Caribbean Report 09-07-2001

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1. Headlines (00:00-00:22)
2. Violent disturbances in Jamaica's capital reported to be spreading. Also there has been conflicting reports of the death toll. Leader of the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica Peter Moses and Freelance Journalist Fitzroy Pendergrass are interviewed. Patrick Scudder reports (00:23-03:06)
3. Government security forces in Jamaica are facing a major challenge to law and order. Executive Producer of Current Affairs Programme on Jamaica Hot 102 FM Cliff Hughes is interviewed (03:07-06:40)
4. Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago scores high marks in the United Nations in the battle against sex discrimination. Co-ordinator of the Commonwealth Women Support Network, Trinidadian Hazel Brown is interviewed (06:41-09:47)
5. AIDS is hitting hard in the Caribbean community in New York. Associate Executive Producer Dr Marco Mason is interviewed (09:48-12:10)
6. It has been a rare good week on the field of play for West Indies Cricket. The West Indies won the triangular tournament in Zimbabwe beating India. Also, there is some uncertainty over the future of the Chief Executive Prducer of the West Indies Cricket Board Gregory Shillingford. Chief Executive Officer Gregory Shillingford is interviewed and Barry Wilkinson reports (12:11-15:20)

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