Caribbean Report 18-07-1989
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1989-07-18
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The British Broadcasting Corporation
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1. Headlines (00:00-00:21)
2. European Community Foreign Ministers discuss aid and trade proposals at a Lomé Convention, but fail to agree on a package of modest concession to offer the ACP group. However, the debate brings fresh hopes for Caribbean rum exports to Europe. Clifford Smith reports from Brussels (00:22-03:09)
3. The collapse of the International Coffee Agreement this month and the result of plunge in prices have placed serious pressure on the STABEX fund. Britain is opposed to STABEX in its current form preferring aid for a crop specification rather than price stabilization. Hugh Crosskill interviews ACP Secretary General, Edwin Carrington (03:10-07:02)
4. Financial News (07:03-08:06)
5. Doctors have become the latest group of workers in the Dominican Republic to protest poor wages. Jean Michel Caroit reports (8:07-12:40)
6. The Opposition Democratic Action Party in Antigua has made a successful bid to have one election result declared null and void and is pressing for the same in five other constituencies. Hugh Crosskill interviews UNDP's Ivor Heath (12:41-13:00)
7. Guyana born Chris Lewis a promising all-rounder with the Leicestershire County Club has been hit by a mystery ailment that threatens to ruin his season. Hugh Crosskill interviews Chris Lewis (13:01-14:38)
8. England's top 30 cricketers are asked to give written assurances by August 3rd, of their availability for the winter tour of the West Indies and the one-day tourament in India (14:39-15:01)
2. European Community Foreign Ministers discuss aid and trade proposals at a Lomé Convention, but fail to agree on a package of modest concession to offer the ACP group. However, the debate brings fresh hopes for Caribbean rum exports to Europe. Clifford Smith reports from Brussels (00:22-03:09)
3. The collapse of the International Coffee Agreement this month and the result of plunge in prices have placed serious pressure on the STABEX fund. Britain is opposed to STABEX in its current form preferring aid for a crop specification rather than price stabilization. Hugh Crosskill interviews ACP Secretary General, Edwin Carrington (03:10-07:02)
4. Financial News (07:03-08:06)
5. Doctors have become the latest group of workers in the Dominican Republic to protest poor wages. Jean Michel Caroit reports (8:07-12:40)
6. The Opposition Democratic Action Party in Antigua has made a successful bid to have one election result declared null and void and is pressing for the same in five other constituencies. Hugh Crosskill interviews UNDP's Ivor Heath (12:41-13:00)
7. Guyana born Chris Lewis a promising all-rounder with the Leicestershire County Club has been hit by a mystery ailment that threatens to ruin his season. Hugh Crosskill interviews Chris Lewis (13:01-14:38)
8. England's top 30 cricketers are asked to give written assurances by August 3rd, of their availability for the winter tour of the West Indies and the one-day tourament in India (14:39-15:01)