Caribbean Report 28-10-1998
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1998-10-28
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The British Broadcasting Corporation
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1. Headlines (00:00-00:25)
2. Powerful Hurricane Mitch hovers around the Central American coastline. Karla Heusner, Peter Agresta and Tom Gibb report (00:26-06:07)
3. Anguilla's Chief Minister Hubert Hughes rules out a snap general election. Chief Minister Hubert Hughes and Leader of the Opposition in the House of Assembly Osbourne Fleming are interviewed (06:08-09:33)
4. European Union says it will change its banana import permit. Spokesman for the European Commission on Agriculture Gerard Kiely is interviewed (09:34-11:46)
5. In the meantime voters in America are preparing for mid-term elections which could determine representation on Capitol Hill. This comes at a time when the Caribbean has been trying to draw the attention of the Clinton administration to the banana issue. Roy Osana reports (11:47-14:21)
6. Brazilian government has announced details of the long awaited austerity programme to revive the country's battered economy (14:22-15:25)
2. Powerful Hurricane Mitch hovers around the Central American coastline. Karla Heusner, Peter Agresta and Tom Gibb report (00:26-06:07)
3. Anguilla's Chief Minister Hubert Hughes rules out a snap general election. Chief Minister Hubert Hughes and Leader of the Opposition in the House of Assembly Osbourne Fleming are interviewed (06:08-09:33)
4. European Union says it will change its banana import permit. Spokesman for the European Commission on Agriculture Gerard Kiely is interviewed (09:34-11:46)
5. In the meantime voters in America are preparing for mid-term elections which could determine representation on Capitol Hill. This comes at a time when the Caribbean has been trying to draw the attention of the Clinton administration to the banana issue. Roy Osana reports (11:47-14:21)
6. Brazilian government has announced details of the long awaited austerity programme to revive the country's battered economy (14:22-15:25)