Caribbean Report 10-05-1996
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1996-05-10
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The British Broadcasting Corporation
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1. Headlines (00:00-00:37)
2. Bermuda is proceeding with plans to dump tons of asbestos into the Atlantic Ocean. Minister of the Environment Pamela Gordon and Executive Director of the Barbados-based Caribbean Conservation Association Glenda Medina are interviewed (00:38-04:30)
3. Vincentian Prime Minister Sir James Mitchell wants the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States to be granted membership in the Inter-American Bank. The IDB is making a thirty-eight million dollar loan available for OECS projects through the Caribbean Development Bank. Prime Minister Sir James Mitchell is interviewed (04:31-05:42)
4. With a WTO disputes panel in place St. Lucia's Silvana Squatinard says the region's banana future rest in Europe's hands. Pete Ninvalle reports (05:43-07:44)
5. Former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide says that he is opposed to President Preval's plan to privatize Haitian State companies.Yvette Rowe reports (07:45-09:08)
6. Four thousand Cubans take part in the United States immigration lottery. US Immigration Official in Havana Sandra Salmon is interviewed (09:09-10:37)
7. In Britain immigration controls over the past few years have been getting tighter and a number of people now faced with the threat of deportation. David Wood reports (10:38-12:51)
8. Nation of Islam Leader Louis Farrakhan will visit Jamaica in June. Jamaica's Spiritual Leader of the Jewish Community Ernest De Souza is interviewed. Nicole Lewis reports (12:52-15:13)
2. Bermuda is proceeding with plans to dump tons of asbestos into the Atlantic Ocean. Minister of the Environment Pamela Gordon and Executive Director of the Barbados-based Caribbean Conservation Association Glenda Medina are interviewed (00:38-04:30)
3. Vincentian Prime Minister Sir James Mitchell wants the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States to be granted membership in the Inter-American Bank. The IDB is making a thirty-eight million dollar loan available for OECS projects through the Caribbean Development Bank. Prime Minister Sir James Mitchell is interviewed (04:31-05:42)
4. With a WTO disputes panel in place St. Lucia's Silvana Squatinard says the region's banana future rest in Europe's hands. Pete Ninvalle reports (05:43-07:44)
5. Former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide says that he is opposed to President Preval's plan to privatize Haitian State companies.Yvette Rowe reports (07:45-09:08)
6. Four thousand Cubans take part in the United States immigration lottery. US Immigration Official in Havana Sandra Salmon is interviewed (09:09-10:37)
7. In Britain immigration controls over the past few years have been getting tighter and a number of people now faced with the threat of deportation. David Wood reports (10:38-12:51)
8. Nation of Islam Leader Louis Farrakhan will visit Jamaica in June. Jamaica's Spiritual Leader of the Jewish Community Ernest De Souza is interviewed. Nicole Lewis reports (12:52-15:13)