Caribbean Report 30-07-1998

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1. Headlines with Electra Naismith (00:00-00:25)
2. A packed agenda for Fidel Castro on the second day of his Caribbean tour. Carol Orr reports (00:26-04:18)
3. The government of Trinidad and Tobago legislates twenty-one hangings. Attorney General Ramesh Lawrence is interviewed and Tony Fraser reports (04:19-05:55)
4. The China Taiwan battle for recognition goes local in Grenada. Second Vice President, GULP Bert La Touche is interviewed (05:56-09:58)
5. American Antidrug Agency is calling on the United States to step up the fight against drug trafficking in the Caribbean. Special Antidrug Agent James Mavromatis is interviewed and Emma Patterson responds (09:59-11:45)
6. It was in August in 1995 that Bermuda voted in a referendum to decide whether the island wanted independence from the United Kingdom. The result was a decisive no. Now three years later a local politician wants to challenge that result. George Bush reports (11:45-13:25)
7. English footballing giant Manchester United says they are not giving up trying to sign Tobago footballer Dwight Yorke. They, also, make a bid for Dutch World Cup scorer Patrick Kluivert. Warren Gordon reports (13:27-15:30)

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