Caribbean Report 07-04-1994
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1994-04-07
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1. Headlines with Debbie Ransome (00:00-00:29)
2. The twenty year-old son of Jamaican Ambassador to Washington Richard Bernal and a sixteen year-old boy have been formerly charged drug possession and attempting to export marijuana. The youngsters were accompanied to court by Ambassador Bernal and his wife, Gary Allen reports (00:30-01:29)
3. Brian Meeks, Jamaican political and social scientist dismisses whether the arrest of Ambassador Bernal’s son will affect his career (01:30-04:08)
4. The recent agreement between four Latin American countries and the European Union over export quotas of bananas, has been imposed restrictions on six banana producing countries: the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico and Panama. These countries have said the new EU offer still violates the agreement on tariffs and trade. However, this agreement has been received with cautious optimism by countries in the Eastern Caribbean, Carol Orr reports (04:09-05:53)
5. Exiled President Jean-Bertrand Aristide has cancelled a refugee agreement signed in 1981 between Washington and Haiti. In a letter to President Clinton, Aristide said the US policy of repatriating boat people from Haiti since 1992 violated the accord. Termination of the agreement becomes effective in October this year. Michael Norton reports (05:54-08:23)
6. Organizers and bookmakers of the Grand National are leaving no stone unturned to ensure that the world’s most famous staple chase runs smoothly this time around. All the technical measures have been put in place but one of the biggest bookmakers of the event, William Hill, has brought in a witch doctor. Debbie Ransome interviews Graham Sharpe, William Hill’s media personal (08:24-12:52)
7. The performance of England’s team is under scrutiny with the 4th test in Barbados as the West Indies team is 3rd up in the series. The West Indies have not lost a test in Bridgetown in 60 years. Jonathan Agnew reports and Gary Sobers analyzes the English team’s performance (12:53-14:27)
8. Wrap up (14:28-14:33)
2. The twenty year-old son of Jamaican Ambassador to Washington Richard Bernal and a sixteen year-old boy have been formerly charged drug possession and attempting to export marijuana. The youngsters were accompanied to court by Ambassador Bernal and his wife, Gary Allen reports (00:30-01:29)
3. Brian Meeks, Jamaican political and social scientist dismisses whether the arrest of Ambassador Bernal’s son will affect his career (01:30-04:08)
4. The recent agreement between four Latin American countries and the European Union over export quotas of bananas, has been imposed restrictions on six banana producing countries: the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico and Panama. These countries have said the new EU offer still violates the agreement on tariffs and trade. However, this agreement has been received with cautious optimism by countries in the Eastern Caribbean, Carol Orr reports (04:09-05:53)
5. Exiled President Jean-Bertrand Aristide has cancelled a refugee agreement signed in 1981 between Washington and Haiti. In a letter to President Clinton, Aristide said the US policy of repatriating boat people from Haiti since 1992 violated the accord. Termination of the agreement becomes effective in October this year. Michael Norton reports (05:54-08:23)
6. Organizers and bookmakers of the Grand National are leaving no stone unturned to ensure that the world’s most famous staple chase runs smoothly this time around. All the technical measures have been put in place but one of the biggest bookmakers of the event, William Hill, has brought in a witch doctor. Debbie Ransome interviews Graham Sharpe, William Hill’s media personal (08:24-12:52)
7. The performance of England’s team is under scrutiny with the 4th test in Barbados as the West Indies team is 3rd up in the series. The West Indies have not lost a test in Bridgetown in 60 years. Jonathan Agnew reports and Gary Sobers analyzes the English team’s performance (12:53-14:27)
8. Wrap up (14:28-14:33)