Caribbean Report 24-05-1990

Abstract

Tim Sainsbury, aBritish government minister, is interviewed by Hugh Crosskill. Secondly, according to the Daily Express newspaper in Britain, “Caribbean tragedy takes grotesque turn” with reports of alleged drug connections in the murder of a wealthy Englishman in St. Maarten. Following the Financial News, Dame Nita Barrow leaves the United Nations to take up the post of Governor-General in Barbados. Dame Nita Barrow comments on the recognition of Caribbean countries at the UN, the Caribbean debt, the role of small states in the UN and the need for solidarity amongst Caribbean countries. The report concludes with the lifting of the ban on former cricket captain, Alvin Kallicharran by the West Indies Cricket Board. Banned for playing cricket in South Africa, Alvin Kallicharran is disappointed with the Board’s approach to allow South Africans to play cricket in the Caribbean.

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Reports commences in the middle of an interview between Hugh Crosskill and Tim Sainsbury, British government minister.

Table of Contents

1. Hugh Crosskill interviews Tim Sainsbury, British Government Minister (00:00-00:51)
2. Possible drug connection in the murder of a wealthy Englishman in St. Maarteen. Eddie Williams interviews Hans Weitenbery, Public Prosecutor (00:52-03:05)
3. Financial News. Neil Buxton, Metals Analyst, comments on gold prices (03:06-04:45)
4. Dame Nita Barrow to take up the post of Governor-General of Barbados on 6th June. Chris Gunness interviews Dame Nita Barrow (04:46-07:44)
5. West Indies Cricket Board lifts the ban on former cricket captain, Alvin Kallicharran. Pat Whitehorne interviews Alvin Kallicharran (07:45-10:30

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