Caribbean Report 05-10-2001

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1. Headlines (00:00-0:28)
2. Talk of violence centres around the political showdown in Trinidad. Former Government Minister Ralph Maraj, Attorney General Kamla Persad-Bissessar and Nationals of Trinidad and Tobago are interviewed (00:29-06:06)
3. In Jamaica, the People's National Party and Jamaica Labour Party agree on a strategy to tackle the recent upsurge in violence. Conrad Hamilton is interviewed (06:07-07:56)
4. Guyana's President Bharrat Jagdeo is warning that a long term effect of the United States disaster on the Caribbean could be very severe. President Bharrat Jagdeo is interviewed and Colin Smith reports (07:57-10:08)
5. In Barbados, Barclays Bank says yesterday's unofficial strike action over pay by some over four hundred employees has not affected plans for its merger with the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce. Regional Director of Barclays Bank Charles Middleton is interviewed (10:09-12:14)
6. Lester Bird of Antigua condemns an apparent arson attack on a hotel development. Prime Minister Lester Bird is interviewed and Ken Richards reports (12:15-13:27)
7. Tomorrow marks the 25th anniversary of the worst terrorist attack in the Caribbean. Seventy-three people were killed when a Cuban jetliner was bombed just off the coast of Barbados. Emma Joseph reports (13:28-15:21)

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