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Item Caribbean Report 16-01-1997(The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1997-01-16) Richards, Ken (anchor); Fraser, Tony (interviewee); Mason, Barnaby (correspondent); Lee, Brascoe (interviewee); Grant, Jennifer (correspondent); Smith, Lou (correspondent); Clarke, Peter (interviewee); Singh, Wendy (interviewee); The British Broadcasting CorporationHundreds of demonstrators have literally cut off a section of Trinidad and Tobago's main land oil belt in protest of unemployment and poor living conditions in the area. The following segment states that after complaints from the Italian and Spanish producers, the British government is calling on the European Commission to modify the quotas on rice import from the Caribbean. British officials say that the measures are affecting the Rice Processing Industry in Montserrat and the Turks and Caicos Islands. Next, Jamaicans will now have a third option, the National Democratic Movement, when they vote in the next general elections. Next, former US President Jimmy Carter is to visit former Jamaican Prime Minister Michael Manley in January. In the next segment, the Grenada government says that it wants to diversify the country’s economic base. Casino gambling seems to be one of its options and church leaders are opposing this move. The freeing of Colville McBarnet and Phyllis Coard on medical and humanitarian grounds is dealt with in this segment. The final segment states that a New York City Police Department memo, which directs police to compile a special list of Caribbean people they arrest, is causing a political storm.Item Caribbean Report 27-02-1995(The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1995-02-27) Orr, Carol (anchor); Rowe, Yvette (correspondent); Collymore, Yvette (correspondent); Percival, Bernard (interviewee); Lee, Brascoe (interviewee); Hayes, Rosie (correspondent); Cardin, Pierre (interviewee); The British Broadcasting CorporationThe government of the United States of America has found itself in the unusual position of being the defendant in a drug case. The US government is being sued by six passengers and crew members of a Belize Air International flight after they were unwittingly involved in a botched 1991 US drug sting operation. The Administration of President Bill Clinton is defending the continued role of US troops and dollars in Haiti. The Antigua Minister of Tourism, Bernard Percival comments on the attack on tourists and the impact of this negativity on Antigua's tourism. In Jamaica, the leadership challenge in the Opposition Jamaican Labour Party (JLP) continues to brew. Mr. Brasco Lee, a JLP Member of Parliament, voiced his concerns over the leadership of Edward Seaga. The UN International Seabed Authority meets in Jamaica to select a Secretary-General for the organization. Pierre Cardin, a French fashion designer, has plans to take French cuisine to the Cuban capital. Monsieur Cardin got approval to open his exclusive "Maxim's" restaurant in Havana.