Caribbean Report 25-09-1998
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1998-09-25
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1. Headlines with Electra Naismith (00:00-00:22)
2. Donald Phipps the man at the center of violent clashes in Jamaica appears in court. Carol Orr reports (00:23-01:44)
3. The Caribbean region counts the cost in the aftermath of Hurricane George. However, in Cuba, authorities are warning people not to leave their homes because of severe rains. While, the hurricane has not prevented proceedings against the island's four best known prisoners. They have been charged with sedition. Luke Greeves, the Red Cross representative in the Dominican Republic is interviewed and Rosie Greeves reports (01:45-04:45)
4. In Washington, a battle is heating up on Capitol Hill. It is not over the Monica Lewinsky affair but over the passage of fast track authority for the President. Still in Washington, the World Bank is predicting a slowdown in economic growth for the Caribbean over the next financial year. President Bill Clinton, Professor in Economics, University of the Virgin Islands, St. Croix Campus Simon Jones-Hendrickson are interviewed. Roy Osana and Keith "Stone" Greaves report (04:46-10:14
5. Trinidad and Tobago's newly resigned Sports Minister says she does not want to trade words with her former boss. Pamela Nicholson resigned her post after voting against a clause in a bill. Pamela Nicholson is interviewed and Tony Fraser resigns (10:15-11:39)
6. CARICOM's intergovernmental task force is to appoint a drugs co-ordinator to oversee the region's fight against narcotics (11:40-12:12)
7. Guyanese immigrants are racial victims in New York. President Janet Jagan and Guyanese-born Dhinpaul Narine are interviewed. Leslie Goffe reprts (12:13-15:19)
2. Donald Phipps the man at the center of violent clashes in Jamaica appears in court. Carol Orr reports (00:23-01:44)
3. The Caribbean region counts the cost in the aftermath of Hurricane George. However, in Cuba, authorities are warning people not to leave their homes because of severe rains. While, the hurricane has not prevented proceedings against the island's four best known prisoners. They have been charged with sedition. Luke Greeves, the Red Cross representative in the Dominican Republic is interviewed and Rosie Greeves reports (01:45-04:45)
4. In Washington, a battle is heating up on Capitol Hill. It is not over the Monica Lewinsky affair but over the passage of fast track authority for the President. Still in Washington, the World Bank is predicting a slowdown in economic growth for the Caribbean over the next financial year. President Bill Clinton, Professor in Economics, University of the Virgin Islands, St. Croix Campus Simon Jones-Hendrickson are interviewed. Roy Osana and Keith "Stone" Greaves report (04:46-10:14
5. Trinidad and Tobago's newly resigned Sports Minister says she does not want to trade words with her former boss. Pamela Nicholson resigned her post after voting against a clause in a bill. Pamela Nicholson is interviewed and Tony Fraser resigns (10:15-11:39)
6. CARICOM's intergovernmental task force is to appoint a drugs co-ordinator to oversee the region's fight against narcotics (11:40-12:12)
7. Guyanese immigrants are racial victims in New York. President Janet Jagan and Guyanese-born Dhinpaul Narine are interviewed. Leslie Goffe reprts (12:13-15:19)