Caribbean Report 19-11-1998
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1998-11-19
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The British Broadcasting Corporation
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1. Headlines (00:00-00:25)
2. American lawyer Bill Hugett blames cruise company for Fantome crew deaths. Lawyer Bill Hugett and President of Windjammers Barefoot Cruises Ltd Michael Burke are interviewed (00:26-05:19)
3. In Jamaica, the Court of Appeal today squashed the appeals of two death row prisoners. Samuel Lindsay and Henry McCoy are to leave death row in the St. Catherine Prison sometime this evening as free men (05:20-05:51)
4. Antigua and Barbuda Tourism Minister, Dr Rodney Williams says that the multi-million dollar Guiana Island project is on the way. Tourism Minister Rodney Williams is interviewed (05:52-09:20)
5. The governments of Cuba and Antigua and Barbuda have signed two economic co-operation agreements. The agreements are the first bilateral treaties between the two countries. They have also established a joint commission to cooperate in technical and economic areas. Prime Minister Lester Bird and University of the West Indies Academic Neville Duncan are interviewed (09:21-12:08)
6. United States is calling on the European Union for them to both seek a resolution of the row over trading bananas through the World Trade Organisation (12:09-12:35)
7. Another big step in the recognition of Cuba's healthcare system has come this week with the arrival in Havana of a British Medical Team from the Imperial College of St Mary's. Head of the team Sarah Mullin is interviewed and Rosie Hayes reports (12:36-15:21)
2. American lawyer Bill Hugett blames cruise company for Fantome crew deaths. Lawyer Bill Hugett and President of Windjammers Barefoot Cruises Ltd Michael Burke are interviewed (00:26-05:19)
3. In Jamaica, the Court of Appeal today squashed the appeals of two death row prisoners. Samuel Lindsay and Henry McCoy are to leave death row in the St. Catherine Prison sometime this evening as free men (05:20-05:51)
4. Antigua and Barbuda Tourism Minister, Dr Rodney Williams says that the multi-million dollar Guiana Island project is on the way. Tourism Minister Rodney Williams is interviewed (05:52-09:20)
5. The governments of Cuba and Antigua and Barbuda have signed two economic co-operation agreements. The agreements are the first bilateral treaties between the two countries. They have also established a joint commission to cooperate in technical and economic areas. Prime Minister Lester Bird and University of the West Indies Academic Neville Duncan are interviewed (09:21-12:08)
6. United States is calling on the European Union for them to both seek a resolution of the row over trading bananas through the World Trade Organisation (12:09-12:35)
7. Another big step in the recognition of Cuba's healthcare system has come this week with the arrival in Havana of a British Medical Team from the Imperial College of St Mary's. Head of the team Sarah Mullin is interviewed and Rosie Hayes reports (12:36-15:21)