Caribbean Report 26-07-1993
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1993-07-26
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1. Headlines (00:00-00:35)
2. Cuba’s leader, Fidel Castro is expected to unveil a series of measures whose combine result is likely to be a more open economy. The announcement will coincide with celebrations marking the 40th anniversary of a raid that effectively started the Cuban revolution. Last week, the Cuban communist chief said market reforms would be announced immediately, despite the political, social and ideological course. Lionel Martin reports (00:36-02:58)
3. A Caribbean link to the upheaval in the former Yugoslavia Republics emerged with a report that St. Vincent and the Grenadines has pulled the plug on a floating radio station, Radio Broad in the Adriatic Sea. The radio station was launched in April and funded by the European Community (EC) to broadcast non-partisan news to the fighting republics. The radio station used a rented French research ship, ten journalists from six Yugoslav republics and 1.2 million dollars in EC funds. The Belgrade government complained to Geneva based International Communication Union (ICU) that someone was broadcasting into its territory from international waters. St. Vincent withdrew its flag from the ship forcing Radio Broad off the air on June 20th, after the report. Yvette Collymore reports on a report in the Washington Post (02:59-05:14)
4. Britain’s new Asylum Bill comes into effect today. The Bill is primarily designed to curb the inflow of illegal immigrants and bogus asylum seekers, mainly from Eastern Europe. However, the Bill has ramifications for other would be entrants including visitors from the Caribbean. Campaigners against the Bill claimed that past experience suggests persons arriving from the Caribbean are likely to be subjected to grueling immigration queries, often times being denied entry. They also argued that the new law puts too much power in the hands of immigration officers. Interview with William Trant, Director of the West Indian Standing Conference, London (05:15-09:01)
5. In a bid to boost tourism in Antigua, a group of hoteliers has invited 400 travel agents from around the world to the island on an educational visit. The trip is sponsored by the Antigua Hotels and Tourist Association. Speaker, Keith Woodhouse, Chairman of the Antigua Hotels and Tourist Association. Carol Orr reports (09:02-11:55)
6. President Jean Bertrand Aristide announced over the weekend that he will be meeting with the Presidents of the two chambers of Haiti’s parliament. However, one chamber is still to select a leader and Aristide is yet to confirm his nominee for Prime Minister. Michael Norton reports (11:56-13:46)
7. A team of human rights observers in Haiti reports that the country’s deplorable human rights record has shown no improvement in the early stages of the transition from military to democratic rule. The observers from the UN and the Organization of American States (OAS) said that there is no perceptible lessening of human rights violations (13:47-14:16)
8. With Cuba’s President, Fidel Castro expected announcement of major economic reforms, a statement paper urged Cubans to do what has to be done to save the island’s socialist revolution. It followed comments from another publication that said while the country can retain its ideology, it needs to adopt a mentality free from rigidities and formalism and open to initiatives (14:17-15:06)
2. Cuba’s leader, Fidel Castro is expected to unveil a series of measures whose combine result is likely to be a more open economy. The announcement will coincide with celebrations marking the 40th anniversary of a raid that effectively started the Cuban revolution. Last week, the Cuban communist chief said market reforms would be announced immediately, despite the political, social and ideological course. Lionel Martin reports (00:36-02:58)
3. A Caribbean link to the upheaval in the former Yugoslavia Republics emerged with a report that St. Vincent and the Grenadines has pulled the plug on a floating radio station, Radio Broad in the Adriatic Sea. The radio station was launched in April and funded by the European Community (EC) to broadcast non-partisan news to the fighting republics. The radio station used a rented French research ship, ten journalists from six Yugoslav republics and 1.2 million dollars in EC funds. The Belgrade government complained to Geneva based International Communication Union (ICU) that someone was broadcasting into its territory from international waters. St. Vincent withdrew its flag from the ship forcing Radio Broad off the air on June 20th, after the report. Yvette Collymore reports on a report in the Washington Post (02:59-05:14)
4. Britain’s new Asylum Bill comes into effect today. The Bill is primarily designed to curb the inflow of illegal immigrants and bogus asylum seekers, mainly from Eastern Europe. However, the Bill has ramifications for other would be entrants including visitors from the Caribbean. Campaigners against the Bill claimed that past experience suggests persons arriving from the Caribbean are likely to be subjected to grueling immigration queries, often times being denied entry. They also argued that the new law puts too much power in the hands of immigration officers. Interview with William Trant, Director of the West Indian Standing Conference, London (05:15-09:01)
5. In a bid to boost tourism in Antigua, a group of hoteliers has invited 400 travel agents from around the world to the island on an educational visit. The trip is sponsored by the Antigua Hotels and Tourist Association. Speaker, Keith Woodhouse, Chairman of the Antigua Hotels and Tourist Association. Carol Orr reports (09:02-11:55)
6. President Jean Bertrand Aristide announced over the weekend that he will be meeting with the Presidents of the two chambers of Haiti’s parliament. However, one chamber is still to select a leader and Aristide is yet to confirm his nominee for Prime Minister. Michael Norton reports (11:56-13:46)
7. A team of human rights observers in Haiti reports that the country’s deplorable human rights record has shown no improvement in the early stages of the transition from military to democratic rule. The observers from the UN and the Organization of American States (OAS) said that there is no perceptible lessening of human rights violations (13:47-14:16)
8. With Cuba’s President, Fidel Castro expected announcement of major economic reforms, a statement paper urged Cubans to do what has to be done to save the island’s socialist revolution. It followed comments from another publication that said while the country can retain its ideology, it needs to adopt a mentality free from rigidities and formalism and open to initiatives (14:17-15:06)