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    Caribbean Report 15-09-1995
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1995-09-15) Orr, Carol (anchor); Carle, Lee (correspondent); Barnhill, Bobbie (correspondent); James, Edison (interviewee); Seon, Dennis (correspondent); Norton, Michael (correspondent); Black, Richard (correspondent); Wigram, Sophie (correspondent); Chanderpaul, Indra (interviewee); Fraser, Tony (correspondent); The British Broadcasting Corporation
    This report highlights the situation in both the US and British Virgin Islands as they prepare to bear the brunt of hurricane Marilyn. Officials in Dominica report on additional damage to the country's housing stock and Prime Minister Edison James assesses the effects of hurricane Marilyn. Martinique, St. Martin and Antigua report on the passage of hurricane Marilyn. In Haiti, the US Embassy has urged massive participation in the second round of legislative elections. However, several opposition parties plan to boycott as they claim there is alleged fraud in the first round. A team of forensic scientists will begin the task of exhuming the bodies from mass graves in Haiti to determine exactly who is buried there and how the people were killed. At the close of the UN World Conference on Women held in Beijing, there were pledges to push for change but it was accepted that implementation would be difficult. The issue of poverty was a focal point at the conference and calls for an international commitment to resources dedicated to women's issues were made. In Trinidad and Tobago, the Public Service Association (PSA) claimed victory in its attempt to have workers stay off the job. The protest is against government's refusal to increase its offer to improve upon the terms of the back-pay settlement to the public servants.
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    Caribbean Report 19-09-1995
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1995-09-19) Richards, Ken (anchor); Barnhill, Bobbie (correspondent); Rush, George (correspondent); Mitchell, James (interviewee); James, Edison (interviewee); Clinton, Bill (interviewee); Norton, Michael (correspondent); Black, Richard (correspondent); Taylor, Ian (interviewee); The British Broadcasting Corporation
    In this report the authorities in the US Virgin Islands clamp down on looters in the wake of hurricane Marilyn. Meanwhile, Bermuda felt just a slap in the face from hurricane Marilyn as she now heads out into the Atlantic. The Windward Islands Prime Ministers are protesting strongly against plans by Geest which could prove harmful to the islands' banana industry. Prime Minister James Mitchell has written to the British government to express these concerns and the importance of not being put in any disadvantageous position. Haiti marks the first anniversary of the return to power of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide. However, a coalition of groups instigate a protest against the privatization program outside the Presidential Palace. In Havana, Britain's Minister of Science and Technology, Ian Taylor has criticized the US sanctions against Cuba, as Britain seeks to expand its business interests in Cuba. In cricket, West Indies pace-man Ian Bishop has been ruled out of returning to play for Derbyshire next season.
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    Caribbean Report 26-09-1995
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1995-09-26) Richards, Ken (anchor); Marshall, Hugh (interviewee); Knight, K. D. (interviewee); Daly, Dennis (interviewee); Cuffy, Victor (interviewee); Ransome, Debbie (correspondent); Caroit, Jean Michel (correspondent); Black, Richard (correspondent); Boucard, Francoise (interviewee); The British Broadcasting Corporation
    In this report Antigua and Barbuda's former Trade Minister Hugh Marshall prepares to launch a new political party. Mr. Marshall comments on why he has decided to form a new party. In Jamaica, the cash starved human rights council needs funding to keep the Council fully operational. The Jamaican Council for Human Rights (JCHR) Chairman, Dennis Daly, comments on where the Council will seek funding and the impact this would have on Jamaica's human rights situation. Victor Cuffy, Executive Secretary of Caribbean Rights states his organization will also be seeking funding for its Jamaican affiliate. A report on the workings of Europe's banana regime is to be presented to the European Commission. There is also the issue of how to share licenses after the damage by hurrianes to the Caribbean banana crops. In Haiti, the former Police Chief Michel Francois has been convicted in his absence for the murder of a businessman and supporter of President Aristide. A team of scientists is in Haiti to exhume the bodies of people killed in demonstrations following the 1991 coup. President of the Truth and Justice Commission, Francoise Boucard explains the scale of Haiti's human rights tragedy. The former Appeal Court Judge Telford Georges is to head a three-member commission of inquiry into the postponement of a referendum on independence in Bermuda.
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    Caribbean Report 29-09-1995
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1995-09-29) Orr, Carol (anchor); Fraser, Tony (correspondent); Mottley, Wendell (interviewee); Arthur, Owen (interviewee); Richards, Ken (correspondent); Scott, Jerry (interviewee); Gonsalves, Ralph (interviewee); Beache, Vincent (interviewee); Caroit, Jean Michel (correspondent); Black, Richard (correspondent); Crosskill, Hugh (correspondent); The British Broadcasting Corporation
    In this report Trinidad and Tobago Finance Minister Wendell Mottley is not very optimistic that the NAFTA Parity bill will receive urgent US attention. In St. Vincent, Jerry Scott, Minister of Communication and Works argues that there is no need for integrity legislation. However, Deputy Opposition Leader Dr. Ralph Gonsalves states he is surprised by Mr. Scott's comments as Prime Minister Mitchell is in favour of integrity legislation. On the issue of freedom of the press, Mr. Scott also comments that there is no need for reform while the Opposition Leader Vincent Beache states that absolute freedom is not an entirely true description of St. Vincent's electronic media. In Antigua, the economy is feeling the strain from the passage of hurricane Luis. The government announced a shortfall in revenue amidst fears that some civil servants may be laid off. The Dominican Republic holds its primaries to elect a successor to President Joaquin Balaguer. The two main ruling party candidates are Jacinto Peynado and Carlos Morales Troncoso. In the US, a recent opinion poll has found former Joint Chiefs of Staff, Colin Powell would comfortably beat President Clinton in a two-way contest. In Caribbean cricket a number of calls have been made on the West Indies Cricket Board to make clear the reasons behind the omissions of Carl Hooper and Kenneth Benjamin from the squad. Hugh Crosskill examines the background to the story and suggests the way things might turn out.