THIS DAY IN OUR PAST
The following events took place on September 20 in the years identified:
1959:the Premier and leader of
People’s National Party (PNP) Norman Manley rides through the west of the city of Kingston for more than an hour at the head of marching columns of triumphant party supporters celebrating the ‘coming of age’ of the PNP, which marks the 21st anniversary of the party. Preceded by a bicycle brigade, the PNP Leader rides in an open car with Mrs Manley beside him. Other representatives are Vernon Arnett, Minister of Finance and General Secretary of the Party; Mrs Iris King, Mayor of Kingston; and Edith Dalton-James. 1990:Jimmy Former US President,
Carter is expected to meet Prime Minister Michael Manley and Opposition Leader Edward Seaga when he stops over in Kingston en route to Haiti. Details of the visit, which is likely to last for about five hours, have not yet been released. However, a US Embassy official confirms that Carter will be here. “He would like to meet Manley and Seaga,” says the embassy spokesman. Carter, who holds the distinction of being the first American from the deep south to be elected president in 128 years when he took office in 1977, now heads a delegation sponsored by the Washington- based National Democratic Institute for international Affairs. Monitoring elections to ensure that they are free and fair, is a priority of this institute. This is Carter’s third visit to Haiti and is part of preparations for elections in November.
1993:Roderick Rainford, the man who resigned as head of the island’s Central Bank, is going to Washington, DC, to take up an advisory post in the Office of the Executive Director at the International Monetary Fund (IMF). He is expected to take up the job on October 1, 1993. This will put him in a position to deal with “intimate” issues concerning the IMF and the Caribbean. Ramford’s appointment is announced by Omar Davies, minister without portfolio in the Ministry of Finance, at a press conference at his ministry. The IMF is made up of about 180 members, and representatives from 20 of those countries sit on the Board of Directors. These representatives are appointed by groups of countries which are members of the Fund.