Caribbean Report 22-07-1997
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1997-07-22
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1. Headlines (00:00-00:27)
2. The World Trade Organisation (WHO) considers appeal of a ruling against the European Union banana import system. Keith Rockwell, WHO spokesman, Gordon Myers, EU Representative of the Caribbean Banana Exporters Association and Dick Newbie of the London Desk of the CBEA are interviewed. Debbie Ransome reports (00:28-06:51)
3. More bodies are recovered from the area devastated by last month's eruption in Montserrat. Keith Stone Greaves reports (06:52-08:57)
4. A peace keeping mission in Haiti is extended and President Renee Preval's personal bodyguard is killed. United Nations Secretary General, Kofi Annan and United States Under Secretary for International Organisations, Preston Lyman are interviewed (08:58-10:38)
5. Antigua's Chamber of Industry and Commerce says it continues to have difficulty with a multimillion dollar tourism project being pushed by the government of Prime Minister Lester Bird. Opposition Member of Parliament, Donald Halstead and Winston Derrick, Editor of the Daily Observer are interviewed. Malcolm Brabant reports (10:39-12:56)
6. Britain's Commission for Racial Equality is charging that ethnic minorities are underrepresented in the higher offices of the country. Ken Richards reports (12:57-14:28)
7. Appeals for increased vigilance on Barbadian beaches have been made after five people drowned over a two day period (14:29-15:26)
2. The World Trade Organisation (WHO) considers appeal of a ruling against the European Union banana import system. Keith Rockwell, WHO spokesman, Gordon Myers, EU Representative of the Caribbean Banana Exporters Association and Dick Newbie of the London Desk of the CBEA are interviewed. Debbie Ransome reports (00:28-06:51)
3. More bodies are recovered from the area devastated by last month's eruption in Montserrat. Keith Stone Greaves reports (06:52-08:57)
4. A peace keeping mission in Haiti is extended and President Renee Preval's personal bodyguard is killed. United Nations Secretary General, Kofi Annan and United States Under Secretary for International Organisations, Preston Lyman are interviewed (08:58-10:38)
5. Antigua's Chamber of Industry and Commerce says it continues to have difficulty with a multimillion dollar tourism project being pushed by the government of Prime Minister Lester Bird. Opposition Member of Parliament, Donald Halstead and Winston Derrick, Editor of the Daily Observer are interviewed. Malcolm Brabant reports (10:39-12:56)
6. Britain's Commission for Racial Equality is charging that ethnic minorities are underrepresented in the higher offices of the country. Ken Richards reports (12:57-14:28)
7. Appeals for increased vigilance on Barbadian beaches have been made after five people drowned over a two day period (14:29-15:26)