Caribbean Report 22-10-1992

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1. Headlines (00:00-00:31)
2. Jamaica’s Prime Minister P. J. Patterson, Finance Minister Hugh Small and Opposition Leader Edward Seaga make contributions in parliament on the debate for support of the West Indian Commission’s report as a platform for the re-negotiation of the Treaty of Chaguaramas (00:32-03:58)
3. The British Overseas Development Administration rejects a call by Member of Parliament Chris Mullin for review of aid to Jamaica in light of its poor human rights record. Hugh Crosskill reports (03:59-05:51)
4. Dominican economist Atherton Martin gives his opinions on the implications of the apparent breakdown of the GATT talks for the Caribbean (05:52-08:32)
5. Guyana’s new finance minister Asgar Ali talks with the BBC’s Roger Harrabin about the government’s desire for transparency in its divestment program and in all areas of economic planning (08:33-10:45)
6. Guyana’s People’s Progressive Party Administration grants a moratorium for the return of certain missing state assets. Sandra Baptiste reports (10:46-12:33)
7. Tony Fraser gives details of Trinidad and Tobago’s Prime Minister Patrick Manning’s address in which he claims that Scotland Yard detectives investigating the alleged existence of a drug cartel in the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service are facing obstacles and even threats from some local police (12:34-14:42)

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