Caribbean Report 14-12-2001
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2001-12-14
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1. Headlines (00:00-00:27)
2. Basdeo Panday and Patrick Manning are still in talks over a government of national unity. Tony Fraser discusses the outcome of the talks with the anchor (00:28-03:08)
3. Curacao prison guards vow to stay away from the job until their demands are met. Neil Nunes reports (03:09-05:12)
4. Jamaicans are set to benefit from a savings of 48-80% off the price of generic drugs for HIV/AIDS. Executive Director of distribution company Lasco Food and Pharmaceutical Company Lester Woolery, discuss the arrangement with the anchor (5:13-08:05)
5. The WTO is to reorganise its administrative secretariat to more effectively target the needs of developing countries. Ken Richards reports (08:06-09:32)
6. Despite border issues, Guyana and Venezuela say relations are improving following talks by Presidents Hugo Chavez and Bharath Jagdeo. Foreign Affairs Minister Rudy Insanally, tell the anchor the talks have been promising (09:33-11:50)
7. Cuba accuses the United States of double standards after a Miami court sentenced a Cuban man to life imprisonment for spying. Emma Joseph reports (11:51-13:10)
8. Former BBC World presenter Lynette Pierson is one of three persons murdered in a robbery in Trinidad and Tobago. BBC television producer Steve Riley says Pierson was a role model (13:11-14:25)
9. Tony Fraser gives a brief update on the national unity talks by Basdeo Panday and Patrick Manning (14:26-15:31)
2. Basdeo Panday and Patrick Manning are still in talks over a government of national unity. Tony Fraser discusses the outcome of the talks with the anchor (00:28-03:08)
3. Curacao prison guards vow to stay away from the job until their demands are met. Neil Nunes reports (03:09-05:12)
4. Jamaicans are set to benefit from a savings of 48-80% off the price of generic drugs for HIV/AIDS. Executive Director of distribution company Lasco Food and Pharmaceutical Company Lester Woolery, discuss the arrangement with the anchor (5:13-08:05)
5. The WTO is to reorganise its administrative secretariat to more effectively target the needs of developing countries. Ken Richards reports (08:06-09:32)
6. Despite border issues, Guyana and Venezuela say relations are improving following talks by Presidents Hugo Chavez and Bharath Jagdeo. Foreign Affairs Minister Rudy Insanally, tell the anchor the talks have been promising (09:33-11:50)
7. Cuba accuses the United States of double standards after a Miami court sentenced a Cuban man to life imprisonment for spying. Emma Joseph reports (11:51-13:10)
8. Former BBC World presenter Lynette Pierson is one of three persons murdered in a robbery in Trinidad and Tobago. BBC television producer Steve Riley says Pierson was a role model (13:11-14:25)
9. Tony Fraser gives a brief update on the national unity talks by Basdeo Panday and Patrick Manning (14:26-15:31)