THIS DAY IN OUR PAST
The following events took place on August 1 in the years identified:
1984:A claim made by Air Jamaica pilots that they are paid less than $40,000 a year has been described as “grossly misleading” by the airline, which has issued figures to show that the salaries, with one exception, are all in excess of that figure. Pilots on the B-727 and A-300 planes of the airline get between $40,000 and $ 124,000, the top figure being $124,500 for captains in the A-300 fleet. Captains in the B727 fleet get between $99,000 and $104,000 the airline figures show. This information is contained in a statement issued by Noel Hylton, president of Air Jamaica, in connection with the present dispute between the airline and its pilots.
1988:servants, Four hundred civil the second batch for the year, are presented with Jamaica Civil Service LongService Medals for giving between 30 and 43 years of continuous service to the country. Heading the list of recipients is Victor White, who has been working at the Surveys Department for 43 years. Among others receiving medals are Glen Andrade, director of public prosecutions; Gordon Wells, former permanent secretary in the Ministry of the Public Service; Anthony Irons, director of industrial relations Ministry of Labour; and Gloria Priestly, permanent secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Industry. The medals are presented at King’s House by Governor General, Florizel Glasspole, Prime Minister Edward Seaga, and custodes of the different parishes.
1990:stoves, A gift of 1,000 valued at TT $100,000 (approximately J$166,000), is being made to the people of Trinidad by Jamaican manufacturer with Trinidadian ties. Ray Hadeed, president of the ServWel Group of Companies, announces that his company decides to send a shipment of oneburner kerosene stoves to Trinidad as a gesture of goodwill from his company to the government and people of Trinidad. The decision is prompted by the good news of the virtual end of the crisis in Trinidad, with the release of all the hostages. Arrangements are being made to send the stoves to Port-of-Spain at the earliest opportunity.