Caribbean Report 13-02-1996
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1996-02-13
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The British Broadcasting Corporation
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1. Headlines (00:00-00:28)
2. United States legislation aimed at illegal immigrants could hit the Caribbean community. Yvette Collymore reports (00:29-02:43)
3. Columbian drug smuglers caught as French and Dutch officials work together in St. Maarten. Geraldine Cockland reports (02:44-04:28)
4. In Haiti investors, members of the governing party and voters are still waiting to hear who President Rene Preval will choose as a prime minister (04:29-05:04)
5. In Guyana the arguments about the rights and wrongs of hanging continue. The Guyana Human Rights Association reported threats against co-president Mike McCormack. Pearlene Roach, President of the Guyana Bar Association and Angela Wright, Amnesty International are interviewed. Warren Gordon reports (05:05-09:18)
6. The Commonwealth Broadcasting Association with the assistance from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London is to establish a full time post in the Caribbean for media training. Elizabeth Smith, Secretary General of the Caribbean Broadcasting Association is interviewed (09:19-11:17)
7. Cuban authorities say the United States has repatriated two hundred and eighty Cubans caught trying to get into the United States illegally since the new immigration agreement came into effect. Yvette Rowe reports (11:18-12:20)
8. Robert Kennedy, Jr is due to arrive in Cuba to visit the Juragua Nuclear Plant. He will be on a five day visit (12:21-12:59))
9. The World Cup begins on Wednesday. The West Indies and Australian cricket teams have pulled out of the matches in Sri Lanka because of security fear in the light of the recent bomb explosion in Colombo. Clive Lloyd, former West Indies captain and World Cup referee is interviewed (13:00-15:18)
2. United States legislation aimed at illegal immigrants could hit the Caribbean community. Yvette Collymore reports (00:29-02:43)
3. Columbian drug smuglers caught as French and Dutch officials work together in St. Maarten. Geraldine Cockland reports (02:44-04:28)
4. In Haiti investors, members of the governing party and voters are still waiting to hear who President Rene Preval will choose as a prime minister (04:29-05:04)
5. In Guyana the arguments about the rights and wrongs of hanging continue. The Guyana Human Rights Association reported threats against co-president Mike McCormack. Pearlene Roach, President of the Guyana Bar Association and Angela Wright, Amnesty International are interviewed. Warren Gordon reports (05:05-09:18)
6. The Commonwealth Broadcasting Association with the assistance from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London is to establish a full time post in the Caribbean for media training. Elizabeth Smith, Secretary General of the Caribbean Broadcasting Association is interviewed (09:19-11:17)
7. Cuban authorities say the United States has repatriated two hundred and eighty Cubans caught trying to get into the United States illegally since the new immigration agreement came into effect. Yvette Rowe reports (11:18-12:20)
8. Robert Kennedy, Jr is due to arrive in Cuba to visit the Juragua Nuclear Plant. He will be on a five day visit (12:21-12:59))
9. The World Cup begins on Wednesday. The West Indies and Australian cricket teams have pulled out of the matches in Sri Lanka because of security fear in the light of the recent bomb explosion in Colombo. Clive Lloyd, former West Indies captain and World Cup referee is interviewed (13:00-15:18)