Caribbean Report 21-04-1998
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1998-04-21
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1. Headlines with Electra Naysmith (00:00-00:25)
2. The United Nations has rejected a US-sponsored resolution criticising Cuba's human rights record. Imogen Foulkes reports on the defeat of the resolution (00:26-03:30)
3. The EU Agriculture Ministers have given limited backing to the new plans for banana import arrangement which has been welcomed as good news for Caribbean producers. David Jessop comments on what these proposals seek to achieve (03:31-06:52)
4. Guadeloupe's banana farmers are threatening to intensify their industrial action because of insufficient subsidies from France to support the banana industry (06:53-08:25)
5. Haitian President Rene Preval has arrived in Taipei for a four-day visit and he is expected to look for possible investments for his troubled country (08:26-08:50)
6. In Britain, Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Paul Condon states relations between police and the black community could be damaged by the Stephen Lawrence murder inquiry. Orin Gordon reports (08:51-10:23)
7. Jamaica's opposition party, National Democratic Movement Leader Bruce Golding has called the budget presentation a lost opportunity. Carol Orr reports (10:24-12:17)
8. Guyana and the Leeward Islands are to share the honours in this year's President's Cup, a regional cricket championship. Keith Stone Greaves reports on the end of the regional cricket season (12:18-15:10)
2. The United Nations has rejected a US-sponsored resolution criticising Cuba's human rights record. Imogen Foulkes reports on the defeat of the resolution (00:26-03:30)
3. The EU Agriculture Ministers have given limited backing to the new plans for banana import arrangement which has been welcomed as good news for Caribbean producers. David Jessop comments on what these proposals seek to achieve (03:31-06:52)
4. Guadeloupe's banana farmers are threatening to intensify their industrial action because of insufficient subsidies from France to support the banana industry (06:53-08:25)
5. Haitian President Rene Preval has arrived in Taipei for a four-day visit and he is expected to look for possible investments for his troubled country (08:26-08:50)
6. In Britain, Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Paul Condon states relations between police and the black community could be damaged by the Stephen Lawrence murder inquiry. Orin Gordon reports (08:51-10:23)
7. Jamaica's opposition party, National Democratic Movement Leader Bruce Golding has called the budget presentation a lost opportunity. Carol Orr reports (10:24-12:17)
8. Guyana and the Leeward Islands are to share the honours in this year's President's Cup, a regional cricket championship. Keith Stone Greaves reports on the end of the regional cricket season (12:18-15:10)