Caribbean Report 19-01-2001
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Weir, Karen (anchor)
The British Broadcasting Corporation
Crosskill, Hugh (correspondent)
Hylton, Anthony (interviewee)
Tuitt, Adelina (interviewee)
Weekes, Rupert (interviewee)
Brandt, David (interviewee)
Richards, Ken (correspondent)
Porter, Karen (correspondent)
Gordon, Warren (correspondent)
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1. Headlines (00:00-00:26)
2. Caricom leaders in Canada are to replace the CARIBCAN Accord with a new arrangement. Hugh Crosskill reports (00:27-02:48)
3. Jamaica's Foreign Trade Minister Anthony Hylton says the proposed new trade agreement expects to overcome some of the limitations of CARIBCAN. Foreign Trade Minister Anthony Hylton is interviewed (02:49-03:42)
4. Montserrat's Chief Minister denies that there is a rift in his government. Education and Health Minister Adelina Tuitt, Communication and Works Minister Rupert Weekes and Chief Minister David Brandt are interviewed (03:43-09:01)
5. Jamaica is again in hot water with human rights group Amnesty International. Ken Richards reports (09:02-10:37)
6. World Health Organisation has admitted that its campaign to eradicate the polio virus by 2005 has suffered a setback in the Caribbean. Karen Porter reports (10:38-12:36)
7. Caribbean has been paying particular attention to three of President Bush's nominees - incoming Secretary of State Colin Powell, the new Treasury Secretary and the Trade Representative. Warren Gordon interviews Jamaica Ambassador to Washington Richard Bernal (12:37-15:26)
2. Caricom leaders in Canada are to replace the CARIBCAN Accord with a new arrangement. Hugh Crosskill reports (00:27-02:48)
3. Jamaica's Foreign Trade Minister Anthony Hylton says the proposed new trade agreement expects to overcome some of the limitations of CARIBCAN. Foreign Trade Minister Anthony Hylton is interviewed (02:49-03:42)
4. Montserrat's Chief Minister denies that there is a rift in his government. Education and Health Minister Adelina Tuitt, Communication and Works Minister Rupert Weekes and Chief Minister David Brandt are interviewed (03:43-09:01)
5. Jamaica is again in hot water with human rights group Amnesty International. Ken Richards reports (09:02-10:37)
6. World Health Organisation has admitted that its campaign to eradicate the polio virus by 2005 has suffered a setback in the Caribbean. Karen Porter reports (10:38-12:36)
7. Caribbean has been paying particular attention to three of President Bush's nominees - incoming Secretary of State Colin Powell, the new Treasury Secretary and the Trade Representative. Warren Gordon interviews Jamaica Ambassador to Washington Richard Bernal (12:37-15:26)