THIS DAY IN OUR PAST
The following events took place on May 16 in the years identified:
1957: A team of five local
Church leaders leaves the island by Pan American Clipper for San Juan, Puerto Rico to attend the Caribbean Consultation sponsored by the World Council of Churches and the International Missionary Council. Leaving are Canon R.O.C. King who is representing the Province of the West Indies at the request of the Archbishop of the West Indies; Edgar Williams representing the Jamaica Christian Council; Mungo Carrick, representing the Church Union Commission; J.A. Leo Rhynie, JP, Secretary of the Jamaica Baptist Union; and Gladys Harrison, consultant on church education.
1967: Staff representatives of rural firemen decide at a meeting at the Ministry of Labour to ask the Minister of Labour to set up a tribunal under the Essential Services Law to arbitrate the issue of the hours of work for rural firemen. This decision is taken during negotiations which continue at the Ministry of Labour regarding claims by rural firemen for a reduction of the workweek from 56 hours to 42 hours. The association of Local Government Authorities is represented by George LeWars, secretary.
1984: A proposal where by the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) might provide financial assistance to member countries of the bank to help them to reorganise their critical export sectors is outlined by William Demas, president of the Bank. The proposal is one of a number of ways in which Demas says the board of directors of the CDB is to be requested by the bank’s management to provide support to help the structural adjustment and development of the region’s countries. He says that the Bank is always prepared to place its slender resources at the disposal of the borrowing member countries. Addressing the 14th annual meeting of the board of governors at the Government Conference Centre, Demas’ disclosure echoes Prime Minister of Jamaica Edward Seaga’s earlier call for the Bank to help finance the structural adjustments of the CARICOM economies.