Caribbean Report 15-07-1997

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1. Headlines (00:00-00:34)
2. Another official delay is expected to affect tough Helms-Burton sanctions on Cuba (00:35-01:16)
3. Grace Duncan, Grenada's Health Minister in an interview denies leaking cabinet information to the media. Lew Smith reports (01:17-05:19)
4. It is being alleged that there is a Barbadian connection in a major banking scandal in Moscow (05:20-05:53)
5. The Trinidad and Tobago government is intent on amending the police service regulations to allow the present Commissioner of Police to stay in office beyond the retirement age. Tony Fraser reports (05:54-07:21)
6. The Windward Islands Banana Development Company (WIBDECO) is looking forward to better banana prices. WIBDECO Chairman, Arnhim Eustace is interviewed (07:22-09:35)
7. In Britain the appointment of three of the country's black members of Parliament to two important backbench committees has drawn mixed reactions. Black members of Parliament, Diane Abbot and Bernie Grant are interviewed. E. Smith reports (09:36-11:58)
8. The Cayman Islands is now one of the biggest money centres in the world. Neville Grant, Chairman of the Monetary Authority is interviewed (11:59-13:12)
9. An American magazine has reported that Cuban leader Fidel Castro has amassed a billion dollar personal fortune. Leslie Goffe reports (13:13-15:22)

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