Caribbean Report 04-12-1996
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1996-12-04
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The British Broadcasting Corporation
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1. Headlines (00:00-00:32)
2. Senior United States and Cuban officials meet in Havana to discuss immigration. The EU vote on Monday urging Cuba to improve its policies on human rights and political freedoms looks as though it got President Clinton off the hook over controversial Helms-Burton legislation. Leslie Goffe reports (00:33-04:16)
3. A Greenpeace ship heads for the region to warn of the danger of nuclear shipments (04:17-05:18)
4. The son of a former deputy Prime Minister of St Kitts and Nevis was yesterday acquitted of drug trafficking charges in a murder and cocaine scandal which had rocked the twin island state. Police Commmissioner Brian Reynolds is interviewed (05:19-09:21)
5. The London-based grouping Penal Reform International is to open a regional office for Latin America and the Caribbean in Puerto Rico in two days time. Vice President of Penal Reform International Wendy Singh is interviewed (09:22-12:00)
6. London's top television newsman Trevor McDonald is deep in supporting a banks public relations plight in Port of Spain. Television Newsman Trevor Mc Donald is interviewed and Tony Fraser reports (12:01-14:02)
7. Jamaica's Prime Minister P.J. Patterson has refuted allegations over connections between an elected official and the drug trade. Prime Minister P J Patterson is interviewed (14:03-15:28)
2. Senior United States and Cuban officials meet in Havana to discuss immigration. The EU vote on Monday urging Cuba to improve its policies on human rights and political freedoms looks as though it got President Clinton off the hook over controversial Helms-Burton legislation. Leslie Goffe reports (00:33-04:16)
3. A Greenpeace ship heads for the region to warn of the danger of nuclear shipments (04:17-05:18)
4. The son of a former deputy Prime Minister of St Kitts and Nevis was yesterday acquitted of drug trafficking charges in a murder and cocaine scandal which had rocked the twin island state. Police Commmissioner Brian Reynolds is interviewed (05:19-09:21)
5. The London-based grouping Penal Reform International is to open a regional office for Latin America and the Caribbean in Puerto Rico in two days time. Vice President of Penal Reform International Wendy Singh is interviewed (09:22-12:00)
6. London's top television newsman Trevor McDonald is deep in supporting a banks public relations plight in Port of Spain. Television Newsman Trevor Mc Donald is interviewed and Tony Fraser reports (12:01-14:02)
7. Jamaica's Prime Minister P.J. Patterson has refuted allegations over connections between an elected official and the drug trade. Prime Minister P J Patterson is interviewed (14:03-15:28)