Caribbean Report 10-01-1994
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1994-01-10
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The British Broadcasting Corporation
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Reports on the call by the Opposition Labour party for a watchdog immigration system following the December 21st decision to detain 190 Jamaican passengers on a chartered flight to Britain. The report also examines the isolation of Jean Bertrand Aristide by politicians in Washington. In addition it looks at the roots of the crime situation in Barbados.
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1.Headlines with Carol Orr (00:00-00:28)
2. The Opposition government in Britain is calling for the setting up of a watchdog system to deal with immigration issues following the detaining of 190 passengers on a chartered flight from Jamaica to London. Yvette Rowe Interviews Graham Allen, Shadow Home Affairs Minister about why there is need for a new appeals system. Allen believes that there is need for a watchdog g system with the power to put cases right(00:29-4:04)
3. A letter regarding the immigration issue which appeared in the Times newspaper, is read by its author, Solomon Malcolm. Relatives and friends of persons detained on the flight from Jamaica met to put together an action plan to get an inquiry into the incident (4:05-5:05)
4. Discusses the growing unpopularity of exiled President Jean Bertrand Aristide in Washington. Features an interview with journalist Michael Norton in Port au Prince, who talks about the military government’s views on the conference being organized by Jean Bertrand Aristide and what the Haitian military government hopes will come out of the conference (5:06-7:09)
5.Interview with Former U.S. Ambassador Robert White, Centre for International Policy who discusses the structure of the conference (7:09-9:10)
6.In this segment Yvette Rowe talks about the report on the banana regime which, later in the month, is set to go before the General Agreement on Tariffs and in Geneva. It is an independent survey which looks at the claims presented by banana producers in the Caribbean, African and Pacific Latin America for access to the European market (9:11-9:38)
7. The crime situation in Barbados is on the rise. Orville Durant interviews the Commissioner of Police in Barbados about the situation (9:39-14:40)
8. The continuing U.S. embargo against Cuba and the decline of its former communist support in Eastern Europe, has had a negative impact on the country’s economy and its education system. Teachers do not have access to basic resources and they are being asked to adapt and modify the syllabus to match their local needs. This segment features an interview with Reinaldo Portal, Senior Researcher at Cuba’s Ministry of Education. (09:51-14:04)
9. An oil spill off the coast of Puerto Rico threatens the island’s tourist industry. A ship carrying 1.5 million gallons of oil has run aground off the coast of the island. Nine tanks broke open after hitting a coral reef spilling 30 gallons of oil into to the sea. Puerto Rico faces a huge disaster as contaminated beaches could be closed for a month (14:05-15:04)
2. The Opposition government in Britain is calling for the setting up of a watchdog system to deal with immigration issues following the detaining of 190 passengers on a chartered flight from Jamaica to London. Yvette Rowe Interviews Graham Allen, Shadow Home Affairs Minister about why there is need for a new appeals system. Allen believes that there is need for a watchdog g system with the power to put cases right(00:29-4:04)
3. A letter regarding the immigration issue which appeared in the Times newspaper, is read by its author, Solomon Malcolm. Relatives and friends of persons detained on the flight from Jamaica met to put together an action plan to get an inquiry into the incident (4:05-5:05)
4. Discusses the growing unpopularity of exiled President Jean Bertrand Aristide in Washington. Features an interview with journalist Michael Norton in Port au Prince, who talks about the military government’s views on the conference being organized by Jean Bertrand Aristide and what the Haitian military government hopes will come out of the conference (5:06-7:09)
5.Interview with Former U.S. Ambassador Robert White, Centre for International Policy who discusses the structure of the conference (7:09-9:10)
6.In this segment Yvette Rowe talks about the report on the banana regime which, later in the month, is set to go before the General Agreement on Tariffs and in Geneva. It is an independent survey which looks at the claims presented by banana producers in the Caribbean, African and Pacific Latin America for access to the European market (9:11-9:38)
7. The crime situation in Barbados is on the rise. Orville Durant interviews the Commissioner of Police in Barbados about the situation (9:39-14:40)
8. The continuing U.S. embargo against Cuba and the decline of its former communist support in Eastern Europe, has had a negative impact on the country’s economy and its education system. Teachers do not have access to basic resources and they are being asked to adapt and modify the syllabus to match their local needs. This segment features an interview with Reinaldo Portal, Senior Researcher at Cuba’s Ministry of Education. (09:51-14:04)
9. An oil spill off the coast of Puerto Rico threatens the island’s tourist industry. A ship carrying 1.5 million gallons of oil has run aground off the coast of the island. Nine tanks broke open after hitting a coral reef spilling 30 gallons of oil into to the sea. Puerto Rico faces a huge disaster as contaminated beaches could be closed for a month (14:05-15:04)