Caribbean Report 16-02-1998
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1998-02-16
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1. Headlines with Orin Gordon (00:00-00:24)
2. The British government admits that is has made mistakes in handling the crisis in Montserrat. The Commons Committee Bowen Wells comments on the issue and accused Montserrat's Chief Minister David Brandt of overstating the island's population figures (00:25-07:05)
3. British Foreign Secretary Robin Cook sums up the first ever UK-CARICOM forum and Guyana's Foreign Minister Clement Rohee comments if CARICOM is really satisfied with the meeting (07:06-09:59)
4. In Jamaica, a CARICOM Legal Affairs conference began with calls to establish a Caribbean Court of Appeal this year. Carol Orr reports that Trinidad and Tobago's Attorney General Ramesh Maharaj is eager to see the Court up and running (10:00-12:40)
5. Barbados' Prime Minister has called for a political union in the Caribbean to be put back on the agenda. Grenada's Prime Minister Keith Mitchell states that a task force will be set up to determine how this can be accomplished (12:41-14:37)
6. Cuba has emphasized that the pardons granted to 300 prisoners following an appeal by the Pope does not mean more tolerance for political opposition on the communist island (14:38-15:22)
2. The British government admits that is has made mistakes in handling the crisis in Montserrat. The Commons Committee Bowen Wells comments on the issue and accused Montserrat's Chief Minister David Brandt of overstating the island's population figures (00:25-07:05)
3. British Foreign Secretary Robin Cook sums up the first ever UK-CARICOM forum and Guyana's Foreign Minister Clement Rohee comments if CARICOM is really satisfied with the meeting (07:06-09:59)
4. In Jamaica, a CARICOM Legal Affairs conference began with calls to establish a Caribbean Court of Appeal this year. Carol Orr reports that Trinidad and Tobago's Attorney General Ramesh Maharaj is eager to see the Court up and running (10:00-12:40)
5. Barbados' Prime Minister has called for a political union in the Caribbean to be put back on the agenda. Grenada's Prime Minister Keith Mitchell states that a task force will be set up to determine how this can be accomplished (12:41-14:37)
6. Cuba has emphasized that the pardons granted to 300 prisoners following an appeal by the Pope does not mean more tolerance for political opposition on the communist island (14:38-15:22)