Caribbean Report 29-01-2002
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2002-01-29
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1. Headlines (00:00-00:26)
2. The Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, Patrick Manning and the former Prime Minister, Basdeo Panday conclude talks with two regional leaders who are on a special CARICOM mission to Trinidad and Tobago (00:27-03:43)
3. Representatives from The Association of Caribbean Media Workers undertake a fact finding mission to Haiti in the wake of a death of a prominent broadcaster, and reports of threats being made against other media workers (03:44-06:32)
4. CARICOM Information Ministers agree unofficially to a rescue package for Caribbean Media Corporation (CMC) in an effort to help them restart the regional media association formally known as CANA (06:33-09:48)
5. China’s Ambassador to the World Trade Organization, Ambassador Sun, has his first day on the job marked by a delay in the latest round of global trade talks in Geneva, as members from poorer nations protest over how the talks should be run (09:49-11:06)
6. Richard Bernal, Director of CARICOM’s regional negotiating machinery is interviewed by Emma Joseph who asks him what the main priorities are for Caribbean Community countries in the WTO (11:07-14:07)
7. A court in Curacao decides to release from detention most of the forty-five drug couriers arrested, due to unsatisfactory conditions at the facility where they were held (14:08-15:36)
2. The Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, Patrick Manning and the former Prime Minister, Basdeo Panday conclude talks with two regional leaders who are on a special CARICOM mission to Trinidad and Tobago (00:27-03:43)
3. Representatives from The Association of Caribbean Media Workers undertake a fact finding mission to Haiti in the wake of a death of a prominent broadcaster, and reports of threats being made against other media workers (03:44-06:32)
4. CARICOM Information Ministers agree unofficially to a rescue package for Caribbean Media Corporation (CMC) in an effort to help them restart the regional media association formally known as CANA (06:33-09:48)
5. China’s Ambassador to the World Trade Organization, Ambassador Sun, has his first day on the job marked by a delay in the latest round of global trade talks in Geneva, as members from poorer nations protest over how the talks should be run (09:49-11:06)
6. Richard Bernal, Director of CARICOM’s regional negotiating machinery is interviewed by Emma Joseph who asks him what the main priorities are for Caribbean Community countries in the WTO (11:07-14:07)
7. A court in Curacao decides to release from detention most of the forty-five drug couriers arrested, due to unsatisfactory conditions at the facility where they were held (14:08-15:36)