Caribbean Report 01-05-1998
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1998-05-01
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1. Rickey Singh comments on the departure of Barbadian veteran journalist Julian Rogers from Trinidad after the government declined to grant a work permit. Julian Rogers gives his views on the subject (00:00-03:47)
2. The environmental levy agreed to by the OECS comes into effect. The tax was imposed in order to attract World Bank funding for a waste management project. Michelle Paige comments (03:48-06:29)
3. The fourth Annual Drug Commander Conference gets underway in St. Lucia as countries gather in order to promote the idea of joint cooperation within the Caribbean. Interview with Laurie Lewis (06:30-07:55)
4. Next week is the opening of the International Banana Conference in Brussels, an event which brings together both Caribbean and Latin American producers. Clifford Smith reports (07:56-09:43)
5. Ministers from the EU and ACP nations will meet next week in Barbados for the last meeting before negotiations start for a successor to the Lome IV agreement. Bertram Niles reports on what might be on the agenda (09:44-11:00)
6. In Britain, the Labour Government celebrates its first year in office and the Afro-Caribbean community wonders how they have benefited from this new administration. Dr. Shamit Saggar analyses the period (11:01-13:04)
7. In Cuba, hundreds of thousands of Cubans take part in state-organized marches and listen to speeches for the May Day celebrations. Tom Gibb reports on changes in labour practices on the island (13:05-15:10)
2. The environmental levy agreed to by the OECS comes into effect. The tax was imposed in order to attract World Bank funding for a waste management project. Michelle Paige comments (03:48-06:29)
3. The fourth Annual Drug Commander Conference gets underway in St. Lucia as countries gather in order to promote the idea of joint cooperation within the Caribbean. Interview with Laurie Lewis (06:30-07:55)
4. Next week is the opening of the International Banana Conference in Brussels, an event which brings together both Caribbean and Latin American producers. Clifford Smith reports (07:56-09:43)
5. Ministers from the EU and ACP nations will meet next week in Barbados for the last meeting before negotiations start for a successor to the Lome IV agreement. Bertram Niles reports on what might be on the agenda (09:44-11:00)
6. In Britain, the Labour Government celebrates its first year in office and the Afro-Caribbean community wonders how they have benefited from this new administration. Dr. Shamit Saggar analyses the period (11:01-13:04)
7. In Cuba, hundreds of thousands of Cubans take part in state-organized marches and listen to speeches for the May Day celebrations. Tom Gibb reports on changes in labour practices on the island (13:05-15:10)