Caribbean Report 01-08-1997

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1. Headlines (00:00-00:33)
2. A sharp reaction from Caribbean ambassadors to a new bill to discourage contact with Cuba. Mike McCurry, Grenada's Ambassador and Bahamian Ambassador, Denis Antoine are interviewed. Roy Osana reports (00:34-05:59)
3. Taiwan's dollar diplomacy and the Caribbean continues. Debbie Ransome reports (05:60-08:23)
4. It is quieter today as the Soufriere Hills volcano is emitting less ash than the day before. All the tickets for a fund raising concert for Montserrat was snapped up within ninety minutes of going on sale in Britain today. Dr Howard Fergus, Acting Governor of the Montserrat Volcano Observatory is interviewed (08:24-09:29)
5. Jamaica celebrates Emancipation Day. Governor General Sir Howard Cook and Elaine Melville, Executive Director of the Emancipation Secretariat are interviewed. Yvette Rowe reports (9:30-11:49)
6. A ceremony was held in Devon, South West England today to commemorate the deaths of all the people on board a ship which went down nearly two hundred years ago. Member of Parliament, Bernie Grant and Dr Mark Horton, Bristol University are interviewed. Stephen Cape reports (11:50-15:29)

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