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Item Caribbean Report 03-01-1997(The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1997-01-03) Rowe, Yvette (anchor); Samaroo, Lloyd (interviewee); Morgan, Dennis (interviewee); Daniel, Mc Clair (interviewee); Pierre, Philip (interviewee); Bennett, Louise (interviewee); Saunders, Ramsey (interviewee); Fraser, Tony (correspondent); Eizenstat, Stuart (interviewee); Ninvalle, Pete (correspondent); Mangal, Henry (interviewee); Irish, George (interviewee); Bennett, Louise; The British Broadcasting CorporationThe first segment discusses the struggle between Republic Bank Limited and CLICO Insurance Company in Trinidad and Tobago giving the Chairman and Executive Director’s views on the financial bid. The following segment discusses the Helms-Burton Act between the US and Cuba in which US President Bill Clinton continues the freeze. The law penalises non-US companies that conduct business in Cuba and the report also examines the implication of the act on Cuba. The next segment reports on the International Campaign Greenpeace stance as the transhipment of nuclear waste is being shipped through the Caribbean. The upcoming general elections in St. Lucia and the important role youths would play in its outcome are also highlighted. The report concludes with the place of Caribbean speech in the English language and the Caribbean English recognition in the US.Item Caribbean Report 21-04-1995(The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1995-04-21) Rowe, Yvette (anchor); Ninvalle, Pete (correspondent); Hinkson, Chester (interviewee); Benjamin, John (interviewee); Richards, Ken (correspondent); Irish, George (interviewee); Carrington, Edwin (interviewee); Ransome, Debbie (correspondent); Thompson, Pat (interviewee); Fraser, Tony (correspondent); Stewart, Taimoon (interviewee); Rohlehr, Gordon (interviewee); Ryan, Selwyn (interviewee); The British Broadcasting CorporationIn Saint Lucia there continues to be concerns over the missing UN funds but there have been no calls for government resignations. The tenth meeting of the Executive Committee of the Caribbean Association of Indigenous Banks (CAIB) opened in St. Lucia. Caribbean students are having a hard time coping in the American education system according to the Caribbean Research Center. Head of the Center, Dr. George Irish comments on some of the problems facing Caribbean students. CARICOM Secretary-General, Dr. Edwin Carrington has called for more private sector involvement in regional decision making. Caribbean Association of Industry and Commerce (CAIC), Chief Executive Pat Thompson states that the onus was on CARICOM governments to invite the private sector to key conferences. A German importer of bananas from Latin America has lodged a complaint with the German Constitutional Court against the EU's import rules. Twenty- five years after the black power movement, Trinidad and Tobago reflects on the quest for black power and what has been achieved in the intervening years. Dr. Gordon Rohlehr and Selwyn Ryan comment on the need for black consciousness.