THIS DAY IN OUR PAST

The following events took place on September 5 in the years identified: 1978:Mr

Owen Jefferson, former director of the projects and Review Division of the Ministry of Finance, is the new deputy governor of the Bank or Jamaica. His appointment to the No. 2 post at the Central Bank dates from September 1, 1978 and is for a five-year period. He succeeds Mr Gladstone Bonnick, who has gone to an overseas post. 1999:Patrick The dominance of

Smith, Arlington Reid and Andrew Myers is again on display at the National Stadium’s velodrome as they highlight the fourth track meet on the Jamaica Cycling Federation’s (JCF) racing calendar. Those performances are recorded in the absence of the competitive Good Vibes team, which continued their boycott of the meets in support of teammate Peter Aldridge, who was summoned to appear before the JCF. That scenario started during the second meet on August 15, 1999, when three Good Vibes cyclists – Clifton Cargill, Carlton Simmonds and Peter Aldridge – were disqualified from the Category One Devils race after they had occupied the first three places. The judges ruled that the riders used unfair tactics and awarded the race to Arlington Reid, who had crossed the post in fourth place in that event. Further, Aldridge was disqualified from the day’s other Category One race. Aldridge, according to the JCF President Ken Cole, defied that ruling, took the track and refused to leave the starting line. Aldridge was then summoned to a hearing at the Sports Development Foundation. 2001:crush An overwhelming

from people seeking employment overseas at the Ministry of Labour’s Regional Office in Sam Sharpe Square, Montego Bay, forces a relocation of the exercise to Jarrett Park. The distribution of application forms for the hospitality (H2B) programme for the year 2002 begins at 9 a.m. at the park. Hundreds of persons gathered in Sam Sharpe Square from as early as 8 a.m. for a chance to fill one of the 1,600 vacancies under the H2B programme. The ministry has to suspend the distribution process in Montego Bay when the crowd became uncontrollable.