Caribbean Report 01-03-1993

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Opponents of former Guyana President - Desmond Hoyte are accusing him of precipitating the collapse of the People’s National Congress (PNC) with his decision to expel his former Deputy - Hamilton Greene from the party. Greene was charged and expelled for attacking Mr. Hoyte in public – correspondent Sharif Khan reports. Three condemned men are challenging the constitutionality of the reclassification of death row inmates; as a result the reclassification process has been suspended. Florizelle O'Connor, coordinator of the Jamaica Council for Human Rights explains the grounds of the legal challenge to correspondent Yvette Row. The authority of the Trinidad and Tobago’s House of Representatives is being challenged in court. British Queen’s Counsel - Jeffery Robinson and MP Ramesh Lawrence Maharaj claims that the Speaker of the House infringed the rights of MP Subash Panday, when the speaker asked him to withdraw an allegation of corruption made against unnamed government ministers - under Section 14 of the Constitution - correspondent Tony Fraser reports. Warren Christopher- US Secretary of State announced that US President Bill Clinton and exiled Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide are scheduled to meet. The US was allotting an additional 5 million dollars to process asylum applications in Haiti. European and US business people interested in investing in Cuba are being invited to attend a conference in Europe. In an interview with correspondent Yvette Rowe, Richard O'Donoghue, Director of Euro Money Conferences in London explains why the conference is being held in Europe. Sahadeo Basdeo, of the UWI International Relations Institute says that the Caribbean wants to see Cuba accelerate its move towards democracy and the introduction of human rights.

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Headlines with anchor Yvette Rowe (00:00-00:30).
1. Opponents of former Guyana President - Desmond Hoyte are accusing him of precipitating the collapse of the People’s National Congress (PNC) with his decision to expel his former Deputy - Hamilton Greene from the party (00:31- 03:10).
2. Three condemned men are challenging the constitutionality of the reclassification of death row inmates; as a result the reclassification process has been suspended (03:11-06:59).
3. The authority of the Trinidad and Tobago’s House of Representatives is being challenged in court (07:00-09:27).
4. Warren Christopher- US Secretary of State announced that US President Bill Clinton and exiled Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide are scheduled to meet (09:28- 09:45).
5. European and US business people interested in investing in Cuba are being invited to attend a conference in Europe (09:46-12:31).
6. Sahadeo Basdeo, of the UWI International Relations Institute says that the Caribbean wants to see Cuba accelerate its move towards democracy and the introduction of human rights (12:32-14:54).

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