Caribbean Report 24-07-1996

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1. Headlines (00:00-00:30)
2. Windward Islands concerns about reduced banana prices in the United Kingdom are being brought to the attention of officials in London. Dominca's Opposition Leader Rosie Douglas is interviewed (00:31-03:41)
3. The Gleaner Company in Jamaica will not have to immediately pay the record $80.7 million libel award made against it last week. Former Tourism Minister Anthony Abrahams and Attorney Winston Spalding are interviewed and Jennifer Grant reports (03:42-05:16)
4. The unregulated access to foreign television signals or piracy as some see it could hurt Caribbean prospects of signing trade and other agreements. Today we look at the effect of piracy and future intellectual propert rights agreements. CBU Secretary General Patrick Cozier and Attorney Anthony Astaphan are interiewed (05:17-07:16)
5. Black parents in Britain opting for a Caribbean education for their children. Joan Alleyne, Head Teacher at the Louis Link School and Minister of Education in Barbados Mia Mottley are interviewed. Warren Gordon reports (07:17-09:28)
6. Guyanese Opposition Leader Desmond Hoyte says that he is against the government's decision to withdraw from CDERA, the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Response Agency. Colin Smith reports (09:29-11:03)
7. Jamaican relay runner Garth Robinson is bringing a sense of olympic history to his event. Garth Robinson is interviewed (11:04-12:20)
8. Vincentians mourn a cricketing hero regarded as a trail blazer. Lawyer and Social Commentator Dr Kenneth John (12:21-15:21)

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