Caribbean Report 16-08-1996

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1. Headlines (00:00-00:21)
2. An Opposition infighting so police there are put on full alert. Minister of Information Senator Wade Mark and People's National Movement Patrick Manning are interviewed (00:22-04:12)
3. The Dominican Republic witnesses the swearing in of its new President. We ask what problems lie ahead. James Hodges reports (04:13-06:16)
4. Caribbean banana producing states are reminding the World Trade Organisation that Europe's banana regime is compatible with (GATS) rules of the WTO. Ambassador Edwin Laurent of St. Lucia and Australian-based Economist Brent Burrough are interviewed. Ken Richards reports (06:17-09:11)
5. Montserrat is given three weeks to decide if it wants to go to the polls. Independent Opposition Member of Parliament David Brandt and Governor Frank Savage are interviewed (09:12-12:19)
6. Black students in Britain are trailing behind those of other ethnic groups in terms of achievements. Professor John Bennion is interviewed and Moya Thomas reports (12:20-14:44)
7. In the United States the Coast Guard has said four persons involved in a plane crash in the sea off the West Coast of Florida today have been rescued (14:46-15-08)

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