THIS DAY IN OUR PAST

The following events took place on June 10 in the years identified:

1991:is A Jamaican lawyer appointed director of public prosecutions in Grenada. She is Velma Hylton, a former senior deputy director of public prosecutions in Jamaica. Hylton was appointed a Queen’s Counsel in January 1984, becoming the first woman in the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions to be so appointed. That same year, she was seconded to the government service in Grenada, where she figured prominently in the prosecution of the 20 people who were charged with murder and conspiracy to murder Grenadian Prime Minister Maurice Bishop, three Cabinet ministers and four other persons in the coup of October 19, 1983. In Jamaica, Hylton was highly rated as a prosecutor and was praised for her thoroughness and fearlessness. She resigned from the Jamaican government service in February 1991 and subsequently appointed Grenada’s director of public prosecutions, one of the few women in the Caribbean to hold such a post.

1997:Authority’s The Transport drive to detect and enforce the requirement for badges and uniforms among public transport operators is receiving significant compliance in St James, says managing director of the Transport Authority, John McFarlane. However, The Gleaner investigations reveal a paradoxical situation, as the number of operators appearing in the St James Traffic Court to answer to charges for non-compliance is increasing. The Transport Authority head says that the number of operators applying for badges has increased in recent times, and more than 200 taxi operators are issued with badges on a recent visit by the Transport Authority to Montego Bay. The drive is a part of the Transport Authority’s ongoing programme aimed at improving discipline and the delivery of service in the system.

– The Gleaner Archives