1997 January-June CR

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    Caribbean Report 02-05-1997
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1997-05-02) Rowe, Yvette (anchor); Fish, Jim (correspondent); Coke, Robin (interviewee); Morris, Yvette (interviewee); Grant, Bernie (interviewee); Richards, Ken (correspondent); Laurent, Edwin (interviewee); Scantlebury, Andrew (interviewee); Joseph, Emmett (correspondent); Gibb, Tom (correspondent); Robin, David (interviewee); Orr, Carol (correspondent); The British Broadcasting Corporation
    A day after the British general elections and the public is still digesting the implications of the results. Labour has swept into office with the biggest majority that they ever had, while the Conservatives are taking stock of a shattering defeat that left them temporarily leaderless and split over Europe. Britain’s new Foreign Secretary said that along with Europe, improving relations with the Commonwealth would also be a priority. They would be arguing for a better deal with Europe for Caribbean bananas. Immigration and entry into Europe would be one of the issues that the Afro-Caribbean community may take up with the new government. Next, a group of Euro-MPs are about to visit four Caribbean banana producing states to get a better grasp of the importance of EU banana regime to ACP countries and EU suppliers. Next, Cuba’s President has predicted a lower than expected Cuban sugar harvest this year due to the effects of hurricane Lili and the tightening of the US embargo. Next, divers are still searching for the bodies off the coast of St Vincent. A Trinidad airplane carrying cricket fans crashed into the sea. Finally, the European Court of Human Rights ruled that the British government would be guilty of inhumane treatment if it deported a dying man to his birth place in St Kitts. The man a convicted drug courier who was ordered by the Immigration Authorities to be returned home has only weeks to live after being diagnoses with aids.
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    Caribbean Report 19-03-1997
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1997-03-19) Rowe, Yvette (anchor); Smith, Clifford (correspondent); Richards, Ken (correspondent); Lura, Edwin (interviewee); Myers, Gordon (interviewee); Eustace, Arnhim (interviewee); Rushe, George (correspondent); The British Broadcasting Corporation
    In this report, the European Commission is angry and disappointed at the United States over its part in the ACP banana case which is presently before the World Trade Organisation in Geneva. In the following, the major players in the Caribbean region banana industry are concerned about the effects of a final World Trade Organisation ruling on the banana regime. Next, in the face of the general agreement on tariffs and trade, it was known that the case of the African Caribbean Pacific banana producers was always going to be tough. In this segment, in view of the World Trade Organisation report, WIBDECO chairman discusses the strategies the Windward Islands Banana Development and Exporting Company had put in place ahead of the ruling. Next, Trinidad and Tobago third President will be sworn in today. In this segment, Bermuda’s Premier has indicated his intentions to step down. The report concludes with stories of Caribbean interest reported in the British press.
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    Caribbean Report 25-02-1997
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1997-02-25) Gordon, Warren (anchor); Deterville, Albert (interviewee); Gibb, Tom (correspondent); Laurent, Edwin (interviewee); Niles, Bertram (anchor); Lasse, Vincent (interviewee); Williams, Patricia (interviewee); Ninvalle, Pete (correspondent); The British Broadcasting Corporation
    A human rights organisation, Aldet Complaints Bureau in St. Lucia wants the government to intervene to assist aids stranded Haitians to return home. The group has spent the last week in St Lucia. Next, Leonel Fernandez, President of the Dominican Republic has temporarily suspended the deportation of Haitian immigrants. The moved is in response to the Haitian government efforts to stop illegal immigration across their shared border. Next, opposition groups in Cuba say a dozen of their members were detained over the weekend to prevent protest during yesterday’s anniversary of the shooting down of two civilian planes. This led to a marked deterioration in US, Cuban relations. In the following, the OECS Ambassador to the EU, Mr Edwin Laurent, thinks the European Parliament has the interest of the ACP banana producers at heart despite reports of a proposal to cut ACP share of the EU banana market. Next, the Barbadian Prime Minister, Owen Arthur, says that the Caribbean has to undertake a delicate balancing act to negotiations with Europe and the Americas over trade relations. Next, in Trinidad the member of parliament for Point Fortin, although the centre of a political row, remains defiant today that he would not vacate his seat in the national assembly despite calls from his former party, the opposition People’s National Movement for him to be ejected from parliament. In the last segment, right wing British newspapers are attacking an Afro-American professor selected to present a serious of lectures under a prestigious annual programme. The professor, however, defends her position.