $30-m

    Campbell sues FirstCaribbean Bank, Sonia Christie for $30-m
    Paul Henry, Observer staff reporter editorial@jamaicaobserver.com
    Friday, May 02, 2008


    FirstCaribbean Bank and its senior executive, Sonia Christie, who was sent on leave in the wake of the Trafigura scandal which engulfed the People's National Party (PNP) two years ago, have been slapped with a $30-million lawsuit by former government minister Collin Campbell claiming breach of confidentiality regarding the leaking of account information to the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP).
    Campbell, who resigned from the previous PNP Government at the height of the controversy, is seeking a declaration from the Supreme Court that the defendants wrongfully and "without any lawful obligation, duty or proper authority" disclosed confidential information relating to his account in the name of CCOC Association to unauthorised third parties.
    Campbell is also seeking a declaration that the defendants "wrongfully and without any lawful obligation, duty or proper authority and in bad faith and/or in abuse of their duty of trust and confidence as bankers, obtained confidential information" regarding his relationship to an account held by the First Global Bank in the name of SW Services (Team Jamaica).
    Campbell is seeking damages of $30,010,000, a million dollars shy of the $31 million that the PNP had to return to the Dutch oil trader, Trafigura Beheer BV, due to mounting public pressure.
    According to court documents filed on April 21, the former minister of information and development is also seeking damages for breach of confidence and breach of statutory duty, among other things.
    The scandal came to the fore in early October 2006 when then Opposition Leader Bruce Golding revealed that the PNP had received $31 million from Trafigura, which at the time, lifted and sold Nigerian crude for Jamaica. Golding also called for the resignation of the entire Government
    "Jamaica's future reflects its past, having attained only one per cent annual growth over 30 years whilst neighbours have grown at five per cent." (Article)
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  • #2
    Is there a good reason why the PNP should get back power anytime soon?
    • Don't let negative things break you, instead let it be your strength, your reason for growth. Life is for living and I won't spend my life feeling cheated and downtrodden.

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    • #3
      People vote based on their political allegiance, and in a place like Jamaica, anything can happen. The last election was so close that it can go either way if an election was called today.
      Winning means you're willing to go longer, work harder, and give more than anyone else - Vince Lombardi

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      • #4
        Originally posted by Hortical View Post
        People vote based on their political allegiance, and in a place like Jamaica, anything can happen. The last election was so close that it can go either way if an election was called today.
        True that! Check the attitude of some comrades on this forum? It would be a cold day in hell fi dem get real.
        "Jamaica's future reflects its past, having attained only one per cent annual growth over 30 years whilst neighbours have grown at five per cent." (Article)

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        • #5
          Originally posted by Hortical View Post
          People vote based on their political allegiance, and in a place like Jamaica, anything can happen. The last election was so close that it can go either way if an election was called today.
          The majority of those voting for a party are usually voting based on political allegiance.

          ...not as yuh seh sah...not "people vote based on their political allegiance"....which suggests "all people vote based on their political allegiance". It is the so-called "swing voters" who usually tip the scales to one side or the other.

          If the perception is Brucie is on the right track...the "swing voters", all things being equal, will vote JLP and return him to power.
          "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has."

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          • #6
            Originally posted by Karl View Post
            The majority of those voting for a party are usually voting based on political allegiance.

            ...not as yuh seh sah...not "people vote based on their political allegiance"....which suggests "all people vote based on their political allegiance". It is the so-called "swing voters" who usually tip the scales to one side or the other.

            If the perception is Brucie is on the right track...the "swing voters", all things being equal, will vote JLP and return him to power.
            Karl, what is your impression of Bruce Golding as PM todate?
            "Jamaica's future reflects its past, having attained only one per cent annual growth over 30 years whilst neighbours have grown at five per cent." (Article)

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            • #7
              does it matter? he would never vote for golding unless golding was pnp!

              Infidelity does not consist in believing, or in disbelieving; it consists in professing to believe what he does not believe. Thomas Paine

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              • #8
                Originally posted by Lazie View Post
                Karl, what is your impression of Bruce Golding as PM todate?
                Lazie: You do not follow!
                I stated that Golding has the tendencies of a dictator. This I stated long ago...and repeated during the PSC tragic mess. I could ahve pointed to his statement on the courts ruling on the election petition in Portland...but I assumed that it was obvious to all on this site.

                My verdict on his managing of government is still out. I will remind you that I said I shall visit Brucie's management of the country after he has been in charge for 18 months. (Incidentally same number of months Portia had.)
                "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has."

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                • #9
                  This is a much longer response than I anticipated. It is time you people stop listening to Portia. She has NO FLIPPING CLUE. If you had listened to the budget debate you'd have heard 2 letters ... wait .. you ever posted the article. I guess you didn't reat it.

                  It is necessary for Opposition Leader Portia Simpson Miller to be adequately briefed so that what she says will see the light of day. Apparently, she was not properly briefed on at least two matters she dealt with in her contribution to the debate, and Golding had to fill in the gaps. The first matter had to do with the dismissal of the Public Service Commission by the governor general on the recommendation of the prime minister. Simpson Miller, according to Golding, made trenchant statements about the replacement of the commission. The whole question centred on the need for members of the commission to resign when there was a change of government. Golding read two letters to a former governor general by members of previous Public Service Commissions which showed that the commissions resigned after there was a change of government.
                  "Jamaica's future reflects its past, having attained only one per cent annual growth over 30 years whilst neighbours have grown at five per cent." (Article)

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                  • #10
                    Heh heh!

                    Dabdoub say it's strange how Orett like to talk bout constitutional change, yet he himself is ignorant of the very constitution he is trying to change.



                    BLACK LIVES MATTER

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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by Mosiah View Post
                      Heh heh!

                      Dabdoub say it's strange how Orett like to talk bout constitutional change, yet he himself is ignorant of the very constitution he is trying to change.

                      Strange you should be quoting Abe now. Or is it?
                      "Jamaica's future reflects its past, having attained only one per cent annual growth over 30 years whilst neighbours have grown at five per cent." (Article)

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                      • #12
                        Don't care for the fellow, but he has a strong case against the illegal Vaz. He sounds like a very able lawyer. Vaz and the JLP better hire one!


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                        • #13
                          Bank secrecy rules to be reviewed

                          Bank secrecy rules to be reviewed
                          published: Saturday | May 3, 2008


                          Edmond Campbell, News Coordinator

                          THE GOVERNMENT has signalled that the rules governing secrecy, as it relates to banker/client relationships, will be reviewed when a joint select committee of Parliament examines the proposed whistle-blower legislation.
                          A green paper on the proposed law was tabled last month in Parliament, allowing members of the public to submit recommendations and comment on the draft provisions in the bill.

                          In a statement to the Senate yesterday, Attorney General and Justice Minister, Dorothy Lightbourne, said whistle-blower law was being adopted internationally and was widely regarded as a vital tool in the fight against corruption.

                          Leader of Opposition Business, Senator A.J. Nicholson, questioned whether provisions in law dealing with secrecy between banker and client would be debated under the whistle-blower legislation.
                          Conventions against corruption

                          Responding, Senator Lightbourne said Jamaica entered into certain conventions against corruption, adding that the law relating to secrecy between banker and client was now being reviewed under these conventions.

                          Debate on the whistle-blower legislation comes at a time when FirstCaribbean Bank and a former executive have been slapped with a $30-million lawsuit by Colin Campbell, a former Cabinet minister under the People's National Party administration.

                          Campbell is seeking damages for breach of confidentiality between banker and client, arising from the leaking of information on accounts he held at the bank to the Jamaica Labour Party.

                          Meanwhile, it was announced yesterday that two bills to establish an independent commission to investigate excesses by the security forces and to create the office of a special prosecutor to probe corruption in the public and private sectors, were ready to be tabled.

                          Opposition Senator KD Knight questioned whether the office of the special prosecutor would find itself in a competing role with the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP).

                          However, Senator Lightbourne said the commission would relieve the DPP of some of the cases in the office.

                          "All these complaints and acts of corruption were just piling up and nothing was happening," said Lightbourne.
                          "This is a move now to do something positive and for the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions to get on with what they are supposed to do, and that is to prosecute," she said.
                          edmond.campbell@gleanerjm.com
                          "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has."

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                          • #14
                            you never wait 18 months fi judge Portia.

                            Karl the man is in a democracy and that is what keeps a leader in check, no leader is suppose to be weak and pandering all the time. You have the parliament and the courts to keep him in check if he is wrong but the courts so far say the man was right but only that you never realise.

                            If Golding was a dictator a lot of PNP would have been out of a job right now but nobody can point to the wholesale running PNP out of a job. Was Manley as a dictator?
                            • Don't let negative things break you, instead let it be your strength, your reason for growth. Life is for living and I won't spend my life feeling cheated and downtrodden.

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