Caribbean Report 06-10-1998
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1998-10-06
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1. Headlines with Keith Greaves (00:00-00:24)
2. Hundreds of West Kingston residents flock to Jamaican Court to support community leader Donald Phipps. Jamaican Consultant Flo O'Connor is interviewed (00:25-03:53)
3. It has been the second day of hearings of the Privy Council in London into the appeal of two convicted murderers from Trinidad and Tobago. Danny Thomas and Hanif Hillaire are appealing their death sentences on the grounds that their conditions of imprisonment were inhumane. Trinidad and Tobago Guardian reporter Francis Joseph has been listening to the arguments of the Privy Council. Still on the human rights issue the United States human rights record has come in for some scathing criticism from a London-based International Human Rights Organisation Amnesty International. Reporter Francis Joseph is interviewed and Emma Joseph reports (03:54-08:10)
4. Dominica's new President Vernon Shaw is sworn into office. Correspondent Ken Richards reports (08:11-10:28)
5. Bahamian government to help in missing plane mystery. British Embassy officials in Cuba say they have been told by Cuban authorities that the plane did not enter Cuban airspace. Permanent Secretary in the Bahamas Foreign Affairs Ministry Luther Smith is interviewed (10:29-12:39)
6. New report by the Washington-based organisation Transparency International has list Jamaica as one of the world's most corrupt countries. Leslie Goffe reports (12:40-15:22)
2. Hundreds of West Kingston residents flock to Jamaican Court to support community leader Donald Phipps. Jamaican Consultant Flo O'Connor is interviewed (00:25-03:53)
3. It has been the second day of hearings of the Privy Council in London into the appeal of two convicted murderers from Trinidad and Tobago. Danny Thomas and Hanif Hillaire are appealing their death sentences on the grounds that their conditions of imprisonment were inhumane. Trinidad and Tobago Guardian reporter Francis Joseph has been listening to the arguments of the Privy Council. Still on the human rights issue the United States human rights record has come in for some scathing criticism from a London-based International Human Rights Organisation Amnesty International. Reporter Francis Joseph is interviewed and Emma Joseph reports (03:54-08:10)
4. Dominica's new President Vernon Shaw is sworn into office. Correspondent Ken Richards reports (08:11-10:28)
5. Bahamian government to help in missing plane mystery. British Embassy officials in Cuba say they have been told by Cuban authorities that the plane did not enter Cuban airspace. Permanent Secretary in the Bahamas Foreign Affairs Ministry Luther Smith is interviewed (10:29-12:39)
6. New report by the Washington-based organisation Transparency International has list Jamaica as one of the world's most corrupt countries. Leslie Goffe reports (12:40-15:22)