Caribbean Report 21-07-1998
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1998-07-21
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The British Broadcasting Corporation
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1. Headlines (00:00-00:26)
2. Convicted killer in Trinidad and Tobago escapes the gallows. There is yet another block to the government's attempt to introduce the death penalty. Meanwhile Trinidad and Tobago is pressing ahead with plans for a temporary final Appeal Court for murder cases. Attorney General Ramesh Lawrence Maharaj is interviewed. Tony Fraser and Debbie Ransome report (00:27-04:38)
3. Beijing calls for Caricom to observe its one China policy (04:39-08:32)
4. Fidel Castro to visit two Caribbean countries next week. This dismisses newspaper reports that the Cuban leader has been hositalised with a serious illness. Warren Gordon reports (08:33-10:28)
5. The Bahamian Leader Hubert Ingraham is concerned about Cuba joining regional grouping. Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham is interviewed (10:29-12:17)
6. Guyana's President Janet Jagan today began a three day State visit to neighbouring Venezuela. Jamaica's Finance Minister Omar Davies has been in London trying to encourage investment in his country. The question put to Jamaican Omar Davis "Is it safe to invest in Jamaica?" Jamaican Omar Davies is interviewed (12:18-15:16)
2. Convicted killer in Trinidad and Tobago escapes the gallows. There is yet another block to the government's attempt to introduce the death penalty. Meanwhile Trinidad and Tobago is pressing ahead with plans for a temporary final Appeal Court for murder cases. Attorney General Ramesh Lawrence Maharaj is interviewed. Tony Fraser and Debbie Ransome report (00:27-04:38)
3. Beijing calls for Caricom to observe its one China policy (04:39-08:32)
4. Fidel Castro to visit two Caribbean countries next week. This dismisses newspaper reports that the Cuban leader has been hositalised with a serious illness. Warren Gordon reports (08:33-10:28)
5. The Bahamian Leader Hubert Ingraham is concerned about Cuba joining regional grouping. Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham is interviewed (10:29-12:17)
6. Guyana's President Janet Jagan today began a three day State visit to neighbouring Venezuela. Jamaica's Finance Minister Omar Davies has been in London trying to encourage investment in his country. The question put to Jamaican Omar Davis "Is it safe to invest in Jamaica?" Jamaican Omar Davies is interviewed (12:18-15:16)