Caribbean Report 10-04-2002
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2002-04-10
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1. Headlines (00:00-00:34)
2. The West Indies vs India cricket test series is set to start on the same day as a protest by Guyana’s opposition party the People’s National Congress (PNC) whose Leader Desmond Hoyte is calling for the disbanding of the “Black Clothes Police” after police kill a robbery suspect and PNC supporter. Orin Gordon reports on the political situation and the cricket, highlighting Carl Hooper and Brian Lara (00:35-03:01)
3. The European Union (EU) is to open trade talks with the African, Caribbean, Pacific Group of Countries (ACP) aimed at negotiating with the seventy-six ACP countries to have the European-ACP trade and aid pact more in line with World Trade Organization rules by reworking the Cotonou Convention. Ken Richards interviews Brussels-based ACP Attaché Hegel Goutier (03:02-05:52)
4. Former Premier of Bermuda, Sir John Swan blasts CARICOM on criticising US policy on Haiti and questions Bermuda’s growing links with CARICOM whose states he says show an anti-American bias which could hamper Bermudian interests. Bermuda recently became an associate member of CARICOM (05:53-09:17)
5. The number of legally enforced executions world-wide has more than doubled according to an Amnesty International report given to the United Nations in Geneva. China leads with the most executions in the world. Judit Arenas of Amnesty International comments. Rosie Hayes reports (09:18-11:26)
6. Former Haitian President, Leslie Manigat, pulls out of the opposition Democratic Convergence stating he is against the party’s approach of compromising with the governing Lavalas Party (11:26-13:45)
7. The University of the West Indies morns the death of one of their top scientists, Barbadian Environmentalist, Oliver Headley. Koto Mayenda reports (13:45-15:36)
2. The West Indies vs India cricket test series is set to start on the same day as a protest by Guyana’s opposition party the People’s National Congress (PNC) whose Leader Desmond Hoyte is calling for the disbanding of the “Black Clothes Police” after police kill a robbery suspect and PNC supporter. Orin Gordon reports on the political situation and the cricket, highlighting Carl Hooper and Brian Lara (00:35-03:01)
3. The European Union (EU) is to open trade talks with the African, Caribbean, Pacific Group of Countries (ACP) aimed at negotiating with the seventy-six ACP countries to have the European-ACP trade and aid pact more in line with World Trade Organization rules by reworking the Cotonou Convention. Ken Richards interviews Brussels-based ACP Attaché Hegel Goutier (03:02-05:52)
4. Former Premier of Bermuda, Sir John Swan blasts CARICOM on criticising US policy on Haiti and questions Bermuda’s growing links with CARICOM whose states he says show an anti-American bias which could hamper Bermudian interests. Bermuda recently became an associate member of CARICOM (05:53-09:17)
5. The number of legally enforced executions world-wide has more than doubled according to an Amnesty International report given to the United Nations in Geneva. China leads with the most executions in the world. Judit Arenas of Amnesty International comments. Rosie Hayes reports (09:18-11:26)
6. Former Haitian President, Leslie Manigat, pulls out of the opposition Democratic Convergence stating he is against the party’s approach of compromising with the governing Lavalas Party (11:26-13:45)
7. The University of the West Indies morns the death of one of their top scientists, Barbadian Environmentalist, Oliver Headley. Koto Mayenda reports (13:45-15:36)