Caribbean Report 21-05-1998
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1998-05-21
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1. Headlines with Keith Stone Greaves (00:00-00:29)
2. Political parties in St. Vincent and the Grenadines appear to be scrambling to field candidates for the June 15th general elections. Kendell Morgan comments on the rush for candidates (00:30-02:39)
3. Guyana's Army Chief Joe Singh has signaled that authorities are bracing themselves for a tense period ahead after the CARICOM Audit team announces its findings. Interview with political analyst Freddy Kissoon (02:40-05:42)
4. Britain's Home Office Minister Mike O'Brien has been having discussions with groups responsible for the resettlement of Montserratians in Great Britain and states they would be allowed to settle in the UK indefinitely (05:43-08:55)
5. A second batch of Cubans who were deported from the Bahamas arrived back home in Cuba. Rosie Hayes reports (08:56-10:34)
6. A Supreme Court judge in Honduras has rejected a call by the Haitian authorities to extradite former police chief Michel Francois stating that Haiti's request did not meet the requirements of international law (10:35-11:06)
7. Trinidad and Tobago is battling to stop drug traffickers from using the country as a transshipment point for dealers in the US. Jonathan Rugman explores some of the difficulties facing the authorities as they try to stamp out the drug dealers (11:07-14:20)
8. Recap of top stories (14:21-14:54)
2. Political parties in St. Vincent and the Grenadines appear to be scrambling to field candidates for the June 15th general elections. Kendell Morgan comments on the rush for candidates (00:30-02:39)
3. Guyana's Army Chief Joe Singh has signaled that authorities are bracing themselves for a tense period ahead after the CARICOM Audit team announces its findings. Interview with political analyst Freddy Kissoon (02:40-05:42)
4. Britain's Home Office Minister Mike O'Brien has been having discussions with groups responsible for the resettlement of Montserratians in Great Britain and states they would be allowed to settle in the UK indefinitely (05:43-08:55)
5. A second batch of Cubans who were deported from the Bahamas arrived back home in Cuba. Rosie Hayes reports (08:56-10:34)
6. A Supreme Court judge in Honduras has rejected a call by the Haitian authorities to extradite former police chief Michel Francois stating that Haiti's request did not meet the requirements of international law (10:35-11:06)
7. Trinidad and Tobago is battling to stop drug traffickers from using the country as a transshipment point for dealers in the US. Jonathan Rugman explores some of the difficulties facing the authorities as they try to stamp out the drug dealers (11:07-14:20)
8. Recap of top stories (14:21-14:54)