Caribbean Report 20-10-1992
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1992-10-20
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The British Broadcasting Corporation
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1. Headlines (00:00-00:30)
2. George Price, Prime Minister of Belize wants the Common External Tariff to remain as it is for the time being (00:31-03:25)
3. Correspondent Gary Allen covers the debate on the West Indian Commission’s report taking place in the Jamaican parliament, designed to prepare the region for the year 2000 and beyond (03:26-06:43)
4. Jamaica mourns the passing of athlete Dr. Arthur Wint who died at the age of 72. A 1974 recorded interview of Dr. Wint and BBC’s John Tidmarsh is played (06:44-08:50)
5. Victor Cuffy, Executive Secretary of Caribbean Rights, writes CARICOM Chairman Patrick Manning asking that CARICOM leaders discuss the possible shipment of Plutonium through Caribbean waters at its next meeting in Port of Spain. (08:51-11:15)
6. George Price, Prime Minister of Belize, is currently in London lobbying for continued preferential access for Caribbean bananas in Europe (11:16-13:56)
7. Latin American banana exporting countries sign a declaration again urging the European Community not to implement the quota limiting dollar banana exports (13:57-14:20)
8. Former West Indies captain Alvin Kallicharan is banned from driving for a year by the British courts after failing to provide a breath specimen for speeding (14:21-14:49)
2. George Price, Prime Minister of Belize wants the Common External Tariff to remain as it is for the time being (00:31-03:25)
3. Correspondent Gary Allen covers the debate on the West Indian Commission’s report taking place in the Jamaican parliament, designed to prepare the region for the year 2000 and beyond (03:26-06:43)
4. Jamaica mourns the passing of athlete Dr. Arthur Wint who died at the age of 72. A 1974 recorded interview of Dr. Wint and BBC’s John Tidmarsh is played (06:44-08:50)
5. Victor Cuffy, Executive Secretary of Caribbean Rights, writes CARICOM Chairman Patrick Manning asking that CARICOM leaders discuss the possible shipment of Plutonium through Caribbean waters at its next meeting in Port of Spain. (08:51-11:15)
6. George Price, Prime Minister of Belize, is currently in London lobbying for continued preferential access for Caribbean bananas in Europe (11:16-13:56)
7. Latin American banana exporting countries sign a declaration again urging the European Community not to implement the quota limiting dollar banana exports (13:57-14:20)
8. Former West Indies captain Alvin Kallicharan is banned from driving for a year by the British courts after failing to provide a breath specimen for speeding (14:21-14:49)