THIS DAY IN OUR PAST

The following events took place on October 25 in the years identified:

1979:of The poor condition

Sutton Street, between Duke and East streets, forces the Jamaica Omnibus Services (JOS) Ltd to relocate the termini of routes 27 and 29 as of October 25. A JOS release says the termini are being moved from Sutton Street to East Parade between East Queen Street and Laws Street. The termini will remain in this area until repairs are carried out to Sutton Street. Outward journeys on routes 27 and 29 will proceed via Laws Street and Duke Street back on to the normal route. 1999:appointed Commissioners are

by the Ministry of Finance and Planning to head three of the island’s new tax departments which will begin operations on December 1. The appointments come in the wake of the Government’s restructuring and reorganising of the country’s tax departments, aimed at increasing efficiency and effectiveness in the revenue services. 2001:almost Floyd Morris,

four years after he was named a government senator, is again given another important post in the Patterson administration. Prime Minister P.J. Patterson announces that the blind senator will replace Horace Dalley as the minister of state for labour and social security on November 1. Senator Morris, 32, says the appointment is a victory for both young people and the disabled community.

– The Gleaner Archives