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Caribbean Report 18-09-1997
No full text1. Headlines (00:00-00:26)2. The entire Board of the St. Lucia Banana Growers Association has resigned following a meeting with Prime Minister Kenny Anthony. Pete Ninvalle reports (00:27-02:04)3. The European Parliament hits out at the World Trade Organisation over its banana ruling. European Member of Parliament, Stanley Newens is interviewed (02:05-05:34)4. In Brussels today traditional banana producers issued a statement calling for gurantees to protect banana exports to Europe. They asked for a modification of the EC rules if necessary following the WTO ruling (05:35-06:09)5. There are fears in Jamaica that politically motivated crime is on the increase. Danny Buchanan, Government Member of the Electoral Advisory Committee, JLP representative, Ryan Peralto and National Democratic Movement leader, Bruce Golding are interviewed. Moya Thomas reports (06:10-08:49)6. There are controversial changes to the electoral rules in Guyana. Colin Smith reports (08:50-11:46)7. Immigrants to the United States who are waiting as long as two years to become US citizens will wait even longer if the United States Congress fails to implement a Clinton initiative. E. Smith reports (11:47-13:23)8. Calysonian Arrow of Montserrat describes the fund raising concert in London for Montserrat as a success on three fronts - it raised a lot of money, it was good entertainment and it raised an awareness on how bad the situation is in Montserrat. Arrow is interviewed (13:24-15:24
Caribbean Report 19-08-1996
No full text1. Headlines (00:00-00:34)2. In Haiti unidentified gunman fire on a police station near the presidential palace. Michael Norton reports (00:35-03:51)3. Rumours without foundation is how the Trinidad and Tobago government describes recent talk of instability in the country. Richard Lord reports (03:52-06:20)4. In Jamaica the government is to make a payment to depositors in the collapsed Century National Bank. Finance Minister Omar Davies is interviewed and Jennifer Grant reports (06:21-08:07)5. The plight of Windward Islands banana farmers is to be highlighted at next week's Notting Hill carnival in London. Spokesman for Banana Link Alistair Smith is interviewed (08:08-09:27)6. Four years on could Colin Powell be a presidential contender? Colin Powell, Grenadian Dr Joseph Caesar and Professor Basil Wilson, City University, New York are interviewed. Leslie Goffe reports (09:28-13:22)7. The President of the Guyana Cricket Board Chitram Singh is blaming what he says is the low standard of English Leagues for the poor state of senior grade cricket in Guyana. Colin Smith reports (13:23-14:43)8. Tonight Miss Aruba could become Miss Universe (14:44-15:24
Caribbean Report 29-10-1997
No full text1. Headlines (00:00-00:29)2. Europe signals that the days of the preferential trade and accord could be numbered. Clifford Smith reports (00:30-03:11)3. In the US, priority with NAFTA for CBI countries have been thrown off the American Congressional agenda. This follows failure by the Republican Party to come up with the necessary majority vote to see its passage through Congress. Richard Burnell, Jamaica Ambassador to Washington is interviewed and Roy Osana reports (03:12-05:16)4. A Trinidad born businessman is spared Florida's electric chair and his lawyers plan to push for a retrial. Stephen Sackur reports (05:17-06:46)5. Clive Stafford Smith reports on the judges ruling on the Krishna Maharaj's case. Attorney Clive Stafford Smith is interviewed (06:47-10:40)6. Britain announces a scheme to put Montserratians on the fast track to special housing (10:41-11:49)7. President Sam Hinds announces the date of Guyana's elections. Colin Smith reports (10:50-15:28
Caribbean Report 06-12-1996
No full text1. Headlines (00:00-00:29)2. Growing United States concern over drug transhipment in the region. Caribbean Desk Officer of the State Department Bureau for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs Beverley Amery is interviewed (00:30-03:17)3. A group of US Congressmen to bring the Caribbean banana issue to wider attention. Congresswomen Maxine Waters and Carrie Meeks, Chairman of the St. Lucia Banana Association Rupert Gajadhar and Ira D'Auvergne are interviewed and Pete Ninvalle reports (03:18-06:32)4. In Guyana an exercise involving non-combat American troops close to elections next year seems likely to go ahead despite objections to its timing from the Opposition. Minority Leader Desmond Hoyte is interviewed and Colin Smith reports (06:33-10:55)5. Grenada's Prime Minister warns of the effects of a dropping development assistance. Leader of Grenada National Democratic Congress George Brizan has accused the government of neglecting the banana industry. He, also, is concerned about the spread of the Pink Mealybug. George Brizan, National Democratic Congress is interviewed and Lou Smith reports 10:56-15:27
Caribbean Report 03-05-2001
No full text1. Headlines (00:00-00:29)2. Windward leaders discuss aid for their ailing banana industry. Head of the European Delegation John Kaligro, British High Commissioner to Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean Gordon Baker and Prime Minister Kenny Anthony are interviewed. Pete Ninvalle reports (00:30-03:32)3. United States Navy denies using excessive force against Vieques protestors. Human Rights Lawyer Wilma Reveron is interviewed and Emma Joseph reports (03:33-09:15)4. Is Cuba bitter about being excluded from the Free Trade Area of the Americas? Larry Burns, Council on Hemispheric Affairs is interviewed (09:16-13:13)5. Leader of Guyana's biggest union, the Sugar Workers Union, has been explaining why they boycotted May Day celebrations. The Union's General Secretary Komal Chand is interviewed and Colin Smith reports (13:14-15:49
Caribbean Report 22-06-2001
No full text1.Headlines (00:00-00:33)2. Three Caribbean countries are further challenged to work themselves of the Financial Action Task Force blacklist. Bahamian Finance Minister Sir William Allen, Executive Secretary of the Paris-based Financial Action Task Force Patrick Moulette and Attorney General of St. Kitts and Nevis Delano Bart and Acting Offshore Finance Inspector for St. Vincent and the Grenadines Colin Williams are interviewed. Orin Gordon and Rosie Hayes report (00:34-07:19)3. Another Guyanese community follows a protest action with discussions with their concerns. One of the organisers of the protest Philip Bynoe and President Bharrat Jagdeo are interviewed. Colin Smith reports (07:20-09:47)4. Major staff cuts proposed for the banana companies in the Windward Islands. Pete Ninvalle reports (09:48-11:54)5. Vincentian Leader Dr Ralph Gonsalves is preparing to attend his first annual Caricom Summit as Prime Minister of St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Dr. Ralph Gonsalves is interviewed (11:55-14:42)6. Former army Colonel Carl Dorelien from Haiti is facing the deportation from the United States following his arrest on Thursday (14:43-15:31
Caribbean Report 14-06-2001
No full text1. Headlines (00:00-00:29)2. Bombing exercises are to be stopped on Vieques in two years but why are campaigners not fully satisfied? President George Bush and Senator in the Puerto Rico Independence Party Fernando Martin are interviewed. Ken Richards reports (00:30-05:41)3. Guyana Police Commissioner Laurie Lewis defends his officers against charges of cold blooded executions. Colin Smith reports (05:42-10:16)4. Rulings of a Grenadian judge are under scrutiny. Bar Association President Ruggles Ferguson is interviewed and Lou Smith reports (10:17-12:33)5. In Dominica, there has been a further delay to offshore lost that are intended to help the country get of the blacklist of the Financial Action Task Force. Deputy Leader of the Opposition Julius Timothy and Finance Minister Ambrose George are interviewed. Nicole Georges reports from Roseau. (12:34-14:43)5. Finally black civil rights leaders, politicians and leading figures from the music industry are taking part in a three day Summit in New York. They are celebrating and assessing the impact of hip hop in black America (14:44-15:36
Caribbean Report 19-07-2001
No full text1. Headlines (00:00-00:25)2. Trinidadian Prime Minister Basdeo Panday vows to weed out corruption in his administration. Tony Fraser reports (00:26-03:06)3. Jamaica's Minister of National Security and Justice Kadi Knight says that violent crime will continue to plague the island until the issue of dangerous deportees is addressed. National Secuirty and Justice Kadi Knights is interviewed (03:07-05:14)4. United States defends its policy on so-called tax havens. New York Times Tax Policy reporter David Cay Johnston is interviewed (05:15-08:36)5. Guyana is grappling with economic and political difficulties. Earlier this week the government announced that it intended to put up for sale the flag carrying status and the right for the route operated by bankrupt Guyana Airways. President Bharrat Jagdeo and Attorney-at-Law Raphael Trotman are interviewed. Colin Smith reports (08:37-11:23)6. Caribbean struggles to get its voice or vote heard in many international organisations, not so at the International Whaling Commission (IWC) which holds it annual meeting in London next week. New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clarke and former Dominica Agriculture Minister Arterton Matar are interviewed. Bertrand Niles reports (11:24-13:52)7. As banana prices remain at historically low levels, an industry watchdog agency says the solution may lie in the formation of an international commodity organisation. Co-ordinator of the British-based Banana Link Alistair Smith is interviewed (13:53-15:33
Caribbean Report 08-09-1997
No full text1. Headlines (00:00-00:26)2. Hundreds died in a ferry disaster in Haiti. Journalist Michael Norton reports (00:27-03:34)3. The European Union and the Caribbean banana producers are bracing for changes to the EU banana regime. Terry Wynn, Member of the European Parliament and OECS Ambassador Edwin Laurent are interviewed (03:35-09:53)4. Guyanese voters could go to the polls by December. Colin Smith reports (09:54-11:27)5. Lawyers fighting to save Trinidad born British businessman Krishna Maharaj from the electric chair have accused the State of Florida of framing him for the murder of two businessmen. Lawyer Ben Kuehne is interviewed and Malcolm Brabant reports (11:28-13:16)6. A new report from the WHO suggests that the level of child mortality around the world could be drastically reduced. The report is being discussed at a conference in the Dominican Republic. E. Smith reports (13:17-15:22
Caribbean Report 15-12-1997
No full text1. Headlines (00:00-00:27)2. Guyana held its first free and fair elections for twenty-eight years in 1993 now five years later could this become an established pattern? Lord Amery, Chairman of the British Parliament Human Rights Group, Janet Jagan and Former President Desmond Hoyte are interviewed. Colin Smith reports (00:28-04:36)3. Things did not run smoothly today in Jamaica as police officers and soldiers tried to cast their votes ahead of Thursday's general elections. Michael James, Chairman of Jamaica's Police Federation and Neville Graham, Public Information Officer for the electoral Office of Jamaica are interviewed (04:37-06:26)4. In Britain a preliminary report published today criticises the police handling of the death of black teenager Stephen Lawrence of Jamaica parentage. Assistant Commissioner Ian Johnston is interviewed and Reeta Chakrabarti reports (06:27-07:59)5. Fourteen people are still missing after the sinking of a Haitian boat over the weekend. It was illegally carrying passengers. E. Smith reports (08:00-09:03)6. With polls closing in Guyana within an hour these were the questions being asked - were there any fears of violence in today's voting, the suitability of Janet Jagan to lead if her party wins the elections and the role race played in the elections campaign? Janet Jagan and David DeCaires, Editor of the Stabroek News are interviewed (09:04-15:30
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