THIS DAY IN OUR PAST

The following events took place on May 12 in the years identified:

1991:

Audley Wright of Kingston Wheelers Club won the Kentucky Fried Chicken 25-mile Time Trial cycle race from Ferry to Flat Bridge and back. Wright was winning his first major race of the season, and he completed the distance in a time of 59 minutes and 28 seconds, which also enabled him to take top honours in the “A” Class category. 1994:

Governor General Sir Howard Cooke left Jamaica for a brief visit to Boston, Massachusetts, USA. He was accompanied by his Aide-deCamp, Andre Sterling. Dr Osmond Tomlinson, Custos Rotulorum of the parish of St Ann was sworn in to act during Sir Howard’s absence. 1995:

The European Investment Bank (EIB) agreed to provide another US$25 million at concessionary rates to Jamaica. Finance Minister, Omar Davies and the EIB’s ACP director, Jean-Louis Biancarelli, signed the agreement at the Ministry of Finance office at Heroes Circle in Kingston. 1997:

As a Governmentsupported training workshop for Caribbean labour inspectors got underway, President of the National Workers Union (NWU), Clive Dobson said that the Ministry of Labour is not effectively monitoring safety standards at the workplace. The week-long workshop opened at the Altamont Court Hotel in New Kingston and was organised by the Caribbean Office of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) along with the Ministry of Labour, Social Security and Sport. Dobson said the infrastructure in the Ministry to monitor occupational health and safety standards in local work sites was ‘almost defunct”.