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    Caribbean Report 07-01-1997
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1997-01-07) Gordon, Warren (anchor); Ninvalle, Pete (correspondent); Smith, Colin (interviewee); Holder, Terry (interviewee); Knight, K. D. (interviewee); Hemraj, Satkumar (interviewee); Williams, Monroe (interviewee); The British Broadcasting Corporation
    The report states that bankers in St. Lucia demand a comprehensive three year plan from banana farmers already badly in debt. The next segment reports that a US Virgin Island based firm is being ordered to refund 26 million US dollars worth of advisory fees to Guyana’s Telephone Company. According to the Public Utilities Commission the money was paid to the ATN company, a parent company of GTandT, which is based in the US Virgin Island. Just seven days into the new year Jamaica’s death toll has risen to sixteen. National Security Minister Kadi Knight says that his crime fighting plans have to be given time to work. The following segment says that the price of gold worldwide continues to trade at its lowest level for more than three years and Guyana, the largest producer in the Caribbean, is counting its losses. In the next segment, the Head of the Caribbean Council of Churches believes that a papal visit to Cuba next year would be significant and the Reverend Doctor Monroe Williams discusses the issue. In addition, the World Council of Churches is accusing Nigeria’s military government of widespread repression in the oil rich Burgoni region. In the final segment, after a meeting with Muammar Gaddafi, the Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan said Washington should initiate solution for the alleged sabotage of an airliner by Libyans.
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    Caribbean Report 08-01-1997
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1997-01-08) Orr, Carol (anchor); Hughes, Hubert (interviewee); Smith, Colin (interviewee); Pastor, Robert (interviewee); Henry, Fitzroy (interviewee); Simon, John; The British Broadcasting Corporation
    Britain’s Foreign and Commonwealth Office is defending the controversial reserve powers of the governors of its five dependent territories in the Caribbean. Anguilla’s Chief Minister Hubert Hughes strongly criticises the government in what he says are plans to increase those power. An FCA spokesman also discusses the constitutional aspect of it and gives Britain’s present position. The next segment discusses the introduction of VAT in Barbados and its effects. Industrial unrest in Guyana among public sector workers is highlighted and Colin Smith reports on the issue. Former US President Jimmy Carter heads to several Latin American countries as well as Jamaica to discuss matters of free trade and drug trafficking. Dr Robert Pastor, Programme Director of the Carter Centre, gives his view on the matter. The final segment reports that manufacturers of several brands of powdered milk are breaking internationally agreed rules on how to market their products. Warren Gordon, John Simon of Save the Children and Fitzroy Henry of Caribbean Food and Nutrition Institute in Jamaica deal with the issue of powdered milk being portrayed as an ideal substitute for breast milk.