Don Wehby

Wehby urges calm in impasse at Caymanas

Sports Jamaica (Free subscription) | 11/28/2008

MINISTER DON Wehby yesterday said the Jamaica Racehorse Trainers' Association (JRTA)

Wehby holds to inflation targets, says tourism won't crumble

Jamaica Gleaner :: Business (Free subscription) | 11/12/2008

Senator Don Wehby, minister without portfolio in the Ministry of Finance, is holding to projections of 15-17 per cent for fiscal inflation, the same levels forecast by the central bank back in summer. At the same time, he was critical of commentators...

Wehby moves to settle horse racing impasse

Sports Jamaica (Free subscription) | 10/28/2008

Don Wehby, minister without portfolio in the Ministry of Finance, has directed the chairman of Caymanas

Government of Jamaica seals US$500m deal for banks

Jamaica Gleaner :: Business (Free subscription) | 12/01/2008

The Government has signed an agreement with the Inter-American Development Bank, for a US$500 million liquidity support programme for commercial banks. Minister without Portfolio in the finance ministry, Don Wehby, made the announcement in the Senate...

Air Jamaica divestment strategy in the works

Jamaica Gleaner (Free subscription) | 11/27/2008

... and was signed by Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, Don Wehby, and Gerard Johnson, IDB country representative, at the finance ministry's National Heroes Circle office in Kingston.The lion's share of the money - US$350,000 (about $26 million) - will be funded through the French Technical Cooperation Fund for Consultancy Services and Training Activities...

DOWNTOWN CARRIBEAN ISLANDS

Watchingpolitics (Free subscription) | 11/19/2008

... top Jamaican finance official is warning of tougher times to come in the Caribbean country. Sen. Don Wehby says Jamaica is cutting its projected economic growth for next year from 3 percent to 1 percent. Wehby is minister without portfolio in the Ministry of Finance under Prime Minister Bruce Golding.He told the Senate on Friday that the slowdown is due to the global economic meltdown...

Jamaica cuts growth forecast to 1 percent

San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 11/15/2008

A top Jamaican finance official is warning of tougher times to come in the Caribbean country. Sen. Don Wehby says Jamaica is cutting its projected economic growth for next year from 3 percent to 1 percent. Wehby is minister without portfolio in the Ministry...

Jamaica cuts growth forecast to 1 percent

kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 11/15/2008

KINGSTON, Jamaica A top Jamaican finance official is warning of tougher times to come in the Caribbean country.

Sen. Don Wehby says Jamaica is cutting its projected economic growth for next year from 3 percent to 1 percent.

Wehby is minister without portfolio in the Ministry of Finance under Prime Minister Bruce Golding.

He told the Senate on Friday that the slowdown...

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Jamaica cuts growth forecast to 1 percent

Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 11/15/2008

Last updated November 15, 2008 11:43 a.m. PTJamaica cuts growth forecast to 1 percentKINGSTON, Jamaica -- A top Jamaican finance official is warning of tougher times to come in the Caribbean country.Sen. Don Wehby says Jamaica is cutting its projected economic growth for next year from 3 percent to 1 percent.Wehby is minister without portfolio in the Ministry of Finance under Prime Minister...

Yes, we can! Yes, we can!

Sports Jamaica (Free subscription) | 11/07/2008

... participant is the Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, Don Wehby, who will more than likely have portfolio responsibility for the racing industry. "He has first-hand experience of the joys and sorrows of being an owner. He has access to a wealth of experience and information from his many colleagues in the industry. "Others with decision-making influence...

The finance ministry as an overachieving underperformer - Borrowings balloon, but taxes off track

Jamaica Gleaner :: Business (Free subscription) | 11/05/2008

Left: Minister of Finance Audley Shaw. Right: Senator Don Wehby, minister without portfolio in the Ministry of Finance. - File photos The Finance ministry has overshot its borrowing target by more than $20 billion within the first six months of the fiscal year, even as taxes continue to underperform in an economy showing signs of dampened consumerism while the cost of doing business expands.Tax...

Junior stock market steers toward early 2009 roll-out

Jamaica Gleaner :: Business (Free subscription) | 10/31/2008

Marlene Street-Forrest, general manager of the Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE), has been selected by Senator Don Wehby to head a steering committee tasked to implement a junior stock market, the Finance Ministry said Thursday...

Gov't gets $3.6b loan

Jamaica Gleaner :: Business (Free subscription) | 10/25/2008

The Government has inked a US$50 million (J$3.6 billion) loan agreement with the Inter-American Development Bank to modernise the country's road transportation system.The deal was signed by Minister without portfolio in the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, Senator Don Wehby, during a recent visit to Washington.During the visit, Wehby outlined a six-point fiscal and debt-sustainability...