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    Caribbean Report 09-01-1997
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1997-01-09) Gordon, Warren (anchor); Jenkins, Gareth (interviewee); Edoo, Claire (correspondent); Grant, Jennifer (correspondent); Kofi, Tetteh (interviewee); Bascombe, Peter (interviewee); Bullimore, Tony (interviewee); Bullimore, Lillian (interviewee); The British Broadcasting Corporation
    This segment reports that in the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince today one man was injured during a demonstration against the privatization of state companies. The demonstration came as supporters of former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide moved closer to the formation of a political party in preparation of a possible return of Mr. Aristide. Segment three states that the Director General of the St. Lucian based Organisation of the Eastern Caribbean States has suggested that the subregional leaders should hand the mandate for political unity to his Secretariat. Head of the OECS Secretariat, Swinburne Lestrade says that this move is imperative if the Eastern Caribbean is to successfully face the challenges of globalisation. This segment gives the events surrounding the collapse of Jamaica Century National financial entities continues to unfold, their former Chief Executive has paid back almost a US quarter million. The event and its repercussions are outlined. Segment 5 deals with elections in Britain and black voter apartheid which is described in the Murray’s polls, the New Nation polls and a report by Tory MP, Petra Bascombe. The final segment states that world yachtsman Tony Bullimore is stranded for four days in the Southern Ocean. The Bullimore’s experience is described.
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    Caribbean Report 25-04-1997
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1997-04-24) Orr, Carol (anchor); Pastor, Robert (interviewee); Kofi, Tetteh (interviewee); Gordon, Warren (correspondent); Stewart, David (interviewee); Fraser, Tony (correspondent); The British Broadcasting Corporation
    It is hoped that a conference gathering leaders from thirty four Latin American and Caribbean countries, in Atlanta, Georgia convened by the Carter Centre will breathe life into plans to establish a Free Trade Area of the Americas. Next, anti-racist groups in Britain demonstrated outside some broadcasting organisations today over an election broadcast by the far right British National Party. The broadcast was transmitted earlier today by the BBC television along with other stations. Also, in Britain the spokesman on overseas aid for the opposition Liberal Democrat Party is calling on the other major parties to adopt a more realistic approach. His comments follow criticism of the three major parties by several aid agencies. Two British-based aid agencies, the World Development Movement and the Christian Aid criticised all the parties for giving only a vague commitment to increasing the aid share to 0.7% of GDP. Finally, the government in Port of Spain agreed with recommendation made by a Commission of Inquiry headed by a High Court Judge to terminate multimillion dollar contracts to build a new airport. The Commission found that there was a conflict of interest in the award of the contract.