Caribbean Report 09-07-1992
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1992-07-09
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The British Broadcasting Corporation
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1. Headlines (00:00-00:33)
2. Henry Forde, Opposition Leader of the Barbados Labour Party, disagrees with Prime Minister Erskine Sandiford’s tax reform proposal, as the changes will mean a larger burden for many Barbadians in the long term (00:34-03:21)
3. Bobby Khan, President of the Barbados Manufacuring Association, expresses reservations that the tax reform measures, particularly the removal of the stabilization tax, would benefit the manufacturing sector (03:22-06:15)
4. The St. Martin government has been rendered powerless by an order from the administering authority in The Hague which states that all important decisions taken by the government will be subject to approval by the government of the Netherlands Antilles. Correspondent Eddie Williams reports (06:16-08:43)
6. Cuba’s National Assembly is expected to approve a series of changes to the country’s 1976 constitution tomorrow (11:43-12:16)
7. Prominent Trinidadian Attorney Israel Khan claims that he has evidence to support the claim that the 1990 attempted coup by the Jamaat al Muslimeen could have been averted. Tony Fraser reports (12:17-14:29)
8. The US State Department says that a Latvian registered vessel which docked in Haiti with fuel supplies would be barred from entering any American ports (14:30-14:43)
2. Henry Forde, Opposition Leader of the Barbados Labour Party, disagrees with Prime Minister Erskine Sandiford’s tax reform proposal, as the changes will mean a larger burden for many Barbadians in the long term (00:34-03:21)
3. Bobby Khan, President of the Barbados Manufacuring Association, expresses reservations that the tax reform measures, particularly the removal of the stabilization tax, would benefit the manufacturing sector (03:22-06:15)
4. The St. Martin government has been rendered powerless by an order from the administering authority in The Hague which states that all important decisions taken by the government will be subject to approval by the government of the Netherlands Antilles. Correspondent Eddie Williams reports (06:16-08:43)
6. Cuba’s National Assembly is expected to approve a series of changes to the country’s 1976 constitution tomorrow (11:43-12:16)
7. Prominent Trinidadian Attorney Israel Khan claims that he has evidence to support the claim that the 1990 attempted coup by the Jamaat al Muslimeen could have been averted. Tony Fraser reports (12:17-14:29)
8. The US State Department says that a Latvian registered vessel which docked in Haiti with fuel supplies would be barred from entering any American ports (14:30-14:43)