Caribbean Report 04-04-1996

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1. Headlines (00:00-00:32)
2. Montserratians prepare for an Easter away from home as the Soufriere Hills volcano spits ash. Scientist Dr Willie Aspinall, Montserrat Observatory is interviewed (00:33-02:46)
3. Chief Minister of Montserrat appeals to Caricom and Britain for cash. Chief Minister Reuben Meade is interviewed and Ken Richards reports (02:46-05:57)
4. US Secretary of Commerce Ron Brown's death cuts short a trip to next week's Caricom US Business Summit. Roy Osana reports (05:58-08:18)
5. A nurses strike in Guyana virtually cripples the nation's health service. Ministry of Health Permanent Secretary Claude Marks is interviewed (08:19-10:17)
6. The issue of press freedom and the Guardian is very much alive in Trinidad and Tobago today. A woman's organisation is urging a boycott of the newspaper. Tony Fraser reports (10:18-12:25)
7. The smaller economies of the Caribbean communities have been outperforming the larger ones acording to the President of the Caribbean Development Bank Sir Neville Nichols. Sir Neville Nichols is interviewed and Carol Orr reports (12:26-14:33)
8. Following the Turks and Caicos Islands' failure to have their Governor Martin recalled a 4000 tonne gunboat from Her Majesty's Service has been moored to the island's horizon on a working trip (14:34-15:31)

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