Caribbean Report 27-03-1992
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1992-03-27
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The British Broadcasting Corporation
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1. Headlines (00:00-00:34)
2. Around 3500 delegates of the ruling People’s National Party in Jamaica will cast their vote tomorrow for one of the two candidates, P. J. Patterson or Portia Simpson, to become Mr. Manley’s successor. Correspondent Gary Allen reports (00:35-04:29)
3. Correspondent Tim Fawcett gets an assessment from popular Radio Talk Show Host Wilmot Perkins on the style and substance of the leadership campaign in Jamaica’s People’s National Party. Mr. Perkins fails to be impressed by either P. J. Patterson or Portia Simpson and cannot see either one as a good choice for Prime Minister (04:30-06:20)
4. In a British Channel 4 television program, Food File, Chief Executive of Geest, David Sugden and British Consumer Representative Ann Davison share opposing views on the continuation of preferential treatment given to Caribbean bananas on the European market (06:21-09:40)
5. President of the Antiguan Bar Association, Gerald Watt calls for the appointment of an ombudsman to deal with issues on behalf of citizens such as the tear gassing of demonstrators outside the Antiguan parliament (09:41-11:00)
6. President of the Grenada Chamber of Industry and Commerce, Aaron Moses, advises against long drawn out labour disputes because of the impact on the country’s sagging economy (11:01-12:29)
7. Former CARICOM Secretariat Foreign Affairs Officer, Lloyd Searwar, laments the absence of a cohesive CARICOM foreign policy in light of rapidly changing global priorities and warns that it can lead to neglect of the Caribbean by the international community (12:30-13:59)
8. Chairman of the Commission on Racial Equality, Michael Day, urge senior police officers to improve relations with non-whites by taking measures to prevent racist behaviour in the police force (14;00-14:20)
2. Around 3500 delegates of the ruling People’s National Party in Jamaica will cast their vote tomorrow for one of the two candidates, P. J. Patterson or Portia Simpson, to become Mr. Manley’s successor. Correspondent Gary Allen reports (00:35-04:29)
3. Correspondent Tim Fawcett gets an assessment from popular Radio Talk Show Host Wilmot Perkins on the style and substance of the leadership campaign in Jamaica’s People’s National Party. Mr. Perkins fails to be impressed by either P. J. Patterson or Portia Simpson and cannot see either one as a good choice for Prime Minister (04:30-06:20)
4. In a British Channel 4 television program, Food File, Chief Executive of Geest, David Sugden and British Consumer Representative Ann Davison share opposing views on the continuation of preferential treatment given to Caribbean bananas on the European market (06:21-09:40)
5. President of the Antiguan Bar Association, Gerald Watt calls for the appointment of an ombudsman to deal with issues on behalf of citizens such as the tear gassing of demonstrators outside the Antiguan parliament (09:41-11:00)
6. President of the Grenada Chamber of Industry and Commerce, Aaron Moses, advises against long drawn out labour disputes because of the impact on the country’s sagging economy (11:01-12:29)
7. Former CARICOM Secretariat Foreign Affairs Officer, Lloyd Searwar, laments the absence of a cohesive CARICOM foreign policy in light of rapidly changing global priorities and warns that it can lead to neglect of the Caribbean by the international community (12:30-13:59)
8. Chairman of the Commission on Racial Equality, Michael Day, urge senior police officers to improve relations with non-whites by taking measures to prevent racist behaviour in the police force (14;00-14:20)