Caribbean Report 20-04-1990
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1990-04-20
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The British Broadcasting Corporation
Abstract
Dame Nita Barrow is named as the next Governor-General of Barbados and will be sworn in on the 6th June. Over the years, she has gained an international reputation as an eminent and outspoken representative of her country and the region, and assures that this admirable outspokenness will not be muzzled by her new appointment. Secondly, a spokesman for the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights states that the Commission is optimistic about the staging of free and fair elections in Haiti and the reduction in the level of Haitian human rights abuses. Following the Financial News, the Dominican Republic is on the brink of another general elections and the left-wing candidate, Juan Bosch, holds a lead in a recent gallop poll for the 16th May elections. The next segment provided a round-up of the stories of Caribbean interest appearing in the British press. The report concludes with the continuation of an anti-Vivian Richards campaign in the British press after the recent victory of the West Indies cricket team against England. Bernie Grant, British Labour MP, further added that the British press is generally unfair, racially bias and reactionary, and has now turned its attention to the West Indies cricketers.
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Table of Contents
1. Headlines (00:00-00:47)
2. Dame Nita Barrow appointed as the new Governor-General of Barbados. Hugh Crosskill interviews Dame Nita Barrow (00:48-02:39)
7. Bernie Grant, British labour MP, comments on the press coverage of the victory of the West Indies cricket team against England (11:05-14:56)
3. OAS Inter-American Commission on Human Rights expresses optimism on the readiness of Haiti for free and fair elections. The report by Michael Norton includes an interview with Oliver Jackman of Barbados during his trip to Haiti with the Commission (02:40-06:29)
4. Financial News (06:30-07:11)
5. Juan Bosch leads in the opinion polls for the upcoming general elections in the Dominican Republic. Jean Michel Caroit reports from Santo Domingo (07:12-09:03)
6. Stories of Caribbean interest appearing in the British press by Leslie Garth (09:04-11:04)
7. Bernie Grant, British labour MP, comments on the British press coverage of the victory of the West Indies cricket team against England (11:05-14:56)
2. Dame Nita Barrow appointed as the new Governor-General of Barbados. Hugh Crosskill interviews Dame Nita Barrow (00:48-02:39)
7. Bernie Grant, British labour MP, comments on the press coverage of the victory of the West Indies cricket team against England (11:05-14:56)
3. OAS Inter-American Commission on Human Rights expresses optimism on the readiness of Haiti for free and fair elections. The report by Michael Norton includes an interview with Oliver Jackman of Barbados during his trip to Haiti with the Commission (02:40-06:29)
4. Financial News (06:30-07:11)
5. Juan Bosch leads in the opinion polls for the upcoming general elections in the Dominican Republic. Jean Michel Caroit reports from Santo Domingo (07:12-09:03)
6. Stories of Caribbean interest appearing in the British press by Leslie Garth (09:04-11:04)
7. Bernie Grant, British labour MP, comments on the British press coverage of the victory of the West Indies cricket team against England (11:05-14:56)