Caribbean Report 14-07-1997
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1997-07-14
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1. Headlines (00:00-00:28)
2. The United States State Department responds sharply to accusations of American involvement in the bombings of two Cuban hotels. A plane crashes in the eastern city of Santiago de Cuba. The Sports Ministry in Cuba announces that the netball team would not be going to the United States to play. Rosie Hayes reports (00:29-02:57)
3. US State Department spokesman Nicholas Burns today restated that the United States had no involvement in the Cuban bombing. Nicholas Burns is interviewed (02:58-04:43)
4. The Caricom Secretariat today said that assistance for Montserrat from Grenada and St. Kitts, Nevis was part of an ongoing Caricom effort to bring relief to the volcano ravaged island of Montserrat. Montserrat's Governor Frank Savage is confident of the island's long term viability. Governor Frank Savage of Montserrat is interviewed (04:44-06:52)
5. The Under-Secretary in Britain's Department of International Development says there will be a long term review of the problems of dependent territories. The Under Secretary in the Department of International Development, George Foulkes is interviewed (06:53-10:25)
6. The constitutional status of French St. Maarten is back on the agenda. Mayor of St. Maarten, Albert Fleming is interviewed. Geraldine Coughlan reports (10:26-12:21)
7. In Port-au-Prince the United States Ambassador to the United Nations, Bill Richardson wants President Renee Preval to prevent Haiti's worst political crisis in three years from deepening (12:22-12:57)
8. Rachel Manley, author of Drumblair, is interviewed (12:58-15:23)
2. The United States State Department responds sharply to accusations of American involvement in the bombings of two Cuban hotels. A plane crashes in the eastern city of Santiago de Cuba. The Sports Ministry in Cuba announces that the netball team would not be going to the United States to play. Rosie Hayes reports (00:29-02:57)
3. US State Department spokesman Nicholas Burns today restated that the United States had no involvement in the Cuban bombing. Nicholas Burns is interviewed (02:58-04:43)
4. The Caricom Secretariat today said that assistance for Montserrat from Grenada and St. Kitts, Nevis was part of an ongoing Caricom effort to bring relief to the volcano ravaged island of Montserrat. Montserrat's Governor Frank Savage is confident of the island's long term viability. Governor Frank Savage of Montserrat is interviewed (04:44-06:52)
5. The Under-Secretary in Britain's Department of International Development says there will be a long term review of the problems of dependent territories. The Under Secretary in the Department of International Development, George Foulkes is interviewed (06:53-10:25)
6. The constitutional status of French St. Maarten is back on the agenda. Mayor of St. Maarten, Albert Fleming is interviewed. Geraldine Coughlan reports (10:26-12:21)
7. In Port-au-Prince the United States Ambassador to the United Nations, Bill Richardson wants President Renee Preval to prevent Haiti's worst political crisis in three years from deepening (12:22-12:57)
8. Rachel Manley, author of Drumblair, is interviewed (12:58-15:23)