Caribbean Report 18-09-2001
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2001-09-18
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1. Headlines (00:00-00:28)
2. Netherlands rules that there is no grounds to prosecute Suriname's former Military Leader Desi Bouterse. In Suriname, the country's Justice Ministry said a decision would put more pressure in the local courts to bring Mr Bouterse to trial. Gerald Rosenblatt is interviewed (00:29-04:23)
3. European governments consider helping the airlines cope with huge loses following the attacks in America. Carol Orr reports (04:24-05:57)
4. Caribbean Aviation Minister Robin Yearwood calls for a joint Caricom response to the economic fallout from those attacks. Aviation Minister Robin Yearwood is interviewed (05:58-08:59)
5. Puerto Rico correspondent Shannon Novak experienced how tense and different it feels to travel by air now. (09:00-11:03)
6. In Trinidad and Tobago, the country's President is again at centre stage of another national controversy. On Friday President A.N.R. Robinson revoked the appointment of Raoul John a member of the Elections Commission. Tony Fraser reports (11:04-12:55)
7. Dennis Johnson, a talk show host in Barbados is asked about the country's reaction to the terrorist bombing in the United States (12:56-15:27)
2. Netherlands rules that there is no grounds to prosecute Suriname's former Military Leader Desi Bouterse. In Suriname, the country's Justice Ministry said a decision would put more pressure in the local courts to bring Mr Bouterse to trial. Gerald Rosenblatt is interviewed (00:29-04:23)
3. European governments consider helping the airlines cope with huge loses following the attacks in America. Carol Orr reports (04:24-05:57)
4. Caribbean Aviation Minister Robin Yearwood calls for a joint Caricom response to the economic fallout from those attacks. Aviation Minister Robin Yearwood is interviewed (05:58-08:59)
5. Puerto Rico correspondent Shannon Novak experienced how tense and different it feels to travel by air now. (09:00-11:03)
6. In Trinidad and Tobago, the country's President is again at centre stage of another national controversy. On Friday President A.N.R. Robinson revoked the appointment of Raoul John a member of the Elections Commission. Tony Fraser reports (11:04-12:55)
7. Dennis Johnson, a talk show host in Barbados is asked about the country's reaction to the terrorist bombing in the United States (12:56-15:27)