| Title: | Caribbean Report 16-09-1992 |
| Author: | Ransome, Debbie (anchor); Allen, Gary (correspondent); Crosskill, Hugh (correspondent); Baptiste, Sandra (correspondent); Bourne, Compton (speaker); Rowe, Yvette (correspondent); Borden, Jenny (speaker); Jackson, Glenda (speaker); Khan, Sharief (correspondent); Manley, Michael (interviewee) |
| Description: |
1. Headlines (00:00-00:29)
2. Wage negotiations between the Jamaican Government and the Police Federation resume after an all-night vigil by police officers brought things to a head. Gary Allen reports. (00:30-03:40)
3. The World Bank criticizes CARICOM over its failure to reduce the maximum rate of the Common External Tariff In its annual report. Correspondents Hugh Crosskill and Sandra Baptiste report with comments by Professor Compton Bourne. (03:41-07-:35)
4. British based charity Christian Aid launches a campaign to highlight how current trade practices are compounding the problems of poorer nations. Yvette Rowe reports with comments by Jenny Borden, Deputy Director of Christian Aid and Labour Member of Parliament, Glenda Jackson. (07:36-10:45)
5. Sharief Khan outlines the key promises made by Dr. Cheddi Jagan’s People’s Progressive Party in its manifesto as Guyana’s elections nears. (10:46-12:49)
6. Haiti’s authorities are hoping that the Organization of American States Mission (OAS) which arrived in Port au Prince will go back to Washington recommending a revision of the OAS embargo. Meanwhile Caribbean Rights writes to Haiti’s army commander Raoul Cédras expressing outrage over the murder of a political activist. (12:50-13:21)
7. Former Jamaican Prime Minister Michael Manley talks about the prospects for the next OAS Mission to Haiti after being invited to lead the mission. (13:22-14:18)
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| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2139/43463 |
| Date: | 1992-09-16 |
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