Caribbean Report 21-11-1990
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1990-11-21
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The British Broadcasting Corporation
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1. Headlines (00:00-00:34)
2. The battle for leadership of the ruling Conservative Party between Margaret Thatcher and Michael Heseltine heightened yesterday as Margaret Thatcher failed to gain support from the Parliamentary Party. The party is now deeply divided and forced to go into second leadership elections next Tuesday. Trinidadian-born journalist in Britain, Trevor McDonald, is interviewed by Hugh Crosskill (00:35-06:09)
3. The move by the Jamaican government to de-regularize the economy is drawing concerns on the widening of the gap between the haves and the haves-not in the short term. Brian Meeks, UWI Lecturer in Government at Mona, comments on the similarities between the Jamaica’s de-regularization policy and Thatcherism (06:10-10:34)
4. St. Lucia’s long running controversy over the commercial development of the island’s unique twin peaks, The Pitons, is further fueled by recent comments by Prime Minister, John Compton. In response to Mr. Compton’s remarks, Dr. Len Ishmael, UWI Lecturer, states that the St. Lucian government has attempted to block her efforts to focus international attention on the development project (10:35-14:36)
2. The battle for leadership of the ruling Conservative Party between Margaret Thatcher and Michael Heseltine heightened yesterday as Margaret Thatcher failed to gain support from the Parliamentary Party. The party is now deeply divided and forced to go into second leadership elections next Tuesday. Trinidadian-born journalist in Britain, Trevor McDonald, is interviewed by Hugh Crosskill (00:35-06:09)
3. The move by the Jamaican government to de-regularize the economy is drawing concerns on the widening of the gap between the haves and the haves-not in the short term. Brian Meeks, UWI Lecturer in Government at Mona, comments on the similarities between the Jamaica’s de-regularization policy and Thatcherism (06:10-10:34)
4. St. Lucia’s long running controversy over the commercial development of the island’s unique twin peaks, The Pitons, is further fueled by recent comments by Prime Minister, John Compton. In response to Mr. Compton’s remarks, Dr. Len Ishmael, UWI Lecturer, states that the St. Lucian government has attempted to block her efforts to focus international attention on the development project (10:35-14:36)