THIS DAY IN OUR PAST
The following events took place on January 23 in the years identified:
1956:Caribbean The historic first
meeting of the General Council of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association opens. It is described by the chairman, Mr J.W. Higgerty, chief opposition whip of the Union of South Africa, as a sign of the constitutional progress in this part of the Commonwealth and the interest of the rest of the Commonwealth in it.
Higgerty says this before a distinguished gathering in the Legislative Chamber at Headquarters House as he replies to speeches of welcome by Governor Hugh Foot and the Chief Minister Norman Manley. The meeting, seventh to be held by the general council of the association, is declared open by the governor in a colourful ceremony which is formally correct in the staff pride of the Jamaica Regiment Guard of Honour. 1956:manager Mr Lewis Simpson,
of MetroGoldwyn-Mayer Pictures in Panama arrives by Pan American Clipper on a brief business visit. He is in the island for a few days and will have talks with Russell Graham, managing director of the Tropical Cinema Company. 1989:Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) and People’s National Party (PNP) supporters in St Andrew West Central demonstrates what peace and harmony is all about as they get together in a nomination day rally at Seaward All-Age School.
The candidates, Ferdie Yap, businessmen, for the JLP, and his opponent, A J Nicholson, attorney, for the PNP, both renew their commitment to a peaceful campaign to erase all the bitter memories of the 1980 campaign, during which communities like Waterhouse and Tower Hill were plagued with violence. 1989:corruption One solution to
in the retail trade in gasolene and kerosene lies in increasing the price of kerosene to equal the price of gasolene, Hopeton Nembhard, president of the Jamaica Gasolene Retailers Association, suggests.
Kerosene retails for $4.50 a gallon in rural areas and $4.39 a gallon in Kingston. Gasolene sells for S10.90 a gallon throughout Jamaica. Nembhard says the price increase will serve as a disincentive to unscrupulous persons who use the disparity in the prices of the two products to make profits.