Caribbean Report 13-08-1992
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1992-07-13
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The British Broadcasting Corporation
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1. Headlines (00:00-00:52)
2. Royal Caribbean Cruises pulls out of St. Lucia over the imposition of a US$10 head tax on passengers by the member countries of the Caribbean Tourism Organization. The St. Lucia Representative, Fred Devaux talks about the likelihood of similar responses by other cruise ships. However, Grenada’s Minister of Tourism Joan Purcell defends the move made by St. Lucia (00:53-07:30)
3. The Council of Ministers in the Dutch Kingdom is expected to meet tomorrow to decide whether to give the Netherlands Antilles federal government more power to deal with local government problems (07:31-08:22)
4. In Jamaica the Director of Public Prosecutions is embroiled in a legal wrangle with a local law firm over the arrest of a US Drug Enforcement Agent accused of entrapment in a drug trafficking case. Correspondent Gary Allen reports (08:23-10:15)
5. St. Lucian Prime Minister expresses concern about CARICOM seeking to get a place in the queue of the NAFTA. Financial journalist Canuet James responds to a query about the fallout should one CARICOM member state signing up ahead of its colleagues (10:16-14:34)
2. Royal Caribbean Cruises pulls out of St. Lucia over the imposition of a US$10 head tax on passengers by the member countries of the Caribbean Tourism Organization. The St. Lucia Representative, Fred Devaux talks about the likelihood of similar responses by other cruise ships. However, Grenada’s Minister of Tourism Joan Purcell defends the move made by St. Lucia (00:53-07:30)
3. The Council of Ministers in the Dutch Kingdom is expected to meet tomorrow to decide whether to give the Netherlands Antilles federal government more power to deal with local government problems (07:31-08:22)
4. In Jamaica the Director of Public Prosecutions is embroiled in a legal wrangle with a local law firm over the arrest of a US Drug Enforcement Agent accused of entrapment in a drug trafficking case. Correspondent Gary Allen reports (08:23-10:15)
5. St. Lucian Prime Minister expresses concern about CARICOM seeking to get a place in the queue of the NAFTA. Financial journalist Canuet James responds to a query about the fallout should one CARICOM member state signing up ahead of its colleagues (10:16-14:34)