Caribbean Report 03-10-1997

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1. Headlines (00:00-00:25)
2. Cuba postpones the trial of an American man,Walter Van der Veer, facing a possible death sentence. Tom Gibb reports (00:26-02:38)
3. Caricom is to receive surveillance aircrafts from the United States. According to Trinidad and Tobago Foreign Minister Ralph Maraj it is one of the tangible results of yesterday's meeting with United States Secretary of State Madeleine Albright. Ralph Maraj is interviewed (02:39-04:28)
4. A group in Bermuda calling itself the Friends of the Montserrat Coalition wants Britain to do more to support Montserratians displaced by the volcano. The group is critical of Britain's overall dependent territories policy. Nelson Bascombe of the Bermuda Progressive Labour Party and Rolfe Commission, Friends of Montserrat Coalition are interviewed and E. Smith reports (04:29-06:02)
5. The British government is again emphasising that it will never abandon the people of Montserrat. The group Friends of Montserrat says that the Bermudian Premier, Pamela Gordon is not doing enough to help the people of Montserrat. Bermudian Premier Pamela Gordon is interviewed (06:03-09:01)
6. Britain's Home Office compensates a Jamaican who was refused entry into the United Kingdom. Christine Stuart reports (09:02-10:42)
7. Why the Jamaican football team is looking overseas for success? Minister of Sport Portia Simpson and Captain Burrell are interviewed. Moya Thomas reports (10:43-14:00)
8. Revolutionist Che Guevara is celebrated (14:00-15:25)

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