Caribbean Report 26-02-1996
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1996-02-26
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The British Broadcasting Corporation
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1. Headlines (00:00:00:22)
2. The US is to take legal action against Cuba in response to the shooting down of two United States aircrafts at the weekend. The anti-Castro group, Mothers Against Repression echoed calls on the Clinton administration to act against Castro. UN correspondent Rob Watson, Congresswoman and Founder of the anti-Castro group, Mothers Against Repression and Professor Philip Brenner, the American University, Miami are interviewed (00:23-08:19)
3. Experts from the United States FBI met with the local police in Trinidad and Tobago today to help the police get to the bottom of the death of chief State witness in a major murder trial of Clint Huggins. Jules Bernard of the Trinidad and Tobago Police Force and Minister of National Seurity Brigadier Joseph Theodore are interviewed (08:20-10:11)
4. In Britain on the third day of Dr Al-Massari's appeal against the government's refusal to allow him political asylum the court has been hearing about conditions in Dominica as the British government wants to deport him there. Carol Orr reports (10:12-11:40)
5. In St. Lucia there is growing comment on a possible leadership change in the Opposition Labour Party as there are reports in the local media that Julian Hunte may have tendered a letter of resignation to the party's executive. Pete Ninvalle reports (11:41-13:46)
6. Two condemend murderers in Guyana Abdul Yaseen and Noel Thomas have lost the first rounds of a fresh attempt to avoid the gallows (13:47-15:18)
2. The US is to take legal action against Cuba in response to the shooting down of two United States aircrafts at the weekend. The anti-Castro group, Mothers Against Repression echoed calls on the Clinton administration to act against Castro. UN correspondent Rob Watson, Congresswoman and Founder of the anti-Castro group, Mothers Against Repression and Professor Philip Brenner, the American University, Miami are interviewed (00:23-08:19)
3. Experts from the United States FBI met with the local police in Trinidad and Tobago today to help the police get to the bottom of the death of chief State witness in a major murder trial of Clint Huggins. Jules Bernard of the Trinidad and Tobago Police Force and Minister of National Seurity Brigadier Joseph Theodore are interviewed (08:20-10:11)
4. In Britain on the third day of Dr Al-Massari's appeal against the government's refusal to allow him political asylum the court has been hearing about conditions in Dominica as the British government wants to deport him there. Carol Orr reports (10:12-11:40)
5. In St. Lucia there is growing comment on a possible leadership change in the Opposition Labour Party as there are reports in the local media that Julian Hunte may have tendered a letter of resignation to the party's executive. Pete Ninvalle reports (11:41-13:46)
6. Two condemend murderers in Guyana Abdul Yaseen and Noel Thomas have lost the first rounds of a fresh attempt to avoid the gallows (13:47-15:18)